Jack Koh
My principal place of residence is not in the Te Hirawanui General Ward area.
Candidate statement
Greetings, my name is Jack. I am a registered Acupuncturist and I sit on the advisory committee board for the NZ School of Acupuncture in Auckland. In the past, I provided free acupuncture treatments for two years to the Māori community spending my weekends at the Manurewa Marae in Auckland. I served as a committee member of the Hope Foundation for food bank.
I worked as an aircraft component inspector for 21-1/2 years with an American Aerospace company in Singapore. During that time, I became an employee council spokesperson representing all workers to navigate fair, reasonable working environment and staff welfare. Ability to problem solve and provide sound, workable solutions on a wide range of immediate issues.
My aim is to improve the quality of services and promote tourist image of Palmerston North. To justify council spending so that residence of Palmerston North do not have to pay excessive rates.