“流氓”学士

The following article on "B.A.(Hons) Thuggery" published in Oriental Daily on 14th October was based on a few posts I wrote on my Education blog - B.A.(Hons) Thuggery, MA Thuggery (UPM) and the latest, B.A.(Hons) Thuggery (II).

No thanks to the annual occasions where the UPM establishment protects the bullies and blames the victims, the latest being first-year UPM student Yee Yang Yang who had to consider legal action to get back his laptop and other items which was unreasonably seized by the campus security. Clearly, UPM offers academic programmes which allows its degree holders to join the thugs at UMNO Youth. ;-)

“流氓”学士

你是否感到惊奇：为何许多政党青年团常有趋向流氓的文化？尤其当其他组织不同意这些领导人的意见时，结果巫青团就于1996年11月率领400人马，硬闯在吉隆坡某酒店举办的第二届亚太东帝汶问题会议(APCETII)。

2000年8月，为了反击华社提出的1999年华团全国大选诉求，巫青团又带了200人到雪兰莪中华大会堂示威，甚至扬言放火烧雪华堂。

去年，巫青团还带了50个流氓到马华格拉娜再也区国会议员卢诚国的办公室，并发出措词强烈的最后通牒。此举乃针对卢诚国在国会演讲时，批评国内中学的历史课本太过注重回教文明，以致忽略华裔与印裔对建国及抗日的功绩。

在今年的马六甲马接区州议席补选，以及雪兰莪州依约区州议席补选，我们再次看到巫青团的流氓行径。我们不禁要问：为何政府没采取行动对付这类不合法的行径呢？

更让人惊奇的是，他们是从在哪里学会这些流氓行径？如今，我们终于知道国内优秀的高等学府，竟是“训练”流氓的最好场所。

上个月，博特拉大学保安官员无缘无故闯入俞扬阳所住的学生宿舍，强行没收他的手提电脑、电话、MP3播放器及其它值6千令吉的财物。博大校长聂慕斯达法不但捍卫保安当局的行动，还反指控俞氏拥有非法传单，包括其电脑含有色情内容。

但是，博大校方不久后却一改常态，同意归还所有扣押的财物，并中止对俞杨阳所展开的调查。校方亦承认保安当局的程序有必要改善。然而，博大校长始终没有道歉，更没有惩罚犯错的保安人员。

同样地，博大校长为何没有采取行动，对付一些流氓学生在去年7月所干下的行径。当时，博大学生会主席率领约40人团团包围博大前进阵线5位成员。

滋事者当时将柜台上的全部东西，包括传单和头盔没收。之后，滋事者还用手推挤他们、高喊口号并大声呼喝他们离开。结果，2名女生遭推倒而闹上警局。

在证据确凿的情况下，博大校长以导演身分跟滋事者主演一场“握手戏”以示“族群和谐”。聂慕斯达法甚至形容滋事者当时只是高唱宿舍歌及欢呼。

博大最近被政府确认为国内4所研究型大学之一。这个殊荣应归功博大对流氓行为有相当深入的研究，并让所有参与实习者取得流氓系学士的毕业资格。

这些毕业生不只学会一流的流氓行径，还学会如何逃避惩罚、歪曲事实及推卸责任，进而为国家建设作出贡献。

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I Was There!

Photo courtesy of Minaq Jinggo

The sight of tens of thousands of people conggregated in front of the Istana Negara is awesome. And it's probably not going to be repeated for a long long time. I'm certainly glad that I made it there and the party leaders were able to submit the free and fair elections appeal to the Yang Di-Pertuan Agung.

It is unfortunate that some of our fellow Malaysians never made it to the rally for they were unreasonably and violent assaulted by the police. The silver lining was the fact that the Brickfields OCPD in-charge at the Palace took the necessary restraint, despite being under tremendous pressure to "clear" the area, which resulted in a peaceful gathering.

If only I remember to bring my camera, for there were some great moments to be captured. But there's plenty of pictures to share all round on the web, so that's not too bad ;)

The BERSIH march and rally was really a success but I would hesitate to repeat the feat too soon. Firstly, the King must be given sufficient time to act and respond. Secondly, I can assure you that the UMNO kingpins must be seething at this point of time and will certainly take all necessary actions to prevent another such meet. We can do more good work for the country out of jail, than in it. Furthermore, we should demonstrate that unlike UMNO and Barisan Nasional, we do not call for blood to be shed to prove our manhood. And thirdly, disrupting traffic and businesses in the city centre once may be tolerable and supported by all, but do that too frequently, these same supporters will turn against you - defeating the ultimate objectives of the rally. We want to win friends, not lose them.

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Make That Change

Guys, many of you will by now be aware of the massive rally cum gathering at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur later this afternoon. This BERSIH's People Gathering as well as the submission of a petition to the Yang Di-Pertuan Agung is to demand the use of indelible ink, a cleanup of the electoral roll, the abolition of domestic postal voting as well as fair access to the media. BERSIH’s campaign for electoral reform is endorsed by 66 NGOs and 5 political parties.

The details are as follows:

Venue: Dataran Merdeka
Date: 10 November 2007
Time: 3pm
More information is available here.

As you may know, the police have started roadblocks all around the city yesterday evening to prevent and deter members of the public from entering the city. To ensure that you'll have a smooth trip into the city, do not wear yellow till you are well within the city parameters or you'll most certainly be stopped. And arrive early to ensure that you will get to your destination on time for disruption to both public and private transports can be expected as the authorities will take all necessary actions to "stop" or diminish the turnout for the event.

Participants are certainly encouraged to take public transport. Additional transport guidelines are available on the Bersih website. Be safe and enjoy the outing. See you there! ;)

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Subsidies: RM35b or RM10b?

UMNO leaders typically attempts to talk a little more sense prior to an election, and this years' UMNO General Assembly, which is likely to be the last one prior to the next general election is no different.

UMNO Youth Deputy Chief, Khairy Jamaluddin, rightly criticised the current subsidy structure where the rich benefits more from the Government's subsidy scheme than the poor.

What was however interesting was when Khairy claimed that:

In all, the government had to foot RM35 billion, or 25 percent of government income, lamented Khairy during the debate on economy and education at the Umno assembly today.

Now, this RM35 billion figure is absolutely new to me. For the last I checked, specifically at the Goverment's 2007 and 2008 budget, the subsidy levels are no where near the purported figure given by the Member of Parliament and possible Minister in the making.

Based on the Budget figures provided by the prime minister's office, the subsidies allocated by the Government amounts to only RM12.2 billion and RM10.2 billion for 2007 and 2008 respectively, as shown in the table below.

Federal Government Operating Expenditure by Object 2006-2008

The question, I have then is, who is telling the truth? If the Government's budget is providing the accurate figure, then why is Khairy sensationalising the Government's budget by more than thrice the original amount? Was it to make it look like the Government's burden is higher than it actually is at "25% of total revenue", as opposed to only 7%? It is to illicit the rakyat's sympathy for the government which has wasted billions of the rakyat's tax payers monies in all manners possible?

Or on the other hand, more worryingly, did the Government published budget figure totally inaccurate and hides the fact that the Government (mis)allocates an incredible amount of funds to subsidise parties of unknown origins?

I've always had my suspicions and skepticisms over the manner by which the Government produces their budget numbers (e.g., the discrepancy of RM8 billion (!) expenditure between the Prime Minister's budget speech versus the published Economic Report), but if the above discrepancy is indeed "true", then it's absolutely shocking!

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KJ "Protection"

Khairy Jamaluddin says he wants to use "protection" to change things, as reported by The Star.

PETALING JAYA: Khairy Jamaluddin says that being the Prime Minister’s son-in-law has provided him “protection” which he wants to use to change things for the better. The Umno Youth deputy chief said he was able to “push the envelope now” partly because of that relationship with the prime minister.

“There’s a certain extent (to which) these people in Umno will not go after me. So it gives me ‘protection’ to change things. If I don’t use this ‘protection’ to change things for the better, then I’m just wasting time and marking my time to go up the ladder of politics. That’s not what I am about.

“I want to use this time that I have while I have this ‘protection’ to change things, to change Umno for the better.”

Interesting. And making UMNO a more 'racialised' party, less tolerant of the other Malaysian races as well as promoting the Ketuanan Melayu and the New Economic Policy agenda - "changing UMNO for the better"?

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Chasing Dreams

Here's the article I wrote for Oriental Daily on 7th October entitled "Chasing Dreams". It was basically written to encourage more Malaysian students to seek an education at some of the top universities overseas, and the fact that I believed that my own choices have made a huge difference to me personally. I also compared the success enjoyed by Singaporeans in gaining entry into the world's top schools as compared to Malaysians.

