Archive for March, 2008
Longkang Politicians vs Web 2.0
By Tony Savarimuthu
The best spin-doctors I’ve seen throughout this election season are probably the guys who were earnestly fresh-tarring the perfectly good road in front of my house. While there are serious issues being debated on whether or not the soul of the country is being usurped by corruption, crime bosses or constitutional misdemeanours, the […]
Posted: March 10th, 2008 under My Take.
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Making sense of the 2008 general election results
[Updated at 12.15pm, March 9, 2008]
AFTER 13 days of heated campaigning, ceramahs running late into the night and plenty of promises from the candidates, Malaysians cast their ballots on March 8. The results that have come in indicate a milestone in the history of Malaysian elections. MalaysiaVotes.com talks to several political observers to try to […]
Posted: March 8th, 2008 under The Big Picture, Top Stories.
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Malaysia votes
MALAYSIANS go to the polls today (March 8). They will elect their representatives and determine who they want to form the government in the next five years, at the state as well as federal levels. The ballots they cast also represent their views on how the nation has been governed since the last general election […]
Posted: March 8th, 2008 under On The Ground, The Big Picture, Top Stories.
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What finally matters to Penangites?
The crowd outside the Han Chiang Indoor Stadium in Penang on March 1 who lapped up Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sterling performance as an orator.
By Jacqueline Ann Surin
jacquelinesurin@malaysiavotes.com
PENANG: “I am very confident the people of Penang will take the lead in toppling the Barisan Nasional (BN) government,” Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim declared to boisterous […]
Posted: March 8th, 2008 under On The Ground, The Big Picture.
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“Oghe chinoh kelate cukup luar beseh”
By Danny Lim
dannylim@malaysiavotes.com
KOTA BHARU: Where Kelantanese Malays can’t stop offering their opinions on politics, regardless of whether they’re asked, the Chinese community here is rather reticent, even when pushed.
In a vastly Malay state, Chinese voters make up no more than 5% of the electorate in all but three parliamentary constituencies: Kota Bharu, Gua Musang and […]
Posted: March 8th, 2008 under On The Ground, Top Stories.
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