Dear DAP friends, 20/10/2013
On behalf of the
people in Sibu/ elsewhere in Sarawak, I plead the DAP representatives to be
more people-centred and friendly. That
means when people come to you for help, please never refuse them. It is unwise to tell them that the problems
that they face are not within your job specifications or whatever. Look!
When these poor and ‘small ’ people ( low social status) come to you for
help, they really need help and they have no idea whom they can go for help.
It is advisable to
set up a task force to help whoever who come to you for help to refer to this
group of people to help them. Refusing
the helpless people in need is not a good representative indeed. As you know these people have their own
network of friends and relatives and friends’ friends and relatives’ relatives,
the spread out is endless. It will not
do good for the party /PR as a whole.
These poor and helpless people can spread by the words of mouth and the
positive / negative effects can be very powerful / lethal, too. Be aware.
At this stage,
only those representatives who are willing to make extra effort can win the
hearts of the people. Let me showcase
you the damaging effects of your actions
Since last year, I
have heard 3 cases (someone told me in person) of how disappointed these people felt when they sought help
from you. Look! These poor and helpless people are usually
illiterate / with little education and they may not know how to relate they
problem(s) to your ‘expected’ standard and sometimes may sound weird. Remember it is not to speak loudly / shout at
them / be sarcastic when he / she tells you his/er problem(s) on the telephone. Instead you should invite him / her to your
office to find out what his/er problem is.
The second case
was when someone went to newly elected parliamentary member (MP) for help, the
so-said MP, just rejected the man saying that it was not his
responsibility. It might not be your
responsibility but as a elected MP, people expect you to help. Or why should they elect you? It is bad-lah/ damaging -lah just to turn
away the call for help. Please do
something / relay those / volunteer who can be of help to the person.
The third case is
again more / less the same like the second case. It is about MP feeling fed-up dealing with small,
small and small cases all the time. I
agree with you it is not easy to be bothered by the trivial cases all the time
when MPs are elected to deal with the policies.
But your extra effort will help you to gain credit points.
So my advice is to
set up a task force to help you to prove that there is a big difference between
the BN party and the PR party.
