Prime Minister John Key was the guest of honour at the fund raising dinner organised by Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi MP at the Cosmopolitan Club Papatoetoe on July 15. Paula Bennett Minister was the MC for the evening attended by about 325 people, which culminated with a sumptuous dinner and a fund raising auction.
Roshan Nauhria and Prithipal Singh presented a cheque of $15000 to Alan Towers, Chairman of the National Party Northern Region. Prime Minister John Key delivered a humorous yet powerful speech to the fully packed club room. He urged the mostly immigrant community present in the room to work hard and achieve their goals.
He said achieving financial goals was not difficult in this country if one remained focused on attitude and aspirations. He also mentioned that in his recent trip to China he took up the extradition of Hiren Mohini’s alleged murderer.
As per Chinese law – he will not be extradited but instead the Chinese authorities have arrested him and are prosecuting him for murder. The offender will probably get a harsher sentence in China than in New Zealand, as he will most probably receive the death sentence.
Mr Key reiterated his government’s commitment to increasing trade relations with India. This presented an enormous opportunity as New Zealand’s trade with India is only $1 billion compared to $10 billion with China.
He highlighted the improved law and order situation in South Auckland comparing it to the past. With 300 new frontline police officers in the Counties Manukau region – the spate of robberies and homicides have dropped significantly.
Mr Bakshi, the evening’s host thanked his supporters as the packed room gave an indication of National’s grass root level support in the Papatoetoe area.