Saturday, March 10, 2007

International Women's Day

Ah, roses, the ladies certainly loved them ;)

I was at the SS2 morning market on Thursday, International Women's Day, to distribute roses to womenfolk together with YB Teresa Kok, our MP for Seputeh as well as the DAP Petaling Jaya Action Team. Here's some photos for your viewing pleasure ;)




That's me, coping with the demand ;)


That's Lau Weng San, DAP Selangor state secretary
& political secretary to Lim Guan Eng


(From left) Weng San, Ean Yong Hian Wah (DAP Selangor State Chairman),
yours truly, YB Teresa Kok, Thomas Goh and Lim Ai San


In addition, I also issued a statement calling on the government to take immediate steps to make the streets of Malaysia, particularly in urban centres in Malaysia like Petaling Jaya.

The recent crime statistics makes for some ugly reading. The Royal Police Commission report had stated that violent crime grew from 16,919 cases in 1997 to 21,859 in 2004. That's an increase of 29.2% over the 8 years.

However, as recently announced, the past 3 years alone saw violent crime soaring by an unbelievable 93.7% from 21,859 cases in 2003 to 42,343 cases in 2006. The number of women raped increased from 4 to 6.7 victims daily from 2003 to 2006. And that is only the reported cases, as we are fully aware that rape cases are significantly under-reported in this country.

Women should certainly be able to walk our streets without fears for the safety at any time of the day. The ratio of 1 policeman for every 5,500 citizens in PJ for example, is far too high compared to recommended international standards of 1 to 250 citizens. It's time to sit up and take notice.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

You in that cap is really cute. Like teenage boys wooing old aunties...kahkahkah

Anonymous said...

keep UP
Da Good Work!
:-)

Anonymous said...

oh my, weng san grow "horizontally" compared to uni days... and hehey, Tony, I can agak-agak ur height there, compared to Ean Yang Hian Hwa :P

Wilson J Q Quah said...

Tony,

any suggestions on how to increase the number of police force?

since we're on this, any ideas on how to improve integrity among police officers as well?

Anonymous said...

Ai San looks cute! Who is she and is she available? :)

Anonymous said...

tony....

I didnt know you are that short!!!!!

I hope your khram is not showing similar dimension...

Anonymous said...

Dear TP,

I think its more wiser and practical if you give the old ladies 'kacip fatimah' instead of roses!!
p/s:

Kacip fatimah is the ladies equivalent of tongkat ali