Temasek Review
Dear Madam Ho Geok Choo,
It
had came to my attention from the many gigantic posters in our
neighbourhood around Boon Lay and Jurong West St 52 that you are
our de facto Member of Parliament (MP). This was the only contact I
had with you during your tenure as our MP, apart from the many
other posters that your Grassroots had placed around our lift
landing.
As a residents staying at West Coast GRC, in which you are one
of the MPs, I would like to ask you a few questions:
(a) Why is it that you had never conducted any house
visits at our constituency during your tenure as our
MP?
This is so unlike one of your colleagues, Mr George Yeo, who had
to juggle meeting with residents, going overseas for diplomatic
reasons and keeping in touch with the citizens via Facebook,
Twitter and other media platform. I really envy the residents in
Hougang as their MP seemed to be more resident-oriented as opposed
to you. Is it because West Coast GRC had been a walk-over which is
why you believe that it would be a ‘walk in the park’ in the next
election as well?
(b) What have you done as our MP?
Considering that we had seldom seen you in our Constituency, it
would be of great interest to the resident and myself to know the
contribution that you had made for the residents in Boon Lay. Apart
from the lift upgrading that was mooted before the last election,
and painting works that are being carried out currently – possibly
in light of the impending General Elections coming up – there are
no tangible contribution from yourself to our estate. Carpark woes
had always been a achilies heel for residents, but what had been
done for us? There are also a large number of rodents in the estate
but the problem seemed to go unnotice by yourself. Taking your
paycheck into consideration, I would expect a better job from you
as our MP.
(c) Is the workload too much for you?
A check on the Internet reveals that apart from being a MP, you
are also the Head for Singapore Human Resource Institute (SHRI) as
well as Vice-President of the Women’s Wing in PAP. Can I suggest
that you are probably more pre-occupied with the latter two roles
as compared to your obligations as a MP which explains why you had
neglected us all this while.
As a resident at your constituency, I am utterly disappointed
with your work as our MP. In addition, your Grassroots consist of
selfish people who thinks of their own interest. At many Grassroots
events, it is not hard to see all the Grassroots members laden with
freebies and spreading it amongst themselves. Blatant misuse of the
Resident’s Committee Office at 527 Jurong West Street 52 is also a
common sight with your Grassroots members using it for their
‘gossip sessions’ – mocking at resident’s problems and even
bragging about being a PAP member in which nothing would happen to
them even if they do something wrong.
I assure you that if nothing changes between now and the next
election, you will lose a substantial amount of votes as many of
those residing in the Jurong West Street area and Boon Lay Division
is utterly pissed with your leadership in the Constituency.
James Kang
Resident of Jurong West Street 52
