ALOR SETAR: Wanita MCA vice-chairman Datuk Heng Seai Kie has large shoes to fill in the Padang Serai parliamentary seat after two of her predecessors in the wing successfully contested the seat. “Let’s hope the tradition continues,” said Heng, referring to the fact that Kedah Wanita MCA chief Datuk Lim Lay