Group sworn in as MPSJ councillors three months after initial batch
FOUR more Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ)
councillors were sworn in yesterday, three months after the first group
of 19 were named. This leaves only one more councillor (from PKR) to be
sworn in to complete the list.
DAP’s Michael Noel Jalleh, 53, was
the new face in the council, taking over from Robert Tan who decided
not to renew his term for personal reasons.
Jalleh, who currently
resides in Sri Petaling, has more than 10 years experience working in
the advertising industry and is currently involved with a non-profit
organisation called Malaysian Care. “We carry out a lot of rural and urban community development work and this has prepared me to serve the people in Subang Jaya. “I will be concentrating on the needs of the poor in my zone. “Since this is my first term as a councillor, I will also be looking to my fellow councillors for guidance,” said Jalleh.
Part of a team: Asmawi congratulating Cheah after the swearing-in ceremony as (from left) Jalleh, Loka and Rajiv look on.
MPSJ
president Datuk Asmawi Kasbi said the zones for the councillors and the
various council committees would only be finalised during the next full
board meeting at the end of the month, but added that most of the
councillors already knew their zones.
“I will look after the
Bandar Kinrara (Zone 18) area and will be working closely with assemblyman Teresa
Kok,” said Jalleh, who is a member of the OUG DAP branch in Seputeh.
After
much fiasco about the dropping of several councillors from the previous
term, Rajiv Risyakaran (DAP) and Loka Ng Sai Kai (NGO) were
reappointed, together with Cheah Sang Soon of PKR.
Rajiv said he would now be taking care of Zone 1 (SS12 to SS19 areas).
He swapped with Dr Loi Kheng Min who will be in charge of Zone 3 (USJ 2 to USJ 15).
Asmawi
said the appointment of the remaining councillor would be up to the
state government and it would still be business as usual at the council
without the councillor.
Several other PKR councillors said they were not sure who would be appointed to fill the place or when it would be announced.