KUANTAN, Nov 4 — Lipis MCA leader Ho Fong Mee has been named as the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate in the Cheka state seat, thus completing the coalition’s list of 42 party candidates contesting for the Pahang state assembly in the 15th general election (GE15).
Ho, 58, said he received his BN credential from UMNO Lipis division chief Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad as a representative of Pahang BN chairman Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail at Lipis UMNO office yesterday evening.
“This is the first time I have been entrusted to represent BN after several times helping in the campaigns of BN candidates in Lipis election which I can use to organise the campaign to approach voters,” he said when contacted here today.
At the announcement of Pahang BN candidates on Wednesday, the candidates for Cheka and Sabai seats were not mention by Wan Rosdy, saying the status was ‘KIV’ (keep in mind). Nonetheless the Sabai candidate was announced in the evening.
As a Cheka-born, Ho has been involved in politics since he was 21 years old in 1985 and he was no stranger to the local population thus making it an added value to defend the BN seat despite facing PAS deputy president Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man who is the Perikatan Nasional candidate ( PN).
“We are not afraid to meet anyone… the important thing is that we work hard to ensure BN’s victory in the Cheka state seat. No matter what the election results are, as a local and married to a Lipis, allows me to continue serving the people.
“In fact, during the COVID-19 pandemic, I also often go to the ground to help deliver state government aid to the people around Lipis,” he said.
In the last election, the Cheka state seat was won by MCA candidate Lee Ah Wong with a majority of 202 votes, beating PAS candidate Saludin Endol who got 3,273 votes while PKR representative Rasid Muhamad received 2,930 votes.
GE15 will be held on 19 November with the Election Commission (EC) setting tomorrow as candidate nomination day followed by early voting on 15 November.
