The Chinese ground has stabilised. The slide has been arrested, even if it has yet to swing back to Barisan Nasional in a big way. THE scene at the G & D Restaurant in the heart of Tenang was more akin to a victory celebration than a campaign dinner. There was just another day to [...]
LABIS, 31 Jan — Presiden MCA Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek berkata beliau bangga bahawa undi kaum Cina pada pilihan raya kecil kerusi Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Tenang telah beralih semula kepada Barisan Nasional (BN). Katanya kejayaan BN itu juga telah menafikan dakwaan parti PKR-DAP-PAS bahawa Pakatan Rakyat telah menembusi kubu kuat BN di [...]
LABIS: Tenang folks woke up to heavy rain, but voters, like the elderly and wheelchair bound, were among the early birds at the Labis Timor voting centre in Kampung Paya Merah multi-purpose hall here when polling began at 8.00am. Labis MP Chua Tee Yong was at the centre since 7.40am to monitor the situation and [...]
AFTER a week of intense campaigning by the Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat, the constituents of Tenang go to the ballot box to decide between Umno’s Mohd Azahar Ibrahim and Normala Sudirman of PAS. Barisan, which held the state seat located within the Labis parliamentary constituency in Johor before the death of Datuk Sulaiman Taha, [...]
LABIS: The election commission is optimistic of a high voter turn out for the Tenang by-election despite the poor weather forecast for Sunday as it is a public holiday. EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said that the commission had prepared contingency plans to tackle the situation, including getting trucks and four-wheel drives [...]
LABIS: The Election Commission is optimistic of a high voter turnout for the Tenang by-election despite the poor weather expected today. Chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said the commission had made contingency plans to tackle the situation including getting trucks and four-wheel-drives from the police, army, Fire and Rescue Department to help out. [...]
ANALYSIS By JOCELINE TAN joceline@thestar.com.my The last days of campaigning for the Tenang state seat has come to this moment. The outcome, although a foregone conclusion, will have huge implications for both sides. IT is now down to the wire for the voters of Tenang who go to the ballot box today after a campaign [...]
Analysis by FOONG PEK YEE pekyee@thestar.com.my EVERYTHING has been done to drum up support from the voters. Now, it’s in their hands. To capitalise on the Chinese New Year mood, PAS campaigners even went to the extent of distributing red balloons bearing the party’s logo. Yesterday, they braved the rain to hand out red and [...]
The last days of campaigning for the Tenang state seat has come to this moment. The outcome, although a foregone conclusion, will have huge implications for both sides. IT is now down to the wire for the voters of Tenang who go to the ballot box today after a campaign that has been hectic, intense [...]
BN’s victory in Tenang – Chinese support returns to MCA
MCA HQ, 31 Jan – Commenting on Barisan Nasional’s victory at the Tenang by Elections, held the previous day, MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said that “although Tenang was hit by heavy rain, voters there were still determined to come out and vote.” However, he remarked that the turnout was lower than [...]
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