12th GE CERAMAH AT USJ 12
For the past weeks the on going election and ceramahs has taken centre stage in the news and blogs. The last GE Ceramah that I had attended was so long ago that I cannot even remember what year it was. So when I learned of the DAP’s ceramah at neighbourhood field in USJ 12 on Saturday night, I decided to drop by to check it out.
Scheduled to start at 9:00PM, the residential neighbourhood was already jam packed with cars within a radius of 2 km from the site of the event when I casually drove there at 9:05PM. After trying unsuccessfully to find a parking spot within reasonable walking distance I ended up getting the wife to drop me by the main road.
The ceramahs you see on YouTube and the real live action is very different. The turn up that night was 5000-6000 strong despite not having any heavy weight speakers. The atmosphere was almost festive and the crowd feisty and responsive. The audience were aware of the current sorry state of national affairs. Malaysians are not so politically apathetic after all. It looks like a significant portion of the Subang Jaya residents are ready for change.
What is also heartening to see in this 12GE are the number of young people, both men and women, stepping forward to contest under the opposition banners.
They are well educated, out spoken, eloquent, and with a laudable common platform to speak out against corruption and injustice and to fight for a just and democratic society for all Malaysian. There is hope yet for the next generations to come.
I must admit it is not all gloom and doom in Subang Jaya as depicted in my last post. With the high exposure to internet usage, the younger generations are getting more informed and critical. So yes, there is yet a glimmer of hope.
3 March 2008
Scheduled to start at 9:00PM, the residential neighbourhood was already jam packed with cars within a radius of 2 km from the site of the event when I casually drove there at 9:05PM. After trying unsuccessfully to find a parking spot within reasonable walking distance I ended up getting the wife to drop me by the main road.
The ceramahs you see on YouTube and the real live action is very different. The turn up that night was 5000-6000 strong despite not having any heavy weight speakers. The atmosphere was almost festive and the crowd feisty and responsive. The audience were aware of the current sorry state of national affairs. Malaysians are not so politically apathetic after all. It looks like a significant portion of the Subang Jaya residents are ready for change.
What is also heartening to see in this 12GE are the number of young people, both men and women, stepping forward to contest under the opposition banners.
They are well educated, out spoken, eloquent, and with a laudable common platform to speak out against corruption and injustice and to fight for a just and democratic society for all Malaysian. There is hope yet for the next generations to come.
I must admit it is not all gloom and doom in Subang Jaya as depicted in my last post. With the high exposure to internet usage, the younger generations are getting more informed and critical. So yes, there is yet a glimmer of hope.
3 March 2008
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