Najib visited Chinatown, Kerinchi and Brickfield VERSUS Ex-PM Badawi visited Immigration Office

Najib visited Chi Chong Kai (Chinese area), Kerinchi (Malay area) and Brickfields (Indian area) less than 24 hours after becoming 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia. Looks like PM Najib meant business by turn padang and seeing for himself the common folks doing what common people doing. But wait a minute, isn't that what the Fifth Prime Minister did, Pak Lah went to the immigration office to turun padang. Unfortunately the people want more and they voted out BN in 2008.

I hope that will be a lesson PM Najib will learnt.

(from the Star)

PM Najib visits Chinatown, Kerinchi and Brickfields

KUALA LUMPUR: Less than 24 hours into the new job, the country’s sixth Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak went down to the ground into the heartlands of Kuala Lumpur to meet the people.

He paid a visit to the street hawkers in Jalan Petaling and Vista Angkasa apartments in Kg Kerinchi and Jalan Tun Sambanthan storekeepers and restaurant operators in Brickfields.

Najib arrived at Jalan Petaling’s main gate in the PM’s silver Proton Perdana with plate number WRP 11. He was accompanied by Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique and Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Ahmad Fuad Ismail.

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak visiting 'Chinatown' in Petaling Street. - AZMAN GHANI / The Star

As soon as he stepped out of the car, he was surrounded by a mass of photographers and police officers holding back the crowd to give him room to walk.

Dressed in a casual short-sleeve light green shirt, khaki pants and loafers, he strolled the popular tourist spot with the Kuala Lumpur Hawkers and Petty Traders Association deputy chairman Datuk Ang Say Tee and Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Lun.

He spoke to watch dealers and bag sellers and was met with supportive applause from onlookers from both sides of the street.

Locals and tourists alike whipped out their handphones to take pictures of Malaysia’s new PM.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak visiting Vista Angkasa, Kerinchi. - AZMAN GHANI / The Star

At about 4pm, he made a short stop in Kg Kerinchi and spoke to hawkers there.

Seemingly a divine blessing, it began to drizzle in Brickfields just minutes after Najib arrived for his final stop.

Parents Chadaramohan Kanapathi, 40, and Ravita Pakrisamy, 38, from Segambut felt very happy and hoped the country will be “good, peaceful and without any racial problems” under Najib’s leadership.

Ramesh Kumar, 35, from Penang said it was a good sign for Indians that it rained during Najib’s visit.

“I can hardly believe that our sixth prime minister is visiting the rakyat on the second day of his premiership.

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak visiting one of the shops along Jalan Tun Sambanthan during his walkabout in Brickfields on his second day of his official duty as newly-elected Prime Minister. - GLENN GUAN/The Star

“This is my first time seeing a PM on the ground. I have high hopes for him. I hope he will be fair to all Malaysians,” Ramesh said.

Restaurant owner S. Paramasivam said he served the Prime Minister and his entourage putu mayam pudina, dosai, vadae, teh ‘o’ ais limau, teh tarik (kurang manis), apples, oranges and grapes.

Just before 5pm and without speaking to the gathered press, Najib ended his first "turun padang" visit as PM and returned to his official residence in Putrajaya.