BELAGA, Sept 28 – Barisan Nasional (BN) Youth leader Khairy Jamaluddin said they will discuss with the Sarawak BN Youth on their strategy for the Sarawak state election expected to be held early next year. He said he would meet Sarawak BN Youth leader Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof soon to discuss the matter.
“We will choose a date near to the election to launch our machinery. Meanwhile, the various programmes and activities had been carried out by the Sarawak BN Youth to get young voters to support BN in the coming election,” he told reporters after opening the Long Busang Health Clinic here on Sunday.
Khairy had spent the night at Long Busang, which is in the Sarawak interiors, to experience living with the Kenyah Badeng community. It was organised under the BN Youth for the Community program to bring BN Youth members closer to the people living in the interior areas and to understand their needs and difficulties.
About 200 BN Youth members, comprising from UMNO, Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), Sarawak United people’s Party (SUPP), Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP), Parti Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) and United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO).
Among the activities held were dialogue with local residents, football match and planting of trees in the compound of Long Busang Health Clinic through gotong-royong. Khairy said the program focused on the interior areas in Sarawak, but would be expanded to other states in future.
