Koh feels the love of the Indian voters

GEORGE TOWN, Wed:

They are said to be shunning the MIC president but for Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, he said he was overwhelmed by the warmth shown to him by Indian voters.

"I speak for myself but the first impression that I get when I meet them is that they are showing me genuine warmth. Some of them even hug me," he said when asked how the Indian voters were responding to him during his campaign rounds in the Batu Kawan parliamentary constituency.

Koh, who is contesting there after deciding that he wanted to move to the federal level, is facing DAP rookie Dr P. Ramasamy. The Batu Kawan constituency, covering the Prai, Bukit Tengah and Bukit Tambun state seats, has 47,378 voters, of whom 56 per cent are Chinese, Indians (24 per cent) and Malays (20 per cent).

Koh, who is acting Gerakan president, said most of the issues raised by the Indians in the constituencies related to problems like clogged drains and temples that were marked for relocation.

"We are working out the solutions to their problems. They have responded positively and they expect the government to do more for them, which is also the case for every community," he said.

--NST