Tag: Umno

• Farewell to the homogenous Malay

  By Farish A. Noor “Takkan Melayu hilang di dunia” (Never shall the Malays cease to be): Hang Tuah’s legendary call to arms rings a note of defiance laced with anxiety and speaks volumes about the perennial angst of a people whose place and standing in the world were never something to be taken for granted.…

  Malaysia Votes

  March 22, 2008

  My Take

  Barisan Bertindak Perpaduan Melayu, communalism, Farish A Noor, Hang Tuah, keris, Malay, Malay-Muslim, race, Umno

• 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

  The Big Picture, Top Stories

  Barisan Nasional, Elections, Gerakan, Jacqueline Ann Surin, Koh Tsu Koon, Penang, power sharing, seat allocation, state exco, Umno