P59 Bkt Gantang – Walk with Nizar, Port Weld

Barisan Rakyat team  had the chance to walk with P59 Pakatan Rakyat/PAS candidate – MB Nizar… accompanied by Kuala Sepetang Adun Tai Sing Ng around the historical Port Weld main areas.

Have you ever seen a man who gets warm & love from every baby/kid he picks up?

Who is the last politician you know inspires an old apek who can hardly walk to insist on getting up & out to greet him?

Who inspired schoolgirl giggles from 2 grown nurses after having their pix taken?

Who politely rings the bell before entering a police station & had them stand in attention the whole time (even though they don’t recognise him as MB anymore)

How many you know can make his 2 political rivals stay as he was Imam for a maghrib session? (ask Zambry & Muyiddin)?

Even the RTM & Bernama guys who were covering the Port Weld walk were touched would have found it hard to spin a biased story for their masters.

We were SO impressed by him that we gave him one of our Anak Bangsa Malaysia t-shirts in the end…. which he sportingly put on immediately!

*Salute* Dato Ser !! You are truly, a People’s Man….

Bukit Gantang…. lets send Nizar to Parliament to kick ass for you, for  Perakians & for all anak anak Bangsa Malaysia!!

delCapo let the pix below speak for themselves…. even more pix on Picasa.

Haris & Zorro had an inspired posting each too!

thx Nanda and Mx for being excellent camera crew

P59 Bkt Gantang – scenes & tales from Port Weld

The only "sign" of history left

History:

• Port Weld was renamed Kuala Sepetang during Sultan Idris rule. (anyone know the date?)
• The first ever rail way in Malaysia was built from Port Weld to Taiping.
• It is, AND should be honoured, as one of Malaysia’s heritage sites.

This predominantly chinese area has some of the friendliest but independent minded people you will ever meet.

It remains a vibrant fishery town with some of the most deliscious Tau Fu Fa, Mee Udang, Mee Kari & Pau you can find.

Some of the issues they face today after years of BN rule (PKR only took over the state seat in 2008):

• Approx. 200  fishermen have not gotten their fishing license for years… apparently only NOW (this week) has BN, led by Ong Tee Kiat promise that they will get theirs SOON!
• The local masjid, the only one here, is seeing renovation & road tarring for the FIRST time in 50 years… again, this week.
• Many live in houses on TOL land, which have NOT been renewed for more than 15 years… The Pakatan Rakyat state government was gonna arrange freeholdtitles for them.
• The Pakatan Rakyat government was also in the midst of consulting with the residents on some land adjustments to accomodate new housing & infrastructure  for them.
• The neglect of Port Weld as a historical town is suspicious…. as rumours of a major development company, backed by BN, is eyeing much of the land for their own development (maybe THEN will Port Weld get it’s deserved status, but NOT benefitting the locals… maybe)
• The locals have been depending on boats to cross the river to a part known only as “Kuay Kang” in Hokkien (Cross River)… they have been waiting for a bridge… which Pakatan Rakyat has planned for… now hijacked by BN as part of their election promise… as per other election promises.
• Sathival, a local chap, told us about some locals living in extreme poverty & offered to take us to visit them… we ran out of time as Sathival had to attend to something…. shall follow-up!

a stolen promise?

Port Weld will always be Port Weld to most…. lets hope the locals get what they deserve… & soon… not just empty election promises.

Haris & Zorro had an inspired posting each too!

more pix of  scenes from Port Weld within….