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The Nut Graph
Hi. The Nut Graph news site begins publishing on 15 August 2008. Please go to www.thenutgraph.com to read more! There will be no more new postings on Malaysia Votes. Please do not post any comments on Malaysia Votes either, as given our current limited resources, we are unable to moderate and upload them. Our apologies…
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Check out The Nut Graph
To be launched in August 2008, our much-awaited news site promises to provide insightful analysis into the news in and outside of Malaysia. Featuring seasoned journalists and well-known columnists, The Nut Graph will connect the dots for readers to make sense of politics and pop culture.
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Seeking Justice and Equality: Chandra Muzaffar replies
IT is sad that Jules Ong has not really understood my position on justice and equality in Malaysia. For almost 40 years now, I have argued in my writings and speeches that the nation’s historical background is an essential prerequisite for understanding justice and equality in contemporary Malaysia. If Malaysians of Chinese and Indian origin…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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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“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,…
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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…
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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…
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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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Another Country, Another Election
by Farish A. Noor [Updated with correction at 9.02pm, March 6, 2008] 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 before him with an air of bored disinterest. The officer himself was not all that…
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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…
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