"Will you vote for change?" "Y-E-S!" The response was even louder.
"Will you vote for Hannah Yeoh?" The audience responded with much resounding "Y-E-S"!
Part of the members in the audience was heard quipping, "We also love her... "
Such was the lively atmosphere at a DAP ceramah conducted in Subang Jaya on Wednesday evening, 27 February.
The heat of election is intensifying. It is indeed fun and interesting to attend the ceramah and listening to their speeches, particularly the opposition ones. After all, this opportunity comes only once in 4-5 years.
I went to two ceramah yesterday evening (Wedn 27 Feb): first to the ceramah conducted by MCA at USJ Goodyear Court 9 and later went to DAP's at SS 18, which is about 10km apart.
The size of the crowd at the ceramah is a big contrast: about 200 at the BN while the Opposition's command huge crowd (possibly about 3,000).
The Opposition party has many key points to address and their speeches are very interesting and convincing (and entertaining). The audience cheered and responded with "korek, korek, korek" (meant to be "correct" in emulating Lingam's response) much to the amusement of others. I could see smiling faces on most of the audience.
While MCA candidates delivered their speeches that are interwoven in Bahasa, English and Mandarin, the DAP candidates delivered them only in fluent English.
The next ceramah at Subang Jaya is this Saturday evening, 1 March, at USJ 12 padang (football field) at 9:00 p.m. Do check in Edward Ling's weblog (below) for more information.
If you would like to check schedule of other ceramah, you may want to visit Opposition’s website:
Please don't get me wrong, I am not influencing that you should vote certain political party. Just attend the ceramah with your friends - to be entertained and be amused - on a Saturday evening, much like watching World Cup.
Since the padang is huge, some enterprising mamak could set up tables and chairs and offer for sale of roti canai and teh tarik. I am sure that would be very good business.
Hannah Yeoh - Both photos above are extracted from her weblog
P104 Kelana Jaya (Parliamentary Seat)
1. Lee Hwa Beng (MCA)
2. Loh Gwo Burne (Keadilan)
N31 Subang Jaya (State Seat)
1. Ong Chong Swen (MCA)
2. Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan (DAP)
Representing BN is MCA and the candidates are Lee Hwa Beng (parliamentary seat) and Mdm Ong Chong Swen (state seat).
LeeHB's main points were that he is a committed person, full time in politics and has done a lot for the folks of Subang Jaya.
Mdm Ong's main points were that there is progress and development (even in rural area like Ichuk); Malaysia is a peaceful country with diverse culture and choice of food; she has the time and capability to do her job.
There was not much excitement and cheers.
When I arrived near to the venue (a football field) at 10:15 p.m., it took me a while to find a space to park my car. When I went near the stage, there were about 3,000 people there! At that moment I saw one young Chinese guy in round-collar white T-shirt was enthusiastically addressing the crowd – speaking with conviction about the current issues of BN not performing up to the mark. The audience responded positively in supporting the points. I thought that he was Loh Gwo Burne (Keadilan for the Parliamentary seat). When I asked those standing next to me, they also don't know the guy. That was really a humorous moment.
Then, another young Indian guy went up to speak bombarding the current issues that we are encountering. After that, only the real speaker, Hannah Yeoh, took the center stage. She is young and pretty; at 29 years old, she is a lawyer by profession.
Later, Teresa Kok from Seputeh (strong DAP lady; gauged by the cheers of audience and the popularity) came to lend a hand followed by another expressive speaker of DAP, Tony Pua. The ceremah ended at 12 mid-night.
BTW, the young Chinese guy in round-collar T-shirt is Edward Ling (with blog above) who is assisting Hannah Yeoh.
Written by KC