民主行动党砂州主席黄和联在第15届砂州民主行动党常年大会上的致词

砂拉越是馬來西亞第4窮的州屬。我們应该得到更好的对待。

我們要確保我們的子孫能享有更沒好的砂拉越。

國陣已在砂拉越執政47年。它們不善於治理，我們有責任取而代之。

团结就是力量。我们有信心可以在未来数个月内举行的砂州选举中推翻国阵。

对于砂州国阵，这是一个生死抉择的州选举。砂州国阵是如此的担心及害怕即将失去砂州政权以致国会及砂州选举可能同步进行。

由首相纳吉领导的国阵也不轻松。面对可能失去联邦政权的压力下，即将到来的国会及州选举将可能成为有史以来最肮脏的选举。

人民正在受苦受难。在国阵的统治下，所有商品的价格暴涨。即便是人民联合党的领袖也得想办法，签请愿书告诉首相他们反涨潮。BN=”Barang Naik”。人联党竟然忘記自己是政府的一分子，是自己的政策帶給人民巨大的困苦和伤害。

虽然砂州是国阵的“定期存款”，却遭到联邦政府边缘化。这是不能被接受的。根据2011年联邦财政预算案，总值1千97亿4千万令吉的大型发展项目，即将在西马建筑。而砂拉越和沙巴两州共同分得区区的95亿5千万令吉的发展项目。这只是联邦财政预算案总值的8%。

国阵誓言将不惜一切代价保住布特拉再也。国阵參选的目的是要保住政權，然而貪污腐敗將繼續橫行，國陣也将继续忽视砂州。

民主行动党和民联必须入主布城。民聯執政不是为了个人領袖利益，而是为了我们的子孙后代。我們要人民生活更美好。

要入主布城，民聯必須確保砂州不在是國陣的“定期存款”。民聯也必須赢取超過半數的議席來執政砂州。

时机已经到了，砂拉越人必须起来，告诉国阵，我们已经受够了。

砂拉越州的年收入高达39亿令吉。我們是马来西亚拥有最广阔土地的州属。我们拥有丰富的资源。我们应该是全马最富有的州属，但很可悲的，我们不是。我们反倒是全马第四穷的州属。我们的道路和基本设施落后於西马半岛20年。

民联执政的雪兰莪州，年收入14亿令吉，却可以实施有利于雪州人民的政策。
砂州土地面積是槟城州的120倍。槟城州政府只有9亿令吉的年收入。然而，民联政府在不到3年內却能施行許多有利予民的政策。槟城州政府能夠做到因為民聯沒有貪腐。反觀，貪污，朋黨，裙帶風在砂州橫行無忌。

砂拉越应该获得更多、更好的待遇。我们应该为我们的孩子和子孙后代留下一个更美好的州属。

因為沒有就業機會和商機,砂拉越的子民宁愿离乡背井，远赴他州。他们对国阵政府已失去信心。我们必须制止砂拉越的人才继续外流。我们要确保土著习俗地不被财团和那些与高层关系密切的人士夺取。为了我们的子孙后代，我们必须保存我们的資源。

犒赏及授权砂拉越子民的时候已到了，那就是现在。

我们必须与民联站在一起、共同进退。民联已经对国阵造成威胁，且给国阵灌输了即将失去政权的恐惧。这就是为什么他们想方设法，将反对党的人民代议士禁足于州议会。他们花时间准备白皮书，为阻止西马的民聯政治领袖来到砂拉越州。他们也制止长屋的居民们接待反对党領袖。他们限制言论自由。

為挽救砂州及挽救馬來西亞，民主行动党及民聯必會克服这一切的障碍來完成執政砂州，入主布城的神聖任務。



SPEECH by Wong Ho Leng, DAP Sarawak State Chairman at the 15th DAP Sarawak Convention

Sarawak deserves better than just being the 4th poorest state in Malaysia.
We must make Sarawak a better place for us and our future generations.
The BN has not delivered after 47 years. It has to be replaced.
There is one formula to topple the BN Government, and that is under the “Pakatan Rakyat”.Unity is strength. We are confident that we can do it in the State election that must be called within the next few months.

To the Sarawak BN, it is a do or die State election. The Sarawak BN is so afraid of losing power in Sarawak that it may decide to hold the State election concurrently with the Parliamentary election.The BN led by the Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is in no comfort zone either. Faced by the possibility of losing federal power, the next Parliamentary and state elections will likely be the dirtiest elections ever.
The people in Sarawak are suffering. The price of all commodities has increased under the Barisan Nasional Government. Even the SUPP leaders have to resort to signing Petition to inform the Prime Minister its objection to BN - “Barang Naik”. It is a classic case of the SUPP not knowing that it is in the Government and that it is the Government that has inflicted so much sorrow and hardship on its people.

Though it is the BN’s “fixed deposit” state, Sarawak has been marginalised by the federal government. This is unacceptable. Under the Federal Budget of 2011, RM109.74 billion worth of mega projects will be built in West Malaysia. Sarawak and Sabah share a mere RM9.55 billion worth of the projects. That is only 8% from the total value of projects cited in the Federal Budget.The BN has vowed to remain in Putrajaya at all costs. The BN contests to win the next election so that they can stay in power, but they will not wean out corruption, and they will continue to neglect Sarawak.

The DAP and the Pakatan Rakyat must seize power from Putrajaya. We contest to win, not for ourselves but for our future generations. Malaysians deserve a better life.
In order to win Putrajaya, we have a duty to ensure that Sarawak will not continue to be another BN’s “Fixed Deposit” state.DAP and Pakatan Rakyat partners must also win to form the Government in Sarawak.The time has come when Sarawakians must rise to deliver an important message to the BN. Enough is enough.

Sarawak boasts an income of RM3.9 Billion. It has the largest land mass in Malaysia. We have abundant resources. We ought to be the richest state but we are not. Our roads and infrastructures are 20 years behind Peninsular Malaysia.Sarawak is 120 times bigger than Penang. The PR state of Penang has revenue of RM900 million. Yet, Penang is able to implement a people friendly Government. It can do so because the Penang Government is corruption free. Sarawak Government leaders have been riddled with accusations of corruption, nepotism and cronyism.

Sarawak deserves better. We owe it to our children and future generations to leave a better state for them.There is lack of job and business opportunities in Sarawak. Sarawakians are leaving the state in droves, to enrich and empower other states, only because they have no confidence in the BN Government.We have to wrest brain drain from Sarawak. We have to save the NCR land from being taken or exploited by the rich and well connected. We have to preserve our resources for our future generations.

We have to enrich and empower our own people, the time is now, in the coming election.We have to stand together with PR. PR has instilled fear in the BN to lose power. That is why they have resorted to suspension of Opposition Members from the Dewan Undangan Negeri. They spent time to prepare the White Papers with a view to stop Pakatan Rakyat’s political leaders from West Malaysia to come to Sarawak. They resorted to restrain longhouse folks from accepting Opposition politicians. They restrict freedom of speech.The DAP will rise above all these obstacles. We have a noble mission to achieve. We must take the lead. Our state and country can be saved if we habour the zeal to bring about change. Change we can.