and the ilks of Desi keep on cursing! Sour grapes!
But mine tastes like summer wine, so sublime
If only someone's head goes into that pot
Along wit' kepala ikan ala Mantin Kong Heong, hot
Ah, someone is getting to become a superB shot!
Hee gets her Camry
Monday, 09 February 2009
By Lee Wei Lian, The Malaysian Insider
For the past few days, speculation has been mounting whether Barisan Nasional will reward Jelapang assemblywoman Hee Yit Fong with an executive council post in the Perak government. Umno souces today confirmed she is among seven confirmed in the executive council.
Three more will be decided later, possibly after the first seven are sworn in tomorrow by Perak ruler Sultan Azlan Shah. Two of the execo members will be Chinese with the other being Chenderiang state assemblyman Dr Mah Hang Soon, who is also MCA Youth deputy chief.
Hee, possibly the most hated woman in Malaysia right now, has been the subject of ridicule and abuse in and around her Ipoh hometown as welll as in cyberspace, far more than the other three Perak state representatives who switched support from Pakatan Rakyat to Barisan Nasional.
She was the deputy state speaker in the Pakatan Rakyat government and was in DAP for some 20 years. The clerk-turned-politician was said to have been upset with the state party leadership and for not getting a new official car when the Pakatan Rakyat chose Toyota Camrys over Proton Perdanas.
Another woman who has been appointed to the exco is Sungai Rapat's Hamidah Osman, who was rumoured to be upset over losing the menteri besar post to Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadir. Umno sources denied she was upset, saying she is supportive of the 47-year-old BN menteri besar.
The tricky task of determining of the exco line-up is one of the first tests that Zambry has to face apart from handling a hostile Perak electorate upset over the manner the state government changed hands.
"To head off dissatisfaction, he explained that there are only 10 exco positions but 31 candidates," a source told The Malaysian Insider.
"He emphasized to them that the major thrust has be to win the hearts of the people and cannot be on Camrys and houses. He also told them to speak their minds and not just be yes-men which they found refreshing."
Several names were nominated for each exco portfolio based on their skills and abilities. Discussions were made with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi and his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who is widely credited for the Perak takeover, until early hous of this morning.
The swearing in ceremony is expected to take place at 10 am in the Istana Iskandariah in Perak's royal town of Kuala Kangsar tomorrow.
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