Malaysia's Elections 2008 (Before, During & After)

[bslee]

Purchasing a house is everyone's issue when the time comes. Here we have a MCA chief who warms the chair as Housing and Local Government Minister and yet its toothless in nsuring every house buyer is assured of a good deal. They're toothless and lethargic when house purchasers fall to scams, abandoned projects and etc. The PAIN and ACHE one goes through is unbearable!. Malaysia is about the only country or two in the world where buyers actually pay for a house they DON'T SEE at first sight or for quite a while and there's ALWAYS an element of risk it'll NOT materialize. Banks are not always willing parties to assist in easing the plight. WHAT ARE THE POLITICIANS DOING all the while when they're needed to intervene? BTW, no need to mention the quality of houses have deteriorated for the value you pay. It'll crumble or crackup in 15 years. Thats the deal BN promises you IN REALITY! simply because voters constantly give them LANDSLIDE VICTORY!. We face EARTH landslides due to haphazard development!.

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by jasperchc

hmmm... before today, i was sure i am gonna vote for DAP, but now i am not so sure. The SUPP here (Under BN) just sent out flyer today and said they have manage to secure RM1 mil to improve the drainage system in 3 places, my house is just exactly at one of those places. Flooding has been a serious problem for like over the pass 15 years over here, one of the worst flood had the water level at my living room at 1.5 feet deep , while the water outside the house was like 2 feet deep. The last election, the DAP won the seat here, but now i might have to vote for SUPP

LOL!! Only now they have suddenly secured RM 1 million for the new drainage? Amazingly fortuitous, isn't it?

Ahhh.. Honestly, everyone knows that our roads and infrastructure get a massive upgrade whenever there's an election.

Look at the Ijok by-election. They suddenly received a MASSIVE infusion of money from the government so that BN would win. After BN won, what happened? The money stopped coming in.

Be smart... Vote for LONG-TERM development, NOT once-in-5-years handouts. Since the money is already allocated, thank SUPP and vote for the party you have always wanted to vote for. I'm not necessarily asking you to vote for DAP, but why should a last-minute hand-out change who you vote for?

What SUPP managed to get at the last minute is really not a gift. It is what you, as a citizen of Malaysia, DESERVED to get and much earlier too. By withholding the money until just before the elections... I think that's just plain SELFISH and WRONG.

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by Dashken

Promises...? My house and the area around it have seen more than 10-15 floods for the past 20+ years... and every election, they promise things will be better. Naa! L*N la...

I've had enough... I'm moving end of this year!

Indeed. They only make promises. If you want something done for real, make sure they do it BEFORE the elections. Otherwise, it's as good as not done.

The lousy MIC rep for Prai won the last election, but after that, where the heck was that idiot? NOT SEEN AT ALL. The Indian community kept asking him to come over to look after his constituency but he always refused. Too busy making money off his post, I suppose. Vote for that idiot or MIC again? NOT ON MY LIFE!

[Adrian Wong]

IMHO, we need to reach out to our friends and relatives and spread the truth. Like how the newspapers (e.g. The Star) lied about the HINDRAF rally to hand roses to Badawi. Or the BERSIH rally. Our newspapers print nothing but lies, lies, lies!

If we do not tell our friends and relatives about the truth, many will probably swallow the lies being spread in the mainstream media. I'm not saying we should ask them to vote for the opposition. They have the right to decide that. But at the very least, they MUST be told the truth so they can best decide for themselves.

[Chai]

Originally Posted by jasperchc

hmmm... before today, i was sure i am gonna vote for DAP, but now i am not so sure. The SUPP here (Under BN) just sent out flyer today and said they have manage to secure RM1 mil to improve the drainage system in 3 places, my house is just exactly at one of those places. Flooding has been a serious problem for like over the pass 15 years over here, one of the worst flood had the water level at my living room at 1.5 feet deep , while the water outside the house was like 2 feet deep. The last election, the DAP won the seat here, but now i might have to vote for SUPP

I can't believe you actually changed your mind based on that!

[Brian]

grats jasper, they bought your vote

[The_YongGrand]

Well, if they promised stuff like improvements and all that beforehand the elections coming, write it down on a piece of paper. then after 4 years show them back whether did they do all these or not. haha.

[bslee]

heh!. even Lim Kit Siang rarely gets the answers he's been asking relating to broken promises and pledges. What more we mortals can expect?. Trouble is, the more times they're voted in, the more we're taken for granted till kingdom come.he
Look at how BN are baiting and hypnotizing potential supporters?.. bigger dividends, parcels of land, immediate payouts, cash ang pows..you name it..they're doing it..ITS A BUY OUT!..

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by Chai

I can't believe you actually changed your mind based on that!

That's how BN wins. They buy the people's votes using our own tax money.

It is quite funny actually... if it wasn't so sad as well...

[Adrian Wong]

Originally Posted by The_YongGrand

Well, if they promised stuff like improvements and all that beforehand the elections coming, write it down on a piece of paper. then after 4 years show them back whether did they do all these or not. haha.

Err... You can already do that for all past BN developments. Let me see what they have done in the last 4 years...

1. Increased the crime rate.
2. Increased corruption in all government departments (including the police).
3. Reduced foreign direct investment.
4. Reduced the integrity and freedom of our media.
5. Invoked ISA and other unlawful detentions.
6. Made a mockery of our judicial system by electing a private lawyer with NO experience on the bench DIRECTLY to the FEDERAL COURT.
7. Made a mockery of our Constitution by changing it on a whim, merely to ensure that they would have a pliant Election Commissioner to help them win this coming election.
8. Wasted 4.6 BILLION Ringgit of taxpayers' money on a buy-out of the Port Klang Free Zone.
9. Wasted 90 MILLION Ringgit of taxpayers' money to send a space tourist to space.
10. Made a mockery of our judicial system again by closing both eyes and ears when numerous UMNO politicians and their misdeeds were exposed.

I could go on and on... but what's the point? This is just 10 things I can think off the top of my head. If ALL THAT can be ignored or forgotten merely by rehashing the same old promises, I would like to be the first to PROMISE any one of you a BILLION dollars next year if you give a million dollars today.