Eulogy To Sdr Wong Ho Leng By DAP Secretary-General And MP For Bagan Lim Guan Eng In Kuala Lumpur On 23 June 2014.<\/p>\n
Wong Ho Leng \u2013 Passing Of A Giant In Sarawak Politics<\/p>\n
When I received a message on 21 June 2014 from Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua of Sdr Wong Ho Leng\u2019s passing, whilst attending a thanksgiving ceramah for DAP\u2019s victory in the Bukit Glugor parliamentary by-election, I felt sadness at a loss of a dear comrade-in-arms but yet marveled at Ho Leng\u2019s fighting spirit.<\/p>\n
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I was inspired at how long and hard Ho Leng fought in this impossible final battle before he succumbed to cancer. Many had already given up, including doctors who had given him a maximum of 3 months, when he was first diagnosed in December 2012.<\/p>\n
For his perseverance and stamina, he had to thank his wife Irene who was his mainstay and pillar of strength. She gave him the belief that he could overcome and prevail. Holding out for so long, was as much his achievement as hers.<\/p>\n
And Ho Leng had many achievements to his credit that both Irene and him can take pride in. He overcame great poverty and adversity to excel academically and realize his ambition as a lawyer. Achieving professional success, he joined the DAP on 19 April 1986, motivated by his desire to serve the community and his state to build a better future for all.<\/p>\n
Ho Leng was a likable politician even amongst his detractors in BN. I remember speaking to the new Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem at the sidelines of the recent Conference of Rulers\u2019 meeting in Kuala Lumpur thanking him for the state\u2019s RM 1 million contribution for Ho Leng\u2019s medical fees. Tan Sri Adenan said he liked Ho Leng\u2019s personally and was saddened at Ho Leng\u2019s medical condition as he himself had been through that a few years ago, when he almost died of his heart ailmets.<\/p>\n
As a political novice in electoral politics, Ho Leng was anointed as a political giant killer when he upset then SUPP President Tan Sri Dr Wong Soon Kai in the state seat of Bukit Assek during the 1996 Sarawak state general elections. Wong Soon Kai retired from politics following his defeat making way for Tan Sri Dr George Chan to take over as SUPP President. George Chan\u2019s ascension as President laid the seeds of SUPP\u2019s future disarray.<\/p>\n
Even though Ho Leng lost his Bukit Assek seat in the 2001 Sarawak state general elections, he never gave up but continued to hold the lonely banner of DAP in Sarawak. Ho Leng became Sarawak DAP State Chair in 24.9.2000, a position he held until last year when he retired due to ill-health.<\/p>\n
As a result of George Chan\u2019s failure to stand up and condoning the widespread abuse of power and corruption under the long rule of Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud, the people of Sarawak looked for an alternative. Even though Ho Leng had just lost in the 2001 Sarawak state general elections, he never gave up but continued to press for democracy, full accountability and transparency of the corruption and abuse of powers. Ho Leng was rewarded when he was returned in Bukit Assek in the 2006 and again in the 2011 Sarawak state general elections. He also won the Sibu Parliamentary by-election on 16 May 2010.<\/p>\n
From his successes in 2006 onwards, Ho Leng brought forth a new generation of young exciting DAP leaders, both men and women in Sarawak, to fight the mighty machine of BN Sarawak and brought SUPP to its knees to face the harsh fact that SUPP have betrayed their founding principles and ideals by becoming part of the very corrupt political machine they had opposed. Abdul Taib Mahmud was also forced to face the political reality that it was time for him to retire as Sarawak Chief Minister.<\/p>\n
William Shakespeare had wrote that, \u201csome are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them”. For Ho Leng and Sarawak, Ho Leng first had greatness thrust upon him by circumstances and then achieved greatness for a more democratic, accountable and transparent Sarawak.<\/p>\n
To his wife Irene and children DAP records our deep gratitude for Ho Leng\u2019s selfless service for party, people and nation. Indeed may you be comforted not by words but by the deeds of Ho Leng who brought a positive difference in the lives of those around him especially for Sarawak. Ho Leng is truly a giant-killer and a political giant for Sarawak.<\/p>\n
LIM GUAN ENG<\/p>\n
—– BM Version —
\nPerginya tokoh politik besar Sarawak — Sdr Wong Ho Leng<\/p>\n
– Lim Guan Eng <\/p>\n
