KUCHING : Padungan State Assemblyman, Wong King Wei has expressed his heartfelt congratulations to Selangau Member of Parliament, Baru Bian and his colleague and Stampin Member of Parliament, Chong Chieng Jen on their appointments as Minister of Works and Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs respectively.
“Although many of the supporters and members of Pakatan Harapan Sarawak may feel Sarawak is not given enough positions in the federal Cabinet, I will tend to opine that it is hard for such appointments to be valued mathematically.
“I believe the Prime Minister has taken all the considerations into account, such as gender, suitability of a particular candidate in particular position, race as well as balancing the strength of components parties within Pakatan Harapan, in getting his cabinet formed.
“Democratic Action Party (DAP) chose to convey our suggestions and views on the appointment of Cabinet members within the framework of Pakatan Harapan. After all, what we are fighting hard for are not the ministerial posts but the welfare and interest of the people.
“DAP Sarawak and our counterparts in PH Sarawak have huge tasks ahead, that is, to deliver what we promised and to make Malaysia a better country for all of us,”he said.
Wong said it was good that Chong had been entrusted to such an important ministry to spearhead the revival of the domestic economy of the country and to ease the financial burden of the people.
“We know that one of the main issues during the recent GE14 (14th General Election), apart from corruption, was economy,” he said.
