PBS candidate for Karamunting no stranger to constituency

PBS might have fielded a newbie for the Karamunting seat in the Sabah state election, but Kong Nyuk Thau is no stranger to the constituency.

Having served two former Batu Sapi parliamentarians, the late Datuk Edmund Chong Ket Wah and Datuk Linda Tsen Thau Lin, Kong said he had learnt to listen to the problems of the people and knew the channels to go to for solutions.

“I am honoured to have been chosen to fight for the Karamunting seat for PBS and our allies Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Barisan Nasional (BN) under Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS).

“During campaigning, I have been very delighted and excited to see many people that I have known since the days I was chief communications officer for Datuk Edmund from 2008 and after his death (in 2010), for Datuk Linda for seven and a half years, where I learnt how to get closer to the people,” he said when met after campaigning at Kampung Bukit Nenas near here today.

Learning from both former Members of Parliament, Kong knew that taking care of the people’s welfare in Karamunting was not a seasonal thing.

He noted that much of the development there was the fruit of the past state government and felt that hardly anything was done in over two years after a change of administration.

Among his mission, if elected, is to boost security, improve public infrastructure and bring more development to Karamunting.

“After campaigning for the past nine days, I have been received well by the people and that has driven me to fight harder to win on Sept 26,” he said.

Kong is involved in a seven-way battle against incumbent George Hiew Vun Zin of Warisan, Datuk Chew Kok Woh (BN), Adam Chal (USNO), Ha Chuen Hoo (LDP), Lee Tiang Yong (PPRS) and Loo Mun Yew (PCS).

Asked on his clash with ally BN, Kong said it was not something PBS wanted but viewed it as a ‘friendly match’.

“We (PBS, PN and BN) are a family; we are friends. We have the same opponent Warisan,” he said.

-- BERNAMA