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Tuesday October 7, 2008

New office for Kelana Jaya MCA division

By LIM CHIA YING

 

THE Kelana Jaya MCA division is determined to make itself still relevant to the people in Subang Jaya and Kelana Jaya and plans for activities are already in the pipeline.

For a start, it has set up a new office in a shoplot at the Regalia Business Centre in USJ 1, which is being equipped and furnished.

New premises: The Kelana Jaya MCA division members having a discussion in their new office. Ong is seated fourth from left.

Division chairman Ong Chong Swen, who also doubles as the division Wanita chairman, said the office would comprise an administration office (to function as a secretariat), a discussion-cum-study area and a public service bureau.

“Sponsors and donors have kindly contributed different items to our office when they learnt that we needed some items,” Ong said as she showed StarMetro the new centre.

“We also have a piano, as we plan to continue with our choir group. This choir is open to interested residents and we have a professional teacher to coach the group every Thursday.

“The group will have a chance to perform when there are occasions like the Pesta Tanglung.”

She said the office was not fully operational yet and would only be opened on Oct 21.

She is now making intense preparations to compete in the party elections this month, at which she will be vying for a central committee member post at the national level.

“We intend to keep Tuesday as our day to meet the people, from 8.30pm to 10.30pm, as has been the practice all along.

“We welcome the public to channel their complaints to us and give their input.

“Hopefully, the community can still give us a chance to be part of it, which is why we would like people to see that we are here to stay, and still relevant by being better than before,” she said.

The emphasis was on activities for youths, she said.

Division deputy chairman Lim Kok Sai said the centre’s public service bureau would function to direct residents to the right place if they needed to get things done.

“This bureau will also be organising political forums to speak up on political developments that are of interest to the Chinese community,” said Lim.

Ong said the Women, Family, and Community Development Ministry would be placing a welfare officer in the office to look into welfare cases.

“The officer will help reach out to the poor and help them in getting financial aid or subsidies.”

She stressed that teamwork was important, and that all division members must be open to each other’s ideas for activities.

“If a member comes to me and says he wishes to organise something and the division thinks it’s good, then we’ll let him handle it.

“Even our office now is not fragmented, which allows for open and through-way communication so that we can service the people better.”

The new office is located at 39-2, Jalan USJ 1/1A, Regalia Business Centre, Subang Jaya.