It is not bribes

Some RM2.7 million in cash was distributed to about 9,000 needy and elderly Chinese on the 5th of Jan 09. BN claimed that the RM200 to RM300 handout per person is an annual event which usually happens either a week before or after Chinese New Year. Hence it is not bribery as claimed by the opposition!

That’s not the end;
1)Menteri Besar Ahmad Said has thus far pledged RM3.3 million for the construction of a hall for the Chinese community in Bukit Kecil, with the ground breaking ceremony slated for Jan 13.
2)The state government further approved RM2.8 million for the refurbishing of the sole Chinese school in Kuala Terengganu, SJK (C) Chung Hwa Wei Sin.
3)The school's brass band will receive another RM200,000.
4)Another RM110,000 was allocated to 40 Chinese religious organisations. In addition to the allocations from the state government.
5)The state MCA has obtained federal allocation worth RM205,000 for two temples.
6)Education Minister Hishamuddin Hussien on Jan 5 announced a RM2,926,000 allocation for 10 Chinese schools in the state.

Wow what a windfall for the Chinese community in KT, maybe it is their CNY “angpow”? Well that didn’t come without a catch I think as several Chinese guild leaders expressed hope that Chinese voters in Kuala Terengganu would not bite the hand that feeds, especially since the community forms a mere three percent population in the state and both the state and federal government have been very generous towards their community. This is not a vote winning measure but just the routine plan by our loving leaders towards its “rakyat” particularly in KT.

Even the Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak himself held a closed-door dialogue with guild leaders for more than two hours on Friday night! Wonder why?
Other than that the federal government also awarded a whopping RM15.8 million worth of small infrastructural projects today to 583 class-F contractors through a computerised ‘bidding’ system. All the projects - worth between RM30,000 and RM200,000 - were limited to the Kuala Terengganu district.Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, who officiated the event, said that the event today was a ‘world record’ where every participant was able to obtain a contract and quoted saying "In this lucky draw, everyone wins. Everyone gets a contract," he said. The future PM is also setting new world records akin his mentor Mahathir!

I don’t understand why the opposition is claiming foul and saying that the government is bribing the KT people during the by election. Well all these are not bribes but just the initiates planned much earlier by a concerned state and federal government towards its “rakyats”. By the way I was told that the roads were also tarred!