PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional is on a rebound and will win the 13th general election with a bigger majority than in 2008, MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said. He said this was based on the latest political developments in the country with the Chinese feeling that they had been sidelined by PKR [...]
LABIS: It is the right of PAS candidate Normala Sudirman not to shake hands with the people but she must understand and respect why some people are taken aback by it. MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said many non-Muslims were baffled when Normala had refused to shake their hands. As a Barisan [...]
LABIS: Barisan Nasional candidate Mohd Azahar Ibrahim’s serious demeanour may have overshadowed his many talents — including singing in Mandarin. He came to the rescue of MCA vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen who forgot her lyrics when singing Gong Xi Gong Xi, a Chinese New Year song on stage. Azahar sportingly continued the [...]
LABIS: Uncle Ho, a local MCA veteran leader, sighs when asked why people tend to refer to Labis Tengah, as the “black area”. He said the response of the people from the Chinese settlement towards the Barisan Nasional had always been lukewarm, if not cold. Their support had never hit past the 50% mark, he [...]
LABIS: Despite the Tenang by-election being around the corner, workers and volunteers at the Labis MP office were hard at work preparing thousands of Chinese New Year greeting cards. Some 10 people were involved in preparing Labis MP Chua Tee Yong’s greeting cards to be distributed in Tenang and Labis. Wah Jeck Chin said all [...]
LABIS: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin led the Barisan Nasional charge in Tenang yesterday, saying Mohd Azahar Ibrahim is the best candidate to look after the welfare of the people. He said the Opposition was becoming desperate and beginning to adopt dirty tactics to discredit Mohd Azahar, including distributing slanderous pamphlets about him. [...]
LABIS: Buddhist devotees here can look forward to a bigger place of worship, said MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek. Dr Chua added he understood their needs and would follow up their request with Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman. “It has always been Barisan Nasional’s (BN) way of looking after the religious [...]
LABIS: With Chinese New Year just around the corner, campaigners in Tenang are wooing voters with mandarin oranges, season’s greetings and songs. The MCA team, led by party president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, was at the Labis market in the morning, shaking hands, distributing mandarin oranges and extending New Year greetings. Dr Chua [...]
LABIS: Auspicious phrases are normally written on diamond-shaped red paper for the Chinese New Year. In Tenang, however, these phrases have been replaced with the picture of PAS candidate Normala Sudirman. Her photograph in a bright red traditional Chinese wedding gown and a red tudung was the talk of the town yesterday. Political observers gave [...]
The candidates in the Tenang by-election hit the campaign trail right after their candidacy was confirmed yesterday morning. Both Barisan Nasional’s Mohd Azahar Ibrahim and PAS’ Normala Sudirman have a packed schedule until polling day on Jan 30. They said they planned to reach out to as many voters as they could within the eight [...]