I certainly look forward to the day where our own education system places emphasis on encouraging our Malaysian students to achieve excellence as well as the schools providing the necessary guidance to help them do so.

追逐心中的梦想

每一年，有不同的机构和大学公布全球大学的排名榜，藉以衡量各别大学的素质与信誉。尽量各别的评估方法引发争议，然而这些排名榜所列出的前10所或20所全球最佳大学可谓分歧不大。

很多人都对这些名列前茅的大学，包括美国的哈佛大学、普林斯顿大学、耶鲁大学、麻省理工学院、史丹福大学，以及英国的牛津大学、剑桥大学、帝国学院再熟悉不过。我有幸到牛津大学深造，而这段经验确实丰富了我的人生。否则，我要谈何挤进牛津大学及获得毕业，更不可能碰上许多迎面而来的机会。

因此，我要直接问大家：每年有多少国人获录取进入这些大学？更重要的是，有多少国人梦想要挤入这些世界第一等的学府？

1991年，只有3个国人获牛津大学录取，反观新加坡有14人。更甚的是，我是通过新加坡的教育体系挤入牛津，另外两人亦是海外中学的毕业生。其他顶尖大学亦有类似情况，即修读各类学位的新加坡人往往超越马来西亚人。如今，虽然有更多国人挤入这些大学，但我们还是远远抛落人后。更讽刺的是，新加坡人口只占我国的六分之一。

这是否因为新加坡人比我们聪明？

不是。新加坡人生来绝不比我们聪明。当中的原因有二。其一乃马来西亚教育体系不容优秀生有更大的发展空间。除了限制独中发展之外，政府很少通过有系统的栽培与引导方式，协助优秀生申请进入顶尖大学。此外，我国教育水准日益滑落更让这些学生望梅止渴。

然而，更重要的是，我们必须将“追逐梦想”心态殖入每个学生脑海中。我们的教师必须鼓吹“敢于作最好尝试”的学习文化。许多优秀生不能挤入顶尖大学绝非因为他们不够资格，而是因为他们缺乏有关大学或申请程序的资料，当然还跟个人信心不足有关。

因此，我国学生有必要获取更多这类资讯。随着互联网通行，这个过程当然容易得多。与此同时，国内优秀生必须对本身更具信心，并相信他们是世界最优秀的人才，而且有很高机会获录取进入这些大学。很多人总喜欢问万一失败了怎么办，但为何你不问问自己：万一成功了又怎么办？

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De-sensitising Non-Malays

We all know that our UMNO Youth Chief, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein will be raising the keris once again at the on-going UMNO General Assembly. In order to manage expectations and practicing good "public relations", he has made known his intent to repeat the keris waving feat much earlier, in order to diminish the "shock" element.

In fact, last week, The Star prominently featured the article headlined "Keris tradition to continue" (italics mine).

Umno Youth will continue to use the keris as its symbol at the coming party general assembly and believes that with time the non-Malays will become de-sensitised to it.

[Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein] believed there was “nothing sensitive with carrying on” the tradition started by the movement two years ago. “I feel it is important we continue to do it so that the issue becomes de-sensitised over time.

Ah, I see. That is clearly in line with most of UMNO's other strategies such as telling a lie often enough, and it becomes perceived as the truth.

Or how about the fact that Barisan Nasional continuing to treat non-Malays as 2nd class citizens, and they may just get used to it? Or the continued policy of discrimination and marginalisation of non-Malays, and similarly, we'll get "de-sensitised" over time.

The issue therefore is nothing to do with the need to "de-sensitising" non-Malays. It has everything to do with the contempt the UMNO leaders have for their fellow Malaysians. In fact, the issue is less to do with the fact that the keris was raised and more to do with the intent by which it was raised. For the past few UMNO General Assembly meetings, raising the keris coupled of war-like speeches have been intended to stir racial hatred and racist sentiments against the country's minorities.

Hence what Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein is infact doing, as the Minister of Education, is not de-sensitising the non-Malays, but instead setting an example and raising a whole new generation contemptuous, war-like and racially parochial ethnic group. And this is diametrically opposed to the much vaulted National Education Blueprint 2006 launched earlier this year which sought to "integrate" Malaysians.

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Bar Council March

That's Ting Fong doing the "wave" ;-)

Yes, yes, the "March for Justice" was like eons ago... but I finally found the time to download the pictures from the camera and sort through them ;) Plus, its probably a good reminder that while the march was more than a month ago, there has still been no tangible result from the "independent" panel "investigations" or by anybody else.

