Archive for 'Top Stories'
Koh: Umno doesn’t dominate Penang
By Jacqueline Ann Surin
jacquelinesurin@malaysiavotes.com
PENANG: Gerakan acting president and outgoing Penang chief minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon has refuted the opposition’s charge that Umno dominates the Barisan Nasional (BN), especially in this northern state.
Presenting statistics at a press conference here on March 4, he said the number of constituencies that have been allocated to […]
Posted: March 6th, 2008 under The Big Picture, 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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The Education of Nurul Izzah
By Danny Lim
dannylim@malaysiavotes.com
Nurul Izzah at her Pantai Dalam walkabout, visiting the BN pondok. Photos by Danny Lim.
On the Monday after nomination on Feb 24, Nurul Izzah Anwar’s campaign for the Lembah Pantai parliamentary seat kicked off with a pasar malam visit at Kampung Kerinchi, followed by a ceramah at a Parti Keadilan Rakyat [PKR] pondok […]
Posted: March 3rd, 2008 under On the Ceramah Trail, Top Stories.
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Obstacles to Voting from Abroad
By Hwa Yue-Yi
AFTER nine months of vacation – two of which were packed with goodbyes – I was raring to leave for college last August. But amid the high-strung euphoria, the timing of my departure for the US bothered me: it was scarcely a year since I’d learnt to adore rendang, and four months till […]
Posted: March 3rd, 2008 under My Take, Top Stories.
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“David vs Goliath” in Penang’s Rat Island
By Tikki Gee
[Updated with correction at 3.30pm, March 3, 2008]
PENANG: Touted to be a closely-fought state, Penang is the focus of a united Opposition, where the DAP and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) are determined to wrest control of the state from Gerakan, a Barisan National (BN) component party.
Recent events at the national level, and […]
Posted: March 2nd, 2008 under On The Ground, Top Stories.
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