Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said today a "blue wave" is in sight in Selangor indicating that the people desire to return to BN rule in the state.

"The blue wave is visible throughout Selangor. The people realise after giving the (PKR-DAP-PAS) pact three years that many problems have emerged," he said in reference to the PKR-led state government in Selangor.

Speaking at the ‘1Malaysia Breakfast with the People’ at Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC) Dengkil as he kicked off his day-long visit to Selangor, Muhyiddin said many people in Selangor have complained that the state government fails to understand their needs and welfare.

"Many people in Selangor, among them traders, have met me and asked when the next general election will be held. They said they have had enough of the Pakatan (government), complaining that it is difficult to do business, to earn a living," he said, adding that they want to vote for the BN in the next election.

Muhyiddin said the people know that the BN, with more than 50 years of experience behind it, can take Malaysia to greater heights of performance in line with their aspirations.   

Water crisis

Muhyiddin said the government led by Prime Minister Najib Razak is implementing various development programmes to ensure that the people enjoy a comfortable, peaceful and prosperous life as emphasised in Budget 2012.

He said the Selangor government is seen to be not giving priority to the people's welfare, and cited the issue of water supply management in the state.

"The important thing is not the question of the state government doing business and garnering profits, but the plight of the people in Selangor and the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya ... almost five million people are bound to face the burden (of a water crisis)," said Muhyiddin at the event attended by thousands of people from and around Dengkil and Sepang.

He urged BN component parties to continue to help the people of Selangor and ensure a BN victory in the next general election.

Muhyiddin also handed over RM111,000 to 37 federal village development committees in the Sepang parliamentary constituency and Deepavali gifts to 1,300 people. Deepavali falls on Wednesday.

Muhyiddin also said that a RM100,000 allocation would be made for SJKC Dengkil to repair the school building. 

The deputy prime minister's wife, Noorainee Abdul Rahman, Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister and Selangor Umno liaison deputy chairman Noh Omar and Sepang MP Mohd Mohamed were also present at the event. 

Fresh approach

Speaking at a meeting with teachers of religious schools at the Kuala Langat Industrial Training Institute in Banting, Muhyiddin said they should adopt a fresh approach towards developing morally sound, creative, productive and innovative human capital in line with the needs of the country's New Economic Model.

Muhyiddin, who is also education minister, said the ministry was prepared to train the religious teachers in the new approach.

"The present mode of teaching may be effective but if we do not take into account technology and competition we will not be able to generate the necessary human resources which can compete at the global level," he said.

The deputy prime minister said some people may think that national economic development is solely for life on earth but, actually, development in the Islamic context encompasses life in the world and the hereafter.

Muhyiddin said Malaysians should be thankful that they are able to live in peace without wars which some other countries have to put up with. 

Citing Somalia, he said civil war had resulted in the deaths of many people in the African country which is rich in minerals and oil.

At the event, Muhyiddin approved a RM2-million allocation for the construction of a hall at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Jugra.

- Bernama