I like this pic, unfortunately, it's a video capture...
('cos the camera-man didn't know how to use the camera! ;-))

Yes, we were all tourists that day visiting the mighty Istana Keadilan.
Ng Lip Eng, Liew Chin-Tong, Lau Weng San, YB Teresa Kok, me & Ting Fong

More touristy shots for those arriving early for the March.
I won't name the others in the picture ;-)

The crowd gathers for the biggest gathering of lawyers ever.
Note the irony of the "50th Years of Independence" banner in the background.

Ah, the Hammer of Justice, courtesy of Jenice Lee

Dark clouds hang over the Corridors of Power

Ah, Kay Peng, Li Tsin and Weng San taking shelter from the impending downpour

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Waving the Constitution (II)

Ah... I know, I know, I need to post more ;)

For a start, it has been about a month since I've last posted my weekly articles to Oriental Daily. So, I'll start there while I get my thoughts sorted to put up more posts, many of which are much delayed ;)

The following article was a combination of what I wrote on the Government's total disregard of the Federal Constitution as demonstrated by the Minister in Prime Minister's Department, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz's proclamation that he's the Chief Justice "boss", as well as an earlier post where I remarked on the MCA Youth Chief's placid atttempt to wave the Federal Constitution. We have still not witness any attempts to do so both at the Parliament or the Cabinet by MCA.

举起联邦宪法

我国联邦宪法是国家的最神圣的法律文件。如果马来西亚国家领袖或人民不尊重联邦宪法，国家统治就会陷入混乱。

所以当首相署部长纳兹里为了平息¨林甘短片〃所引起的丑闻，宣布他是联邦法院首席大法官阿末法鲁斯的部长，以及是“掌管法律事务的部长”时，我感觉到前所未有的不寒而栗。

我国联邦宪法明文规定司法是独立的，司法更是制衡政府行政部门的机关。失去了司法与立法独立的马来西亚，就再也不是一个真正的民主国。我们也没有办法保证，国家法律还能作为庇护公民免受政府欺凌的护身符。

一个初级部长能够那么骄傲自满的宣布他是联邦法院首席大法官的上司，根本就是藐视联邦宪法的表现。难道我们国家政府已经完全无视宪法的存在，不需要再尊重联邦宪法了吗？

刚刚过去的第44届马青全国常年代表大会上，马青总团长廖中莱很骄傲的宣告“国人应坚守宪法独立精神”。他率领中委举起《联邦宪法》，嚷嚷“以举手机取代举短剑”暗讽出席该大会的巫青团副团凯里。

廖中莱还强调，马华不是任人欺负的，“人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人！”席中也表示关系民族利益的课题，马青的立场绝对鲜明，不回避、不挑衅，咬定青山不放松！

但可笑的是，他只用华语表达给马青团员与不谱华语及热烈鼓掌的凯里听。他在以国语演讲时，却不再提这几句义气冲天的说辞。

目前，我国司法与宪法又受严重的威胁了，引起律师公会在布城大型的游行。问题是，廖中莱或者其它马华部长是否会在内阁或国会举联邦宪法，强烈地仗义直言来保护我国司法机关？还是马华领袖会把“林甘短片”丑闻视若无睹？

廖中莱还说，批评比建设容易，马青要做的事情很多，没有时间和反对党纠缠不清。可是，看来廖中莱应该认为开空头支票比接受批评还要容易。马青不只没时间反驳反对党提起的问题，它们也没时间、气节或胆量作出维护宪法的行动。

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The Police Must Be Crazy

It is such a sad state of affairs. You would have read in Malaysiakini our top police officers making allegations and counter allegations against each other, against the Deputy Minister of Internal Security and the Anti-Corruption Agency.

You would also have read the news of police officers with automatic rifles charging at a 100 year old Hindu temple and its devotees to demolish the building. Many were injured as a result and one victim is apparently in a coma. Some 14 persons were arrested including a 15 year old boy.

Late last evening, 4 lawyers - P Uthayakumar, M Manoharan, V Ganabathy and Vethamoorthy went to Shah Alam police station to lodge a police report over the above incident.

Unbelievably, based on witness statements, they were denied entry into the police station at the gates. Shouting began and a small fracas soon followed with one of the lawyers pushed to the ground.

Finally, the lawyers were allowed in to lodge their report over the afternoon temple demolition incident. However shockingly, the Deputy OCPD then appeared and had the four lawyers handcuffed and arrested!

As 2 of the lawyers are DAP lawyers, I received a call from one of the concerned Malaysian present and I arrived at the scene at about 12 midnight.

There was already a group of Indian Malaysians gathered outdside and a candlelight vigil was soon started, where we asked for the lawyers to be released.

We tried to get the police officers to let the parents of the 15 year old boy see their child but the police refused permission.

Calls were made and soon a team of lawyers from the bar council arrived, led by Edmund Bon. However, they too were denied access.

The OCPD then led a small team of police officers to confront us (who were at the gates) insisting that our peaceful vigil was illegal and insisted that we disperse. He however refused to entertain requests for his name made by Weng San (who joined me later), as well as others - clearly against police protocols.

The Bar Council lawyers took the opportunity to insist that they be allowed to see their clients which the OCPD initially refused. However with seeming pressure from the crowd and fluent recitations of the penal code, the OCPD relented to let the Bar Council lawyers into the police station.

We waited for more than an hour only to find out that they were not allowed to meet the lawyers who were detained. Edmund and co then proceed to file a police report that they were not allowed to see their clients. The police then attempt to "chase" the lawyers out of the police station, only to have the lawyers lodge another police report on the police attempting to do so.

Given the Prime Minister's rude and poorly explained snub on the Bar Council, this only goes to show the scant regard our government has for the rule of law. All these happenings, temple demolitions, police brutality and sheer governmental arrogance just makes you think that an "evil" government is running this country. The government has lost all moral authority over the population and anybody with a decent and clear conscious cannot possibly know the above and yet vote for Barisan Nasional.

And where's the much need Independent Police Complaints and Monitoring Commission (IPCMC) to restore the credibility of the force which Pak Lah promised (so long ago)?

I left the scene not too long after receiving the above news, knowing that the lawyers in custody are in good hands. ;) Tony Pua reporting from Shah Alam Police Station Headquarters, 2.45am. ;)

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PJ Fund Raising Dinner - Last Call

Hi guys,

It has been a pretty frantic couple of days and it'll probably continue till the Thursday DAP PJ Fund Raising Dinner. ;)


Just wanted to put a note out as a gentle reminder and a last call to those who are interested in attending the above dinner. It's just RM50 per person and it'll certainly go a long way towards assisting us towards are campaign to "reclaim" Petaling Jaya from Barisan Nasional ;)

The dinner should be an exciting affair with:

• Ballroom performances by the current Malaysian champions, Michael Yong & Janet Gooi
  
  
• A special performance by Alfred Ho, a popular blind singer who has recently joined DAP (he's very good, by the way)
  
  
• Speeches by Sdr Lim Guan Eng and YB Fong Po Kuan (our very own cili-padi, replacing YB Teresa Kok who's away on duty in UK), plus the team servicing Petaling Jaya including yours truly ;).
  

Vegetarian food as well as halal options (food and cutlery provided by external Muslim caterers) are available upon request, whether as individual portions or by entire tables. There is also no pork served on the main menu.

The map to the restaurant, Damansara Palace @ Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya is as follows:

You can purchase the tickets online below using credit cards via PayPal, or contact me @ tonypua(at)yahoo(dot)com for more details. Cheque payments should be made to "DAP Damansara Branch". We certainly look forward to your support and attendance! ;)

1st Nov 2007 PJ Dinner (per pax)
@ RM50 (US$15)

1st Nov 2007 PJ Dinner (per table of 10)
@ RM500 (US$150)

1st Nov 2007 PJ Dinner (per VIP table of 10)
@ RM1,000 (US$300)

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Remembering Operasi Lalang

DAP Public Forum

Remembering Ops Lalang (1987-2007)
No More Fear, Abolish ISA!

Date: 31 October 2007 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:30p.m--1045p.m.
Venue: KL-Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall

Special Guest: Malek Hussin (Chairman, MAFREL and former ISA detainee)

Speakers:

• Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh (Chairman, Gerakan Masuhkan ISA)
• Nolaila Othman (Wife of a current ISA detainee)
• Lim Kit Siang (Parliamentary Opposition Leader)
• Karpal Singh (DAP National Chairman)
• Tan Seng Giaw (DAP Deputy National Chairman)
• Lim Guan Eng (DAP Secretary-General)

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Another Little Hiatus

Sorry guys, I've been neglecting the blog once again. Believe me, its not out of choice ;-) There's just so much to do preparing for the upcoming elections that all the remaining time left you'd just want to spend it with the wife and kid.

Just what exactly am I doing? ;-) I don't think a written explanation will do my work justice, but it'll go some way towards "explaining" my absence ;-).

For example, writing letters to voters (10% of say, 60,000 voters is still 6,000 letters!) which will involve, writing, editing, layout, printing, signing, folding, inserting into envelopes, picking addresses, printing mailing labels, sticking them on envelopes, sorting letters, arranging for pick up and delivery. (That's why plenty of volunteers needed!)

And for the upcoming Fund-raising dinner on the 1st Nov? That'll involve designing tickets, printing them, making tens (or more) of calls and SMS's to friends, associates, acquaintance, supporters etc. (I've just reached "Y" on the address book), meetings to sort out logistics, walking PJ to sell tickets to PJ residents and businessmen.

Then there's the community service bit where I handle cases and issues brought up by the public from investment scams, irresponsible developers, mom and pop contractors failing to secure payment, social welfare cases, abuse of power by city councils etc. Additionally, press conferences are called to highlight many of these cases. Oh, they'll never be highlighted in the Star or NST (because it's DAP), but you'd find them very regularly in the Chinese press.

Ah, and how about standing in (or moving around) morning markets going "Rocket! Rocket! Read all about it, for just two Ringgit". Hey, it works! Besides managing to sell quite well, quite a few people stopped to talk to me as well, with some having seen me in the papers or visited my blog ;) It certainly helps lift the spirits ;)

That of course, doesn't yet include all the obligatory party activities such as attending party functions, strategy meetings, meeting up with volunteers and supporters plus of course, carrying out my job as the Rocket editor.

So, I certainly am working my butts off and hopefully it'll make a difference. As a consequence, the blog will suffer a little, hopefully not too much. With some assistance from others, I do plan to update the blog with pictures and short write ups of more of my activities, then just commentaries. That way, readers will also probably get a better picture of what I do as an unemployed politician ;)

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Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri

To all our Muslim friends, Selamat Hari Raya AidilFitri. I hope you have all had a pleasant break and a happy trip back to the kampungs ;). I certainly did. ;)

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PJ Fund Raising Dinner (II)

Hi guys, just a quick update on the "Petaling Jaya to Lead Malaysia Forward" dinner on the 1st November ;) We do know that a dinner function with just speeches is going to be kinda dry, hence we were looking for ways to spice it up ;)

Well, we are pleased to confirm that Mr Michael Yong and Ms Janet Gooi, who will represent Malaysia for ballroom dancing (Latin) at the 2nd Asian Indoor Games in Macau in November 2007 and the 24th SEA Games in Korat, Thailand, this December 2007, will perform at our dinner for specially for you. ;)

Michael Yong, the current Malaysian Grade A Latin Champion with 7 national championship titles, started dancing at the age of 14 when he accompanied his mother to her dance classes. Internationally, the pair secured the champion placing in the Grade A Latin Open held in Ipoh (January 2007), followed by 2nd. runners up spot at the Latin Super Cup held in Singapore in March 2007.

So hurry, secure your tables today by sending me an email at tonypua(at)yahoo.com. Individual seats are available at RM50, or a table of 10 at RM500 but the best of all, ringside VIP tables for the best views at RM1,000 per table. Cheques can be made out to "DAP Damansara Branch". Alternatively, feel free to purchase/book your tables via credit card, courtesy of PayPal payment gateway by clicking on the right items below.

1st Nov 2007 PJ Dinner (per pax)
@ RM50 (US$15)

1st Nov 2007 PJ Dinner (per table of 10)
@ RM500 (US$150)

1st Nov 2007 PJ Dinner (per VIP table of 10)
@ RM1,000 (US$300)

Maintaining a community and service centre as well as running an election campaign is a relatively expensive affair, especially when compared against the mighty machinery of Barisan Nasional. I will blog on how much it'll cost us soon enough. But in the mean time, your support is crucial towards helping the DAP win in Petaling Jaya (which comprises of 2 parliamentary seat, 5 state seats, not all of which are/will be contested by DAP). Let the voters in PJ take the lead in bring about the winds of change for the nation!

These dinners are organised by DAP Damansara and DAP PJ Action Team.

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