Wong Chen Kelana Jaya Constituency Newsletter Issue #6 January 2016

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CONSTITUENCY NEWSLETTER IN THIS ISSUE PARLIAMENTARY SESSIONS UPDATE  The Pakatan Harapan Alternative Budget 2016  The 1MDB-DuSable Mystery  The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement  The National Security Council Bill

COMMUNITY PROJECTS  Angsana Free Medical Camp  Desa Mentari Residential Survey  Tadika Glenmarie Officiation  IJM Corporate Social Responsibility Project

OFFICE EVENTS OF PUSAT KHIDMAT KELANA JAYA  P104 Star Wars Fundraiser  Farewell to Tim and Gillian

ACCOUNTS As of the

31st

of December 2015

WONG CHEN MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR KELANA JAYA ISSUE #6 JANUARY 2016

Greetings from your Member of Parliament! A very happy new year to all! This is my sixth newsletter to the people of Kelana Jaya. My team and I will endeavour to issue one every six months to update you on our work and progress as your Parliamentarian. For this year end 2015/new year 2016 issue, I will disclose my office’s 2015 accounts. I am happy to report that I have attended every single day of Parliament in the last six months. I gave seven primary speeches in Parliament and took part in numerous interjections and debates. The primary achievement of this office is the coordinating and preparation of the Pakatan Harapan Budget 2016. In terms of performance, as a first term Member of Parliament (MP), I am making good and steady progress. At the start of my term in 2013, despite winning the second highest PKR vote in Malaysia (YB Rafizi Ramli got the highest in PKR), I was placed in the furthest seat of the backbench in Parliament. Seating arrangements in Parliament are primarily based on political patronage. For being an independent minded technocrat, I was “rewarded” the very last seat in Parliament. This posed a major practical challenge. Being seated furthest away from the Speaker means that I would not be afforded decent opportunity to speak up for Kelana Jayans in Parliament. However, I took this challenge in stride and decided to work much harder. My team worked harder too. I prepared my speeches in advance, putting in facts, and minimising rhetoric. I rehearsed and refined my delivery. My team and I invested in research and data. I gave press statements and pursued issues rigorously. I briefed senior MPs on complex financial issues. My team and I coordinated and prepared the Pakatan Harapan budget. I even coordinated several MPs on human rights bills when no MP was willing to do so. In the recent October/Budget session, due to the formation of Pakatan Harapan, the seating arrangements in Parliament were reshuffled. I was accorded a seat in the middle of Parliament, sitting amongst the 2nd and 3rd term MPs. I am happy to report that I am still the same independent minded technocrat, unwilling to partake in political patronage, and that I let my work and service speak for itself.


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