The New Straits Times, Saturday, April 27, 2013
UNDERTAKING: Four candidates give 19-point pledge covering nine areas
KAJANG: BARISAN Nasional candidates in Hulu Langat are bringing the fight to win back the parliamentary seat up a notch with the launch of a manifesto for the area.BN head coordinator for the parliamentary area and candidate for the Semenyih state seat, Datuk Johan Abd Aziz, said the 19 undertakings in the manifesto were an extension of the Selangor state manifesto launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
He said the manifesto covers nine main areas -- housing, education, public facilities, religion, economy, infrastructure, health, tourism and sports.
"Our main promise is to provide 5,000 affordable housing units over the next five years. We are also planning to build a new Chinese secondary school in Kajang, as we are aware of the burden that some parents have to face as there is only one secondary school here," he said at the launch of the manifesto, yesterday.
The Hulu Langat manifesto is divided into its three state constituencies -- Kajang, Semenyih and Dusun Tua -- and each has its own undertaking tailored to meet the needs of the local community.
The undertaking for education includes the construction of another Tamil school and the upgrading of the existing one in Hulu Semenyih, SJK (T) Ladang Dominion.
They will also build three more national primary and secondary schools, and a secondary religious school for Muslims.
"For infrastructure, we will build a new intersection from Semenyih to the Lekas (Kajang-Seremban highway) highway and another alternative route to the cemeteries in Jalan Sungai Lalang, Semenyih, which is usually crowded between March and April when the Chinese celebrate Cheng Beng," he said, adding that there would be no toll charges.
He said they would create a Rural Transformation Centre, a slaughterhouse for Muslims celebrating Hari Raya Aidiladha and micro credit facilities for women under Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia.
The launch was attended by the other three candidates Lee Ban Seng for Kajang, Ismail Sani for Semenyih and Adzhaliza Mohd Nor for Hulu Langat, as well as Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil who was there to lend her support.
Datuk Johan Abd Aziz (right), the BN candidate for the Semenyih state
seat and Lee Ban Seng, the BN candidate for Kajang state seat, with the
manifesto for Hulu Langat. Pic by Izhari Ariffin
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