I enjoyed TWO speakers immensely. I did NOT get the name of the first speaker -- he appeared to be a seaoned entertainer, speaking mostly in Kantonis, with a smattering of Hokkien, BM and Mandarin, and from the laughter from the 3,000-strong crowd, they kept cheering him on even after some 45minutes.
More pertinently, one side note is that every attendee paid RM50 for a ticket and it was 280tables "sold out" with late-comers standing to watch the "show" relayed via several giant TV screens set up to ensure everyone had a good view, not just those near the main stage.
Let me PUT ON RECORD that even as a non-supporter of MCA, I must report that it along with its cahoot Chinese aRsEsociatons in Seremban on the same night organised another dinner -- NO, it's not fund-raising, it's more like FUND-GIFTING to all the attendees, supposedly targeted to number 30,000! FREE TICKETS to the dinner were freely given out -- thrown in as a bonus in a Lucky Draw to keep the crowd waiting till the last item-lah! -- with generous prizes INCLUDING A PROTON CAR! I heard from Pasar Besar politikuses that only half the tables were filled, which means about 15,000 people came -- for free food and lucky draw-lah! Some of my cheApskate ER who went dare, please gift Desi the right figures for attendees. K!:) Another snippet I heard is that Dr Chua Soi Lek had to urge the crowd to clap on cue in appreciation of his performance on stage -- izzit true?!
Okay, over with the side journey including my half-hour drive from Furong to Lukut, back to the Main Menu. DAP SG Lim Guan Eng, also CM of Penang state, was scheduled as the last speaker, and since he is ranked among the top echelon within Pakatan Rakyat, he could be deemed to be sharing with policy-statements when quoting from pledges contained in the tripartite GE13 ELECTION MANIFESTO they released recently!
Lim related a few initiatives Pulau Pinang and Selangor under PR had done during the past five years -- eg like giving every state schoilar RM1,000 on entering the university. I shall elaborate a byte on the national issues --please correct me if I am wrong! -- from Lim's sharings:~~~~~
#1. If/When PR captures Putrajaya in the coming GE13, every senior citizen above age 60 will get an annual bonus of RM1,000 (hey, my secret sharing -- as said by PM-in-waiting, DSAI last year at a Seremban cereamah whispered he was 64 but FELT 46. Being two weeks younger than DSAI, Desi is feeling 56 now thoughsoon touching 65!)
#2. The to-do list on assuming office at Putrajaya, PR will lower the petrol pump prices. YES< as frequently advocated at Desi's place, Malaysia is a nett beneficiary of world oil prices rising AS WE ARE A NETT PRODUCER AND EXPORTER OF PETROLEM, and MALAYSIA'S PETROL CRUDES ARE SWEETER AND ENJOY A PREMIUM over the oil imports!
#3. All the PTPTN loans -- given out to students who applied for studies at universities -- would be WAIVED from any need to pay back and from henceforth, tertiary students under such a scheme will be GIVEN FREE LOANS under the Pakatan government.
#4. The TOLLS for the North-South Highway WILL BE ABOLISHED. Lim stated that the concessionaire had alraedy garnered back more thn RM200billion, THREE TIMES MORE THA THE RM^)BILLION IT INVESTED!. Yes, Desi has been paying quite a byte over the years travelling Seremban-KL, even a few times up north to Ipoh and Penang. I guess I will travel more often -- down south to meet mGf KimQ and see Iskandar eh? -- once PR rules!
As for benefits #5 onwards, please-lah, do some homework; don't be a hazy lazy mazy cow like you sleeping at NFC condo OK -- Google PR Election Manifesto for GE13, report-back to Desi, K. I may buy ye endless rounds of tehtari' at De Miang CONner, you bring the bestA mutton from Lingam's, jest don't bring the Cheap Justice OK -- he might add arSENic in our tehtarik -- you don wanna Desi to go off into the sunset so early from a heart attack, NO/Yes/Maybe/Mayhaps!!?? -- YL, Desi, knottyaSsusual
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