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07/07/2005: SPDP Members Urged to Uphold BN Spirit

 

The Member of Parliament for P216 Bintulu cum
Treasurer General of SPDP

Dato' Seri Tiong King Sing JP


Bintulu: Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) treasurer General, Dato' Seri Tiong King Sing has urged all members of the party to uphold the Barisan Nasional spirit feven if they want to lobby for any of the new parliamentary or state seats.

While it was the members' democratic right to voice their opinions, he felt that it was also important for such opinions to be voiced out properly.

"The top leadership in the Barisan Nasional would always consider all opinions expressed but I must remind all our members that there is a clause that preserved their rights to voice their opinions through proper channel," he said when contacted yesterday.

He was commenting on the recent war of words between the SPDP Batu Kawa division chairmant Albert Chin and his Satok Division counterpart, Sim Hang Seng over the issue of lobblying for the newly delineted Kota Sentosa state constituency.

Expressing his disappointment over the fact that the issue had been stirred up publicly, he said the party leadership had always listened to the voices of the grassroots and would willingly submit their requests to the top leadership.

Tiong also hope that both parties would stop war of words immediately..END.