FMT - Ex-envoy joins DAP, praises Penang governance (extracts):
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KUALA LUMPUR: Former ambassador to Mexico Yeop Adlan Che Rose has joined DAP, according to the party’s Malay-language news portal Rocketkini.com.
According to the portal, Yeop Adlan, 74, said DAP’s governance of Penang was the main reason he had joined the party.
“The party isn’t anti-Islam, as claimed by some. The Penang Islamic Department is given an allocation of RM14 million a year by the state government,” he was quoted as saying.
Yeop Adlan said the Penang government, led by DAP and other Pakatan Harapan parties, was the only state government that was clean, efficient and trustworthy.
He said this was the main reason that drew him to the party, which he decided to join after having previously joined PAS and PKR.
“For 50 years, Penang was held by Barisan Nasional and what have they done? There was no planning, everything was disorganised, eateries were filthy.
“DAP, in just two terms, has turned the state into a clean one. The state is prudent with its budget and there is no more abuse of funds. They also practise an open tender system.
“The debts have been reduced from RM680 million to just RM66 million while Pahang’s debts are at RM2.3 billion,” he was quoted as saying.
Yeop Adlan said the economic development of Malays would only be achieved in a country that was administered in the same manner as Penang.
He said Malays should not be afraid of DAP’s involvement in PH.
“DAP is under the Chinese, but if the party is successful and shows its prowess, then what is wrong with that?
Just one comment on Yeop Adlan Che Rose's spill, namely, “For 50 years, Penang was held by Barisan Nasional and what have they done? There was no planning, everything was disorganised, eateries were filthy."
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According to the portal, Yeop Adlan, 74, said DAP’s governance of Penang was the main reason he had joined the party.
“The party isn’t anti-Islam, as claimed by some. The Penang Islamic Department is given an allocation of RM14 million a year by the state government,” he was quoted as saying.
Yeop Adlan said the Penang government, led by DAP and other Pakatan Harapan parties, was the only state government that was clean, efficient and trustworthy.
He said this was the main reason that drew him to the party, which he decided to join after having previously joined PAS and PKR.
“For 50 years, Penang was held by Barisan Nasional and what have they done? There was no planning, everything was disorganised, eateries were filthy.
“DAP, in just two terms, has turned the state into a clean one. The state is prudent with its budget and there is no more abuse of funds. They also practise an open tender system.
“The debts have been reduced from RM680 million to just RM66 million while Pahang’s debts are at RM2.3 billion,” he was quoted as saying.
Yeop Adlan said the economic development of Malays would only be achieved in a country that was administered in the same manner as Penang.
He said Malays should not be afraid of DAP’s involvement in PH.
“DAP is under the Chinese, but if the party is successful and shows its prowess, then what is wrong with that?
I have to agree with him on above especially during Gerakan's reign, when during its latter part, the Island turned from its 'Pearl of the Orient' reputation to being rather filthy.
I was especially disappointed with Koh Tsu Koon's government in that it allowed rampant unfettered development of everything and anything.
For example, townships and especially restaurants were developed helter-skelter. The worst were in the south of the Island.
Then environmentally, the brooks, streams and rivers were mercilessly ignored as its waters 'disappeared somewhere' and riverbeds showed small pools of stagnant brackish filth. See my KTemoc Kongsamkok post The secret brook.
And as a sign of its environmental deterioration, my Penang lang, well-known author-scholar Neil Khor lamented in Malaysiakini the disappearance of the 'peacock-hu' (guppies) from its waterways and even drains. The guppies were indispensable non-chemical means of keeping check on mosquito larvae.