Ketika menerima berita daripada Ahli Parlimen Petaling Jaya Utara Tony Pua tentang pemergian Saudara Wong Ho Leng, saya sedang menghadiri program kesyukuran atas kemenangan DAP dalam pilihanraya kecil Bukit Gelugor. Sewaktu itu saya merasa sedih dengan kehilangan seorang rakan dalam parti, namun pada masa yang sama saya kagum dengan semangat perjuangan Ho Leng. <\/p>\n
Saya kagum dengan keteguhan semangat Ho Leng yang berusaha mengatasi barah sejak sekian lama. Banyak orang yang telah menyerah, termasuk doktor beliau sendiri yang menganggarkan beliau hanya mempunyai waktu maksimum 3 bulan untuk hidup ketika beliau diketahui menghidap barah pada Disember 2012.<\/p>\n
Beliau menganggap isterinya sebagai orang yang memberi kekuatan kepadanya untuk terus bertahan. Isterinya telah memberi keyakinan bahawa beliau mampu untuk pulih. Kejayaan Ho Leng melawan barah untuk sekian lama juga boleh disifatkan sebagai kejayaan isterinya.<\/p>\n
Banyak pencapaian Ho Leng yang boleh dibanggakan beliau dan isterinya. Beliau mengatasi kemiskinan untuk mencatat kecemerlangan akademik dan seterusnya menjadi peguam. Setelah berjaya dalam kerjayanya, Ho Leng menyertai DAP pada 19 April 1986, didorong oleh hasrat untuk berkhidmat kepada masyarakat dan negerinya, demi masa depan yang cerah untuk semua.<\/p>\n
Sebagai ahli politik, Ho Leng disenangi oleh semua, termasuk para penentang beliau dalam BN. Ketika bertemu dengan Ketua Menteri Sarawak sempena persidangan Majlis Raja-Raja baru-baru ini di Kuala Lumpur, saya berterimakasih kepada beliau kerana kerajaan negeri telah memberi sumbangan sebanyak RM1 juta untuk membantu membayar yuran perubatan Ho Leng. Menurut Tan Sri Adenan, beliau secara peribadi menyenangi Ho Leng dan berasa sedih dengan keadaan kesihatannya. Beliau sendiri pernah menempuh keadaan getir beberapa tahun lalu dan hampir meninggal dunia kerana masalah jantung.<\/p>\n
Sebagai orang yang agak baru terlibat dalam pilihanraya, Ho Leng diangkat sebagai \u2018giant killer\u2019 setelah menewaskan Presiden SUPP Tan Sri Dr Wong Soon Kai di kerusi DUN Bukit Assek dalam pilihanraya negeri Sarawak tahun 1996. Wong Soon Kai bersara daripada politik setelah kalah, membuka jalan kepada Tan Sri Dr George Chan untuk mengambil alih jawatan Presiden SUPP. Pergantian ini menyemai benih kucar-kacir SUPP. <\/p>\n
Walaupun Ho Leng gagal mempertahankan kerusi Bukit Assek dalam pilihanraya negeri Sarawak 2001, beliau tidak menyerah kalah dan terus memegang panji-panji DAP di Sarawak. Ho Leng menjadi Pengerusi DAP Sarawak pada 24 September 2000 dan terus memegang jawatan itu sehingga tahun lepas apabila beliau terpaksa bersara kerana masalah kesihatan.<\/p>\n
Kegagalan George Chan untuk menentang salah guna kuasa dan korupsi di bawah pemerintahan Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud mendorong rakyat Sarawak mencari pilihan lain. Walaupun baru kehilangan kerusi DUN Sarawak ketika itu, Ho Leng tidak mengalah dan terus memperjuangkan demokrasi, kebertanggungjawaban dan ketelusan, selain terus menentang salah guna kuasa dan korupsi. Usahanya berhasil apabila beliau dipilih kembali sebagai Adun Bukit Assek pada tahun 2006 dan seterusnya pada tahun 2011. Beliau juga telah memenangi pilihanraya kecil parlimen Sibu pada 16 Mei 2010.<\/p>\n
Sejak kemenangannya pada tahun 2006, Ho Leng telah berjaya membentuk barisan pemimpin muda lelaki dan perempuan dalam DAP Sarawak. Mereka ini sanggup berdepan dengan jentera BN Sarawak yang perkasa dan memaksa SUPP untuk berdepan dengan hakikat bahawa parti itu telah mengkhianati prinsip-prinsip asas dan ideal asal cengan menjadi sebahagian daripada jentera politik yang amat korup yang dulu mereka tentang. Abdul Taib Mahmud juga terpaksa berdepan dengan realiti politik bahawa masa telah tiba untuk beliau bersara daripada menjadi Ketua Menteri Sarawak.<\/p>\n
William Shakespeare pernah menulis, katanya, \u201csome are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them\u201d (sesetengah orang dilahirkan sebagai manusia hebat, sesetengah yang lain berjaya menggapai kehebatan, sesetengah yang lain pula didorong untuk menjadi hebat). Di Sarawak, Ho Leng termasuk dalam golongan terakhir disebutkan Shakespeare itu, apabila keadaan mendorong beliau ke hadapan dan membuatkan beliau dikenali sebagai tokoh yang berusaha membentuk Sarawak yang demokratik, bertanggungjawab dan telus.<\/p>\n
Buat Irene dan anak-anaknya, DAP merakamkan setinggi-tinggi ucapan terimakasih atas khidmat Ho Leng kepada parti, rakyat dan negara. Beliau telah melaksanakan kata-katanya untuk membawa perubahan kepada kehidupan rakyat, khususnya rakyat Sarawak. Ho Leng sesungguhnya adalah seorang \u2018giant killer\u2019 dan tokoh politik yang besar bagi Sarawak.<\/p>\n
Lim Guan Eng<\/p>\n
—–Mandarin Version —-<\/p>\n
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Wong Ho Leng \u2013 Passing Of A Giant In Sarawak Politics When I received a message on 21 June 2014 from Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua of Sdr Wong Ho Leng\u2019s …<\/p>\n