Malaysia Votes

Wanted: A new language and way of thinking

By Cindy Tham cindytham@malaysiavotes.com The speakers at the CPPS dialogue: [L-R] Denison Jayasooria, Zainon Ahmad, Khoo Kay Peng, Ramon Navaratnam, Malik Imtiaz Sarwar and Farish Noor. Photos by Cindy Tham. PETALING JAYA: If you think your “work” as a voter is done after you cast your ballot on March 8, and the rest is up…

Malaysia Votes

March 16, 2008

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Editorial: The real work has just begun

By Cindy Tham cindytham@malaysiavotes.com UNTIL January 2008, Loh Gwo Burne was an unknown in the Malaysian public space. Today, the 34-year-old, who barely speaks Bahasa Malaysia, is the newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Kelana Jaya who will have to brush up on his command of the national language to speak up in Parliament.…

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March 12, 2008

Editorial: The real work has just begun

By Cindy Tham cindytham@malaysiavotes.com UNTIL January 2008, Loh Gwo Burne was an unknown in the Malaysian public space. Today, the 34-year-old, who barely speaks Bahasa Malaysia, is the newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Kelana Jaya who will have to brush up on his command of the national language to speak up in Parliament.…

Malaysia Votes

March 12, 2008

Tengku Razaleigh: Time for BN to face the truth and restore itself

The following is a press statement on the outcome of the 2008 general election by Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Gua Musang member of Parliament and Umno division chief Dateline: 10am, March 9, 2008 Barisan Nasional (BN) has been defeated and shamed on a scale without precedent in our history. Alongside losing our 2/3rds majority in Parliament,…

Malaysia Votes

March 10, 2008

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…

Malaysia Votes

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…

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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…

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The Battle in Kinta Valley

By Cindy Tham cindytham@malaysiavotes.com [First published on March 6] 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 the night. They didn’t seem to mind the water splashing on their feet or the dampness in the…

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What finally matters to Penangites?

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 cheers from the crowd. The former deputy premier and current de facto leader of opposition Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) wasn’t just massaging the…

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Samy Vellu’s moment of truth

By Cindy Tham cindytham@malaysiavotes.com SUNGAI SIPUT: The Sri Mariamman Temple in Taman Dovenby here was a hive of activity on March 5, as devotees carrying the kavadi made the journey on foot from several kilometres outside the Dovenby Plantation to the temple located within its grounds. The musicians filled the jasmine and incense scented air…

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Islamic Theme Park Fails to Impress

By Farish A. Noor 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. Her mother sits by the swing in the near distance, her eye firmly fixed on…

Malaysia Votes

March 7, 2008

The Battle in Kinta Valley

By Cindy Tham cindytham@malaysiavotes.com 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 the night. They didn’t seem to mind the water splashing on their feet or the dampness in the air; their eyes were glued…

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March 7, 2008

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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…

Malaysia Votes

March 6, 2008