So, after establishing how many state assemblyperson actually publish contactable email address, and how many state assemblyperson actually replied my email, let’s now turn our attention to the content. In other words, having looked the quantity, let’s look at the quality.
In this post, we will only look at 3 assemblymen whose task management is probably a little questionable.
Honorary Mr. Tan Hock Leong (PKR) from N14 Machang Bubuk wrote this to me on May 18. To give him some credit, he was the fastest and the first to reply. He said this:
Thank you for your email for notifying me about the tender PKN/2008/T1.
Will find out the status of the tender as soon as possible.
Honorary Datuk Arif Shah Bin Haji Omar Shah (BN) from N10 Seberang Jaya said the following on May 20. To his credit, he was the second to reply, and THE ONLY assemblyman from Barisan Nasional to reply. However, his reply lacked the proper capitalisation, excessive use of “..” and “.,” (which are not even standard punctuations), and over abbreviation:
dear mr.(My Name) ., As an assemblymen we are not aware of any purchases made by the govt.pl.write to the state treasury and hopefully they can give you the related detailsetc.. thank you and regards..yb datuk arif shah .,
Ya, Honorary Datuk Arif Shah, I know assemblymen are not aware of the purchase. That’s why I decided to notify you. And, you as the representative of the people should find it out. After all, the notebooks and printers are for the assemblymen, i.e. you. Sadly I don’t think the state treasury will reply my mail. Oh wait, the state treasury is not even in charge of this tender. The tender is from the Penang State Secretariat Office.
Honorary Mr. Jagdeep Singh Deo (DAP) from N29 Datok Keramat sent this to me on May 28. Here’s the simple reply, but probably one of the most professional-looking in terms of formatting, but again, excessive use of abbreviation:
Mr (My Name),
Thk you for your email and i will get back to u at the the soonest possible time.
YB Jagdeep Singh Deo
I sent replies to these assemblymen reminding them about my email and the ongoing tender, hoping to get a reply. Sadly, I never did hear from them again. Perhaps in their busy schedules they have forgotten to reply me.
And for that, I recommend all of them getting some form of “To-Do List” application. But to forget to even reply a simple email, is seriously TOOT!
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#1 by tomatoinc on June 20, 2008 - 9:58 pm
you re not important, especially so, when you said in advance that you re merely testing the system. unless you have really urgent pressing matter, stop wasting tax-payer resources (i.e. elected representatives’ time) to read your silly email, and to boast your silly ego.
#2 by khensthoth on June 20, 2008 - 10:49 pm
I am as important as you are. Yes I was merely testing their reply, which is a good-enough indication of the “real” system if one were to email them.
A tender costing around RM 250,000 is not important? Didn’t our beloved Honorary Mr. Lim Guan Eng recently suspend this tender, just to save some money? Who says this is not important then.
I am as important as you are, and as important as the next citizen of Penang who email them. My silly ego? I have none to start with, and I surely need the boost.
Thank for reading though, I am sure this is important enough to warrant your time to read it.