KUALA LUMPUR: In the 2008 general election, the Barisan Nasional lost its two-thirds majority in the Dewan Rakyat, and one of the main arguments for this was that a sizeable number of Chinese voters supported the opposition coalition of PKR-DAP-PAS. Political observers say this trend had started five years earlier in Kedah, Penang, Selangor and [...]
YONG PENG: After sharing classrooms for more than 40 years, SJK (C) Yong Peng 2 finally has grounds it can call its own. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who officiated the opening of the Chinese primary school Tuesday, said he was proud to see another education project completed. “It is Barisan Nasional policy [...]
BARISAN Nasional candidate for Chuah state seat, Datuk Seri Dr King Lim Chin Fui, has drawn out plans to lure youngsters back to the town. Chuah, an isolated place about 25km from Port Dickson, has a population of about 30,000 people but a majority have left home to work in the cities, leaving behind aged [...]
30 April 2013 Press statement by MCA Youth Treasurer General & MCA candidate for N14 Rawang state constituency, Lee Li Yew Chinese urged to vote rationally with PM’s announcements for Rawang Under the leadership of BN, Rawang residents will be able to experience progress. Although there maybe anti-establishment sentiments among the Chinese, the Malay and [...]
BARISAN Nasional’s Tapah candidate Datuk M. Saravanan has vowed to continue combating urban poverty in the constituency using his three pronged approach – improving infrastructure, creating business opportunities and raising education standards. “It is better to teach people how to fish than to give them fish. “Eradicating poverty is not an overnight process,” he said [...]
29 April 2013 Press Statement by MCA Youth Secretary General Dato’ Chai Kim Sen Non-Muslims should reflect on Norman Fernandez’s remarks about PAS The call by DAP Johor deputy chief Norman Fernandez to voters to shun PAS shows that he has political conscience and the courage to expose the true face of PAS, and I [...]
KLANG: Prime Minsiter Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak stopped by in Pandamaran Jaya, which is in the Port Klang state constituency, to help shore up support for Barisan Nasional. He told the thousands present at the programme that the federal government had spent RM160mil to build a culvert and other related-infrastructure in the area. He called [...]
BUTTERWORTH: David Chua could not control his emotions as he pledged to house the poor and help the disabled if he got elected as the Bagan MP. Having come from a poor family, the parliamentary hopeful from Barisan Nasional empathises with the plight of the needy. “I used to live in a car garage,” he [...]
MALACCA: A rare invitation by 107-year-old matriarch Leong Swee Yong to bless MCA’s Barisan Nasional candidate for Banda Hilir Ronald Gan has renewed his optimism for wresting the seat from DAP. Leong, who has voted in the past 12 general elections, invited Gan to her home in Taman Bachang Baru here on Friday to give [...]
The 5% difference between DAP & PAS holds dire consequences
1 May 2013 Press statement by MCA Youth Education Bureau Chairman Chong Sin Woon The 5% difference between DAP & PAS holds dire consequences If the 5% difference between PAS and DAP involves implementation of PAS hudud enactments and the establishment of a PAS Islamic state, the ideological chasm between both parties is too broad [...]
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