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 future
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Chua networks with Indians, Malays in
Segamat
Discussion and briefing with Indian
supporters and campaigners in Jementah.
SEGAMAT (April 12, 2013): After two days
and nights of walkabouts, Johor PKR chief Chua Jui Meng today started
networking with the Indian communities here today.
Chua
has garnered the support of three teams of Indians, with a fourth in the
making.
These
teams will not only help Chua in his campaign trails until May 4, they will
also work as the eyes and ears for the P.140 Segamat candidate who is also PKR
vice-chairman.
The
will also on house-to-house campaigns to keep the Indians informed of the need
to vote for PKR for a change in both state and federal governments.
They
will also explain to the Indian communities on both national and local issues,
and how PKR can be expected to resolve their woes when Pakatan Rakyat PR) is
given the mandate to govern after the 13th General Election on May
5.
Chua
also made an impromptu meeting with local PAS community leaders to discuss
networking and campaign to make inroads into Felda and Felcra communities.
Top: A senior citizen on her motorcycle
stops to greet Chua and accepts a PR flyer. Above: A Malay family having
breakfast is greeted by Chua.
Chua
and his campaigners and supporters, including from the DAP, kicked off the
morning campaign trail at the Kampung Abdullah wet market, extending and
receiving warm handshakes from the people outside and inside the market at
8.30am.
A photo session at the requests of the
people.
At
10am, Chua and his team headed to the nearby Nam Yuen coffee shop where they
had breakfast after shaking hands with those present in the favourite hangout
of Opposition supporters.
They
then took a short rest in a home stay and left for Buloh Kasap to meet a group
of Indian supporters for a late lunch at 4.30pm.
The
supporters briefed Chua on the local issues, why they do not support MIC and
Chua also suggested strategies on how to explain to their communities why they
should support change.
The scenes at the Gemas Baru pasar malam.
At
6pm, Chua and his team rushed to the Gemas Baru pasar malam (night market) where he again received warm responses
from the villagers of mixed races.
After
an hour, Chua and his team headed for Jementah where Chua briefed a group of 25
Indian supporters on the various national issues and PR’s manifesto so that
they are able to explain clearly to their communities.
Among
the issues that Chua touched on were:
Ø The Umno-led
Barisan Nasional (BN) is today a racist government;
Ø On the plight of
the stateless Indians and how the Anwar Ibrahim-led PR was prepared to resolve
their woes; and
Ø The one million
instant citizenships granted to foreigners.
After
an hour-long briefing, Chua left for a quick meeting with a group of Chinese
supporters at a nearby coffee shop.
Chua
and his team then returned to join the Indians at the dinner in Restoran Seng
Kee.
This
was followed by the impromptu meeting with PAS leaders and supporters in
Segamat, ending the day and night-long campaign trail just before the stroke of
midnight.
More
pix of Chua’s campaign trail throughout the day and night:
