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Sdr Dato' Dr Loh Hock Hun Treasurer, Penang MCA State Liasion Committee Chairman of Penang MCA Medical Aid Fund |
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New set of traffic lights Pupils can now cross busy road safely
Wednesday January 16, 2008 Paya Terubong assemblyman Datuk Dr Loh Hock Hun said the traffic lights were necessary because of heavy traffic in front of the school. “Motorists tend to speed since the road was widened and because it is a long straight road,” he said after officiating at the new traffic lights on Monday. He said the traffic lights cost about RM200,000. Parent-Teacher Association chairman Mohamad Kusaini Wahab said parents had been requesting for the traffic lights for the past four years. School senior assistant 1 Abu Haniffa Naina Mohd said the school would hold its annual "Bijak Lintas" (Smart Road Crossing) programme to educate pupils on road safety. “We will also educate our pupils not to play with the traffic light pedestrian’s button. “We have teacher wardens to help pupils cross the road because there will be motorists who jump the red light,” he said. Traffic lights must be placed at strategic locations, said Dr Loh, when asked to comment on the traffic lights, not yet operating, in front of Taman Hijau low-medium cost flats at Jalan Paya Terubong, Relau. “It is not safe and suitable for traffic lights to be placed right after a curved road going downhill. “I will propose to the authorities that they place a traffic light meter, a traffic light signboard and yellow speed bars so motorists are aware of the traffic lights at the end of the curved road,” he said. - THE STAR |
Always on call for his constituents
PAYA Terubong assemblyman Datuk Dr Loh Hock Hun believes that having an open-door policy is an effective way to serve his constituents.
“More people always mean more problems and in my constituency, which has a population of 200,000, imagine how many problems I have to tackle,” he said with a laugh.
Serving three consecutive terms here, the medical doctor is not only a familiar face but also a household name among the locals.
“I even get phone calls after midnight from people who want me to settle their family squabbles or help them make a police report on a stolen motorcycle.
“I believe that this is all part and parcel of my role as a wakil rakyat (elected representative),” he said.
Dr Loh:'I always try not to disappoint my constituents.'
Dr Loh is a man who wears more than one hat.
Apart from being a state assemblyman, he is also chairman of the Penang Port Commission (PPC), which is the regulatory body of Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB).
Prior to his appointment as PPC chairman, he had served as state Trade, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman for four years.
Dr Loh said: “I’m used to having a hectic schedule. I have attended three weddings and three funerals in a day before.
“I always try not to disappoint my constituents who have put much hope and faith in me as their elected representative.”
During his tenure, he had also successfully lobbied for the building of a fire station in Jalan Paya Terubong which would be completed by the year's end.
Another feather in his cap is the expected construction of a district hospital which will kick off by the end of this year.
There was also a four-storey market complex in Tanjung Court which opened in 2004.
“Now, I’m working with Air Itam assemblyman Cheang Chee Gooi to identify a place to build a community hall-cum-library.
“Residents in our areas need a place to hold mass functions while school children will be able to focus better on their studies with a library,” he explained.
The father-of-two, who just turned 60 early this month, said he had also set up the Paya Terubong Foundation to focus on three areas – education, health and charity.
Thanks to generous donors, the foundation has been able to offer free basic computer lessons, arrange visits to old folk's homes and help needy patients.
