PH candidate Esma Eazreen Husin said being a Rim resident makes her easily accessible to constituents. JASIN: Pakatan Harapan candidate Esma Eazreen Husin has made slow economic growth and a lack of local job opportunities key issues in her campaign to wrest the Rim seat in Saturday's Melaka state election.

Esma, of PKR, said she wanted to stimulate the local economy and create more jobs so residents, particularly young people, would not have to leave the area to earn a living.

“Economic growth here is slow, to the extent that young people have to leave the area to look for work,” she told FMT.

Esma also highlighted drainage problems and flash floods in several areas, saying they remained unresolved despite residents lodging complaints over the past few years.