SHAH ALAM, Aug 11 — Those who have yet to be a registered voter stand a chance to get a personalised portrait of themselves made from nasi lemak.
In a campaign to call for new voters to have themselves registered, Kampung Tunku assemblyman Lim Yi Wei, in collaboration with The Rojak Projek and Team Selangor, had initiated the ‘Register to Vote’ campaign on August 15 at the S2 Basketball Court in Petaling Jaya.
The first 100 registrants at the event, which will be held from 2pm to 5pm, will be given a personalised nasi lemak portrait.
“For this voter registration drive, we decided to collaborate with The Rojak Projek (TRP) to highlight the act of registering as a voter being a patriotic duty as a Malaysian. How better to illustrate it with our favourite dish nasi lemak?
“As such, TRP will be creating 100 personalised portraits for the first 100 registrants. The registrants will be photographed, have their addresses recorded for mailing of the photos. The nasi lemak ingredients are arranged by hand, so TRP and our team of volunteers will be arranging them and photographing the portraits the following day.
“For those curious to see the process, TRP will be doing a demo of the arrangement using our Menteri Besar YAB Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari’s face and mine on the day itself,” said Lim when contacted by Selangor Journal today.
Lim said the initiative was important as the lowering of the voting age to 18 has not been gazetted yet even though the Undi 18 Bill was passed in Parliament, July last year.
“Currently, the voter registration age is still 21 years old and above, and automatic voter registration is not expected until July 2021,” Lim added
The Rojak Projek is an initiative by social enterprise TRP Creatives that focuses on creating positive understanding and awareness by promoting Malaysian unity, culture and diversity.
