Chow Kon Yeow: 曹观友

July 10 was the final day of the second Parliamentary of the year. I took the opportunity to speak on the motion to appoint a new chairman for the Select Committee on Integrity. Minister Bernard Dompok resigned from the post a few months earlier. Po Kuan asked me when I have said my piece, “Why so much fire in your speech?” I replied, ” Cos this may be the final speech if election is called in August!”

DR 10.7.2007 128
PERLANTIKAN PENGERUSI BARU JAWATANKUASA PILIHAN KHAS
DEWAN RAKYAT MENGENAI INTEGRITI
DI BAWAH PERATURAN MESYUARAT 81(1)
5.57 ptg
Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri [Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri bin Abdul Aziz]:
Tuan Yang di-Pertua, saya mohon mencadangkan;
“Bahawa mengikut peruntukan Peraturan-peraturan Majlis Mesyuarat Dewan
Rakyat 81 (1), Peraturan-peraturan Majlis Mesyuarat Dewan Rakyat mengambil
ketetapan seperti berikut;
“Majlis ini mengambil ketetapan bahawa Yang Berhormat Dato’
Dr. Wan Hashim bin Wan Teh iaitu ahli bagi kawasan Gerik dilantik
sebagai Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pilihan Khas Dewan Rakyat Mengenai
Integriti yang baru bagi mengganti Yang Berhormat Tan Sri Bernard
Giluk Dompok iaitu Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri.”
Setiausaha Parlimen kementerian Kewangan [Dato’ Seri Dr. Hilmi bin Yahaya]:
Saya pohon menyokong.
Timbalan Yang di-Pertua [Datuk Dr. Yusof bin Yacob]: Ahli-ahli Yang Berhormat,
masalah sekarang ini terbuka untuk dibahas.
Puan Teresa Kok Suh Sim [Seputeh]: Siapa Ahli Yang Berhormat Gerik itu, boleh
minta dia memperkenalkan diri?
Timbalan Yang di-Pertua [Datuk Dr. Yusof bin Yacob]: Seputeh, cukuplah. Yang
Berhormat takkan tidak kenal Gerik.
Dato’ Paduka Haji Badruddin bin Amiruldin [Jerai]: Itu Yang Berhormat yang
handsome itu.
Puan Teresa Kok Suh Sim [Seputeh]: Mana dia?
Tuan M. Kula Segaran [Ipoh Barat]: Gemuk sahaja yang saya kenal.
Puan Teresa Kok Suh Sim [Seputeh]: Saya kenal Jerai.
Timbalan Yang di-Pertua [Datuk Dr. Yusof bin Yacob]: Yang Berhormat bagi Tanjong
sila, yang lain sila duduk. (more…)

I know I have not been blogging. It is not easy to keep up the pace. So I took a breather to pursue other interests. Last Friday, the Penang court complex was packed with people who came for the Ying Ying’s murder case. I was there before nine but for another purpose. Wong Hon Wai had invited some of us to join him on the occasion of his calling to the High Court as a advocate and solicitor. Hon Wai is presently the publicity secretary of DAP Penang. For over five years, he burnt midnight oil to complete his law. It was amazing how he and his wife managed their time. He was working full time. His wife is a primary school teacher. While the husband was studying law, the wife was also studying for a off-campus degree with USM. Heard she is graduating in August. And in these five years, they had three children! Wow! Such amount of energy, tenacity and love for their works.
I can say Hon Wai is a candidate material for the coming general election.
Read, A.Tanasekharan’s speech when he moved the petition for Hon Wai to be called to the Bar. (more…)