Archive for 'On The Ground'
Islamic Theme Park Fails to Impress
By Farish A. Noor
The Islam Hadhari theme park in Kuala Trengganu is no ordinary children’s playground. Photos by Danny Lim.
THE merry-go-round is painted in bright hues of pink, yellow, green and blue; the slides and rides shine in the sun as the little girl contemplates which of the two plastic horses to mount first. […]
Posted: March 7th, 2008 under On The Ground, The Big Picture, Top Stories.
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Vying for the wealth of Kelantan
By Danny Lim
dannylim@malaysiavotes.com
KOTA BHARU: PAS vice-president Datuk Husam Musa has claimed that Barisan Nasional’s (BN) own assessment of voter sentiments in Kelantan revealed that PAS has the edge in at least 26 out of 45 state seats and 10 out of 14 parliamentary seats. However, the Kota Bharu Umno division chief secretary Zulkifli Mustafa questioned […]
Posted: March 7th, 2008 under On The Ground, Top Stories.
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The Battle in Kinta Valley
By Cindy Tham
cindytham@malaysiavotes.com
The crowd braves the rain to hear the DAP ceramah in Wisma Chin Woo, Ipoh, on Feb 29. Photos by Cindy Tham.
IPOH: Like the rain that was pouring relentlessly, the number of people huddled under their umbrellas outside Wisma Chin Woo here on Feb 29 continued to grow into […]
Posted: March 7th, 2008 under On The Ground, The Big Picture, Top Stories.
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Another Country, Another Election
by Farish A. Noor
[Updated with correction at 9.02pm, March 6, 2008]
The 4,000-strong crowd at the PAS ceramah in Kota Bharu on March 3 night. Photos by Danny Lim.
TUAN Guru Nik Aziz Nik Mat looked a little grey and fuzzy on the videocam screen of the Special Branch (SB) officer who stood watching the spectacle […]
Posted: March 6th, 2008 under On The Ground, On the Ceramah Trail, Top Stories.
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The university of politics
By Danny Lim
dannylim@malaysiavotes.com
KOTA BHARU: “If you read S.H. Alattas, he wrote, ‘When you talk about Kelantan, Kelantan is a politic university’ (sic),” says Farhan Yusof, one of a quartet of locals who just happened to sit at my table at an open-air warung for tea in Berek 12, Kota Bharu . On the political beat, […]
Posted: March 4th, 2008 under On The Ground, Top Stories.
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