民不能忘... Forget the people not
I stumbled on this stone carving on an arch along many arches when I visited Da Jiu in Chaozhou City recently. It says, in ancient thinking, you mustn't forget the peasants.
The 800-year old Guangji Bridge, Chaozhou City, restoration started October 20, 2003 | November 2008
It strengthens my GE2008 campaign hypothesis that you will lose the country once you lose the people's trust ( 不得民心，不得天下 ), and that little Chaozhou arch becomes my beacon in things I do as an MP and as a non-conforming blogger.
As we usher in 2009, I shall keep reminding myself three things this whole year round, that is to
- Get to the ground, lead the grassroots and not otherwise ( 走入草根，领导民思 )
- Build branches to build networks of change agents ( 巩固基层，继续改革 )
- Never, never be a "YB Press Release" ( 不做文告议员 )
It won't be easy. So help me God.
Happy 2009, folks! It's a bearish market, so we need to work like buffaloes to bring back the bulls.
Comments
Happy new year too! May you and your colleagues strive harder to serve better!
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January 1, 2009 11:41 AM
Happy 2009 Jeff! That camera+lens combo around your shoulder look MASSIVE! Watch your back mate!
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January 1, 2009 07:15 PM
I'm not GOD but I would like you to set up a PENANG Web Forum something along the lines of USJ Subang Jaya Web Forum.
This medium would get you right to the Penangites Homes and build networks of change agents.
Currently the Main Stream Media is too pro BN and is spewing rubbish.
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January 2, 2009 06:01 AM
GO! GO! YB!... with the gadgets at your disposal and the tools we have in our hands, the world, our country, your constituency suddenly becomes so near... at the ratchets of the keyboard and a few clicks of the mouse... and we are IN CONTACT !!!
The Rakyat will always be near to the YB's... as they are easily accesible by us, the Rakyat.
So, GO! GO! Gadget! and let us ALL BECOME AGENTS OF CHANGE TOGETHER... and no more sitting on the sidelines, moaning & lamenting anymore...
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January 3, 2009 05:53 AM