News (Media Awareness Project) - Malaysia: Ling: Full Backing From Public |
| Title: | Malaysia: Ling: Full Backing From Public |
| Published On: | 2000-08-18 |
| Source: | Star, The (Malaysia) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-03 12:11:41 |
LING: FULL BACKING FROM PUBLIC
KLANG: The MCA campaign against Ecstasy pills and horse-racing gambling
machines is slowly but surely becoming a powerful people's movement, said
party president Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik.
"Illegal video arcades are closing one by one.
"In Raub, I am told by Yen Yen (Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen, Wanita MCA chief and
Raub MP) that all 81 arcades have been closed with co-operation from the
police.
"This is the same everywhere else, the illegal electronic gambling centres
are closing business,'' he said at the 51st party anniversary dinner
organised by Klang MCA here on Wednesday.
Dr Ling added that the anti-social ills campaign had snowballed into a
powerful people's movement as the public agreed with MCA that social
menaces must be eradicated before they corrupt society.
He said the Ecstasy pill peddlers were also feeling the heat as the police
intensified raids on entertainment outlets.
Although some MCA leaders had been threatened because of the war against
these two social menaces, Dr Ling pledged that leaders and the party would
not give up.
"Today, I reassure you of our commitment to wage war against pills and
gambling for the sake of our younger generation.
"We will not back off. We may face obstacles but we will not run away
because justice is on our side,'' he said.
Dr Ling said the fight against pills and horse-racing gambling machines
must continue because operators were constantly finding new ways to entice
the youths.
Ecstasy pill peddlers, said Dr Ling, would start to lure students by
offering cheap psychotropic pills.
"These unscrupulous people offer the low-grade pills to students at prices
between RM15 and RM30 each compared with the high-grade pills costing more
than RM100 each.
"These cheap pills are even more harmful compared with the pure pills.
"We must continue to alert our youths and teach them to say 'no' to
pills,'' he said.
Dr Ling urged parents to show love and concern to their children, instead
of neglecting the children and letting them fall prey to bad company.
KLANG: The MCA campaign against Ecstasy pills and horse-racing gambling
machines is slowly but surely becoming a powerful people's movement, said
party president Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik.
"Illegal video arcades are closing one by one.
"In Raub, I am told by Yen Yen (Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen, Wanita MCA chief and
Raub MP) that all 81 arcades have been closed with co-operation from the
police.
"This is the same everywhere else, the illegal electronic gambling centres
are closing business,'' he said at the 51st party anniversary dinner
organised by Klang MCA here on Wednesday.
Dr Ling added that the anti-social ills campaign had snowballed into a
powerful people's movement as the public agreed with MCA that social
menaces must be eradicated before they corrupt society.
He said the Ecstasy pill peddlers were also feeling the heat as the police
intensified raids on entertainment outlets.
Although some MCA leaders had been threatened because of the war against
these two social menaces, Dr Ling pledged that leaders and the party would
not give up.
"Today, I reassure you of our commitment to wage war against pills and
gambling for the sake of our younger generation.
"We will not back off. We may face obstacles but we will not run away
because justice is on our side,'' he said.
Dr Ling said the fight against pills and horse-racing gambling machines
must continue because operators were constantly finding new ways to entice
the youths.
Ecstasy pill peddlers, said Dr Ling, would start to lure students by
offering cheap psychotropic pills.
"These unscrupulous people offer the low-grade pills to students at prices
between RM15 and RM30 each compared with the high-grade pills costing more
than RM100 each.
"These cheap pills are even more harmful compared with the pure pills.
"We must continue to alert our youths and teach them to say 'no' to
pills,'' he said.
Dr Ling urged parents to show love and concern to their children, instead
of neglecting the children and letting them fall prey to bad company.
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