KUALA LUMPUR: Newly-minted MCA deputy president Wee Ka Siong and several delegates said today that the party does not need a dose of Viagra but conceded members’ spirit need to be uplifted
Ulu Selangor MCA leader Wong Kai Shyuan said members should prove their “durability without Viagra” by preserving their fighting spirit and enthusiasm shown during the week-long party polls into the next general election.
He said he was amazed by members’ use of various channels such as social media Facebook and the magnanimous campaign materials.
“In the last general election, we fared poorly when it came to internet warfare. But this party elections made me realise how strong our cyber troopers are.
“My friends who work in a telecommunication company even told me there was a telco disruption because of the large amount of SMS sent by MCA members.
“We have to keep up this spirit and prove to the Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak that we are durable without political Viagra,” he said at the 60th MCA AGM today.
Wong’s remarks follows Najib’s opening speech yesterday that the party had the numbers and potential to champion the community, but lacked the spirit to succeed.
“We need political Viagra. Our spirit on the ground is weak,” said Najib.
In reply, Kuantan’s Khiew Yuh Jiuan said MCA’s coalition partners must also bear some of the responsibility should MCA became impotent and in need of Viagra.
“If we are impotent, then Umno, MIC and Gerakan must also be responsible. But my conclusion is we are not impotent, so we do not need Viagra,” said the Wanita MCA leader.
Allocate 20% of sin tax to Chinese schools
Meanwhile, MCA central delegate member Lee Kim Yew suggested the new party leadership should seek bigger monetary allocations for Chinese ducation.
“The new leadership should approach Putrajaya and propose that 20% of gambling and alcohol taxes be allocated to Chinese education,” the founder of The Mines Resort Bhd said.
“You can say it is a request from the delegates, and is endorsed and recommended by the leaders,” he added.
Lee also hoped that MCA could plays its part and influence the government to enact a law preventing the population of foreign workers from exceeding 15% of the country’s total population.
“We must revise foreign labour policies. I hope that through this AGM, we can ultimately pass a motion stating that the population of foreign labour must not exceed 15% of the total population,” he said.
He reminded that Malaysia’s independence from its colonial masters was achieved through the collective efforts of MCA, Umno and MIC.
“We must send a message to our coalition colleagues that we also love this country as much as they do,” he said.
Wee: We just need 100-plus
Responding to delegates, Wee said the proposal to channel 20% of alcohol and gambling tax to Chinese schools make sense, but it depends on the regulations.
He said the bottom line is that the government must increase allocations to Chinese schools.
He said MCA only needed a can of 100-plus instead of Viagra because members are still “young and energetic”.
“The problem we should identify is why we can’t mobilise our members. We have to find a way to mobilise them and fight an organised war against our enemy,” he said.
Wee was elected to the Number 2 position alongside with his long-time ally Liow Tiong Lai, who was chosen as the new party president.
The Liow-Wee combo is facing an uphill task to revive the party which suffered two back-to-back elections defeats and only secured seven parliamentary seats and 11 state seats.
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