P.140
Segamat (13th General Election on May 5, 2013)
46,262 (20,093/43.43% Malays;
21,393/46.24% Chinese; 4,641/10.03% Indians)
Vote for Change, for our children’s futureChua forges PKR-DAP election campaign tie-up zooms in on the Malay heartland
PKR’s Chua and DAP’s Tan surprised the
Jementah folk with their joint-presence.
SEGAMAT (April 21, 2013): Johor PKR
chairman Chua Jui Meng and DAP’s N.2 Jementah candidate Tan Chen Choon today
synergised their election campaign activities and strategies.
Chua,
who is contesting P.140 Segamat, and Tan (husband of former DAP MP Fong Po Kuan
a.k.a Cilli Padi) surprised the Jementah electorate when they turned up at the
town’s wet market at 8am for a joint-walkabout election campaign.
The
people clapped with approval as Chua and Tan went about extending warm
handshakes to the Chinese, Indian and Malay voters.
Chua
said: “We will try to conduct as many PKR-DAP joint walkabouts to show to the
people what Pakatan Rakyat (PR) unity is about.
“Although
the Chinese community has, since I started campaigning on April 10, shown consistent
superb response, we cannot take their support for granted.
“We
will still need to meet them in person, and as many as we can in the un-up to
the May 5 polling day.”
Chua
and Tan have also agreed to share the use of all their Bilik Gerakan (election operations room) in Jementah and here.
After
breakfast in a Malay stall at 9.30am, Chua headed for the Taman Harmoni PAS
election operations room for a meeting to iron out campaigning woes in the
black areas in Buloh Kasap.
After
the meeting at 10.50am, Chua and his entourage of campaigners went on a
walkabout in two Taoist temples and Medan
Selera Bukit Tunggal.
At
about 12.30pm, Chua returned to his main election centre on Jalan Muhibbah in
Taman Utama for a meeting to finalise his election committee.
Top and Bottom: Two Batu Anam night
market scenes.
Chua
hit the road again for a walkabout in the Batu Anam night market where he and
Tan crossed each other’s path.
They
immediately went about shaking hands with the people together.
No more an Umno stronghold? PAS and PKR
flags are raised for the first time in Badang.
Chua
then went to Badang and Kampng Mensudut Lama to kick-off his networking
campaign in the Malay heartland.
Both
villages saw the PKR and PAS flags raised for the first time in a general
election in the Umno stronghold.
Kampng Mensudut Lama no more an Umno
stronghold.
Chua
will be campaigning rigorously with Firdaus Masod, the PAS candidate for Buloh
Kasap.
Top and bottom: Chua visits Badang folks
in their homes.
Chua
has lined up a punishing schedule for tomorrow, starting with walkabouts in
Buloh Kasap at 9am followed by a blitz of house-to-house campaigning in seven
areas, two Chinese and five Malay.
Here’s
more pictures on Chua’s campaign trail today:
