Sibu MP – The “Jamban” King!

I refer to the article at theStar entitled “Toilet king of Malaysia calls it a day“.

This fella, Lau Hoi Chew, has been the Member of Parliament for Sibu (my parent’s hometown) for I dunno how many terms, and yet the only nickname he has earned for himself is, “The Toilet King”. I cry for the people of Sibu, oh me gosh.

Blame the government for giving him the cabinet post of “Deputy Housing & Local Government Minister”. Due to his ministerial duties, he had founded the first Toilet Association in Malaysia, namely the “Quality Restroom Assocation Malaysia (QRAM)” to promote clean public toilet in the country, and even became its first president since it was founded in 2005.

Now as he was moved to another ministry leaving the Housing & Local Government Ministry, he had decided to let go his position as the President of the QRAM.

I sure he had wanted to leave the position as soon as possible. It is a terrible embarrassment for him and his constituents who voted for him if he were to continue to be the “Jamban King”.

And now I wonder, will the person, whoever he or she is, who would take over as the “Deputy Housing & Local Government Minister”, be willing to take over as the President of the QRAM? And perhaps subsequently, the next “Jamban King”? XD