GEORGE TOWN: Penang MCA candidates will give away 20,000 soft panda toys, which is the party’s mascot for the 13th general election, to the public during the campaign period. Penang was the first state to receive the toys after party president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek unveiled the mascot during MCA’s report card briefing for [...]
BENTONG: The compulsory medical check up on Barisan Nasional candidates contesting in the 13th general election will help ensure they are able to perform and serve the rakyat, said the Health Ministry. “It is a good initiative by Barisan for candidates to understand their own health status,” said its minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai during [...]
GEORGE TOWN: Come September, Low Chee Keong (pic) will graduate from Britain’s University of Wolverhampton, thanks to the 1MCA Education Loan Scheme. He received a RM30,000 loan in October last year to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering. His father, Low Chin Leong, 56, said the loan, though not a huge sum, did help to [...]
JOHOR BARU: The relocation and upgrading of five Chinese schools in the state for the past five years has been well received by parents, who are glad that there is a school near their home. The schools were relocated from rural areas in Batu Pahat, Kluang, Kota Tinggi and Muar where there was low enrolment. [...]
PETALING JAYA: Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman‘s good relationship with the Chinese community in the state will make the battle for the Gelang Patang parliamentary seat one to watch out for, said The Star group chief editor Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai. Speculation is rife that Abdul Ghani will take on DAP heavyweight Lim Kit Siang [...]
KOTA BARU: MCA has a chance of winning the Kota Lama seat in the general election as the outgoing assemblyman Datuk Anuar Tan Abdullah from PAS is said to be besieged with internal squabbles from within his party. It is said that MCA’s optimism comes after Anuar suffered a fall out with his former ally Hu [...]
JOHOR BARU: The MCA does not eliminate the possibility of Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman (pic) coming down to Gelang Patah to contest in the 13th general election. However, MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said Friday that there has yet to be a decision on the matter. “There will be a discussion [...]
BN negeri Johor masih belum membincangkan kemungkinan Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman bertanding untuk kerusi Parlimen Gelang Patah menentang veteran DAP Lim Kit Siang, kata Presiden MCA Datuk Chua Soi Lek. Bagaimanapun Presiden MCA itu percaya perkara itu akan dibincangkan juga oleh BN negeri. “Setakat hari ini sama ada ia ura-ura, khabar angin atau [...]
IPOH: Welder Loo Siew Wai had to struggle to pay RM3,000 to have his cataract removed from his left eye 12 years ago. However, he was burdened with another cataract which had formed on his right eye two years later. He could not afford another RM3,000 for surgery. Loo, 73, who lives in his workshop [...]
JOHOR BARU: Gelang Patah MCA division chief Jason Teoh has slammed DAP’s “Gelang Patah Declaration” to the Indian community there, calling it a sham and a rip-off from what Barisan Nasional is offering the community. Teoh said the party’s promises, such as resolving the problem of stateless Indians within 100 days, were far-fetched. “The process [...]
