GEORGE TOWN: The low visitor turnout at the Pakatan Harapan political talk at Penang Chinese Town Hall was not due to lack of support but because more preferred watching it online, says Chow Kon Yeow (pic).
The Penang Pakatan chairman said the political talk was broadcast live online on social media channels on Saturday (July 29).
"This is the new norm, so they switched methods of listening to the talk, for online... we have Facebook Live, so the reach there is much bigger compared to physical.
"But we need to put in the effort, we also need to reach a wide target, yesterday was just the first day (of campaigning), and we have 13 more days with various forms of important activities, such as walkabouts,” he told reporters here in response to viral photos depicting the many empty seats during the talk, while the Penang DAP Facebook page revealed that the event was watched by 16,700 people online.
Chow, who is contesting the Padang Kota seat, refuted allegations that those who attended the talk left the hall when a DAP leader spoke in protest, stating that visitors had left as it was getting late.
Chow said the public response to campaigning was good based on feedback and observations.
"I attended the Prai service centre opening just now and was informed that during a candidate walkabout in Taman Chai Leng market, the response was very good and I was also warmly received in Bayan Baru, but we can’t be over confident,” he added. – Bernama
