Friday, 27 December 2013

Liow set to unveil MCA appointments

KUALA LUMPUR: The MCA will unveil the appointments of its new secretary-general, treasurer-general, state liaison committee heads and other posts on Jan 2.

Party president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said he would also set key performance indicators (KPIs) for each of the office bearer in order to effectively deliver the transformation plan for the MCA.

For the past few days, there has been speculation on the appointments of office bearers but I urge all to be patient.

We will announce them on Jan 2 after the central committee meeting that day,” he said during his first official day of work as party president at Wisma MCA here yesterday.

Liow said his focus was to implement the MCA transformation plan and the appointments of office bearers were the “vehicle” to deliver the commitments made to the Chinese community.

I have outlined nine important tasks in my manifesto and so I will create the vehicle for it on Jan 2.

I want to create a very exciting journey for the MCA,” he said, adding that the MCA Youth and Wanita MCA wings were raring to go and start work.

Among the nine points in Liow’s manifesto in the Dec 21 party elections are to reaffirm MCA’s position as a founding member of Barisan Nasional, boost inter-racial communication and to institutionalise Chinese education.

Liow won the race for the president’s post, defeating Gan Ping Sieu and Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat.

He thanked community leaders, Chinese guilds and associations for their support of the party and promised that it would not disappoint them.

On calls from community leaders for the MCA to rejoin the Cabinet, he said they would be looked into but for now, the focus would be on the transformation plan to strengthen the party.

No comments: