Melaka polls: Uncle Wong, 88, cycles to polling centre after 3am start

MELAKA: Eager to fulfil his duty as a voter, Vong Fook Hoi, better known as Uncle Wong, 88, woke up about 3am and cycled to the polling centre at SK Seri Duyong here today.

Uncle Wong said he had woken up as early as 3am because he was so eager to cast his vote that he had difficulty sleeping the night before.

"I woke up at 3am because I could not wait to vote. I could not sleep last night either.

"I came to the polling centre on my bicycle. I go everywhere by bicycle," he said after casting his ballot for the Duyong seat here today.

He said it had taken him longer than usual to leave for the polling centre this time as he had waited for his wife before setting off.

On their responsibility as voters, Uncle Wong said his children had also returned from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to cast their ballots.

"I have already reminded them. My children are grown up and they know what they need to do," he said.

The Duyong seat is being contested by Barisan Nasional candidate and incumbent Datuk Mohd Noor Helmy Abd Halem and Pakatan Harapan's Poo Long Suan.

The Election Commission's electoral roll recorded 26,528 registered voters in Duyong, an increase of 8,291 from the 18,237 recorded in the 2021 Melaka election.