Letter to Lim Keng Yaik

Why I've taken an interest in politics

Dear Readers,

Allow me first to introduce myself. I am a blind individual in my 50's and a singer, guitarist by profession. I have been in this profession for more than 20 years now and my forte is singing the old western favourites. I also sing in several chinese dialects, including spanish and several languages. I mainly do the pub circuits and perform at company and wedding functions.

For your information, the reason why I am disenchanted with the government is because I have been discriminated against in years gone by. Apart from being a singer, my other interest lies in disc jockeying and as such some years ago, I applied to RTM for such a post. Of course the powers that be at RTM were reluctant to offer me the post but after writing numerous letters, they finally gave me the job but with a hidden agenda. They only gave me the job for 6 months after which they relieved me of the post. Subsequently, I wrote several letters to the then information minister, Khalil Yaacob but my pleas for him to intervene in the matter fell on deaf ears as he decided to ignore my letters. I also approached people such as Lee Lam Thye, Lim Keng Yaik and even the very popular complaints officer of MCA, Michael Chong with the same results. All the 3 people that I mentioned gave me the cold shoulder, inspite of the fact that we are supposed to be governed by a caring government. It may interest you to learn that I even went personally to the MCA complaints bureau to seek out the assistance of Michael Chong and believe it or not he refused to entertain my complaint and he even tried to drive me out of his office saying that he was the wrong person for me to approach and that I should bring my complaints to the blind association instead. I even tried to highlight this matter with the star newspaper but as the star newspaper is a MCA publication, I was told by the news editor that my news report was not newsworthy, even after I had given my account of the events to one of the star reporters. disgusted by this, I wrote several letters to certain top MCA officials such as Ong Ka Ting but to my dismay they chose to ignore my letters till this very day. I even had my letters to these inconsiderate officials published over Malaysiakini. Subsequently, Michael Chong tried to defend himself over Malaysiakini but I think that he failed miserably. Believe it or not , I even wrote to no less than the prime minister himself for his assistance but until today I have yet to get a reply from him. To ensure that the PM got my letter, I purposely attended his hari raya gathering at the PWTC where I handed the letter to him personally. As such he cannot deny not having received my letter for assistance. I even rang to speak to his political secretary, Vincent Lim but as expected, he was just as unhelpful. As a result of these problems that I have encountered, I have decided to take a great interest in politics.

You know, if given the opportunity I would like very much to campaign for the opposition as I strongly feel that the misdeeds of this very uncaring government should be exposed

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Aug 7, 2007

Letter to Lim Keng Yaik

Kepada : - YB Datuk Seri Lim Keng Yaik,
Minister of Primary Industries.

YB,

RE : APPOINTMENT TO SEE YANG BERHORMAT
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I wish to congratulate you on your recent statement urging politicians & members of the public to refrain from dwelling on too many political issues but rather to concentrate by spending their time & resources in helping the less fortunate. I'm quite sure that you're only too aware of the fact that our beloved PM Datuk Seri (Dr) Mahatir Mohammed made a statement to the same effect when he attended a dinner organized by UPM students on 17th March 2001. As such, I'm writing to you in your capacity as a Minister, to assist me in every way possible, as I've got several pressing matters at hand & I would be most grateful if you kindly grant me an appointment, so that I can tell you about my problems in greater details. However, I would like here to give you an insight with regards to the problems that I'm presently facing.

I'm a blind individual & a singer by profession. If my memory serves me correct, I remember having met YB when you gave away certificates on behalf of the MALAYSIAN BOOK OF RECORDS about 2 years ago. YB, I wish to inform you that I have not had any work for the past six months & having bought a flat some years ago, I'm finding it increasingly difficult to continue paying the instalments for a bank loan which I took from Maybank Finance, as I'm presently running short of funds. As such, I wish to appeal to YB to assist me by using your good offices to write to the bank with regards to my predicament. Alternatively, may I suggest that you help me organize a concert where I could raise some funds to pay up my bank loan, where at the same time, I could also sell a music album which I've just recently completed at my own expense.

Looking forward to your favourable reply & thanking you in anticipation.

Yours sincerely,
Alfred Ho

NOTE : DID NOT ENTERTAIN MY REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE

Alfred Ho - Singer/Musician

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