Penang State Assemblymen Emailing Experiment - Part I
I am having my exam right now, so I can only make a short post. Previously I have said that Penang has 40 state assemblyperson, 17 of which did not provide correct email addresses. That leaves 23 assemblyperson that I assume got their email. Out of this 23, how many have actually responded to me? I shall let the graph speak:
As you can see, only a few replied. Specifically, only 7 replied. The quality and content of their reply is, however, another story. Surprisingly, even one from BN responded to me.
Here’s a list of all the Penang State assemblyperson that have replied me (arranged by date of reply):
- N14 Machang Bubuk - Honorary Mr. Tan Hock Leong (PKR) - May 18
- N10 Seberang Jaya - Honorary Datuk Arif Shah Bin Haji Omar Shah (BN) - May 20
- N24 Kebun Bunga - Honorary Mr. Ong Khan Lee (PKR) - May 24
- N28 Komtar - Honorary Mr. Ng Wei Aik (DAP) - May 25
- N33 Air Itam - Honorary Mr. Wong Hon Wai (DAP) - May 26
- N29 Datok Keramat - Honorary Mr. Jagdeep Singh Deo (DAP) - May 28
- N26 Padang Kota - Honorary Mr. Chow Kon Yeow (DAP) - June 2
I have to mention that Mr. Chow Kon Yeow replied after the arbitrary one-week limit I set for the assemblyperson to reply. The first two person replied only to the first email that I mentioned, and I never heard from them since. The next 5 assemblyperson all replied to the second email, which served as a friendly reminder that they haven’t replied my first mail.
It is appalling that only 30.4% of assemblymen who presumably got my mail bothered to give some form of reply. That’s only 17.5% of all the assemblymen we have in Penang. If they can’t reply to a simple email, how can they claim to represent us?
I also have to say that the issue has now become a non-issue, as Honorary Mr. Lim Guan Eng, the Chief Minister of Penang has decided to suspend the buying of laptop for the assemblymen temporarily.
Next up, we shall see the content of the emails. =)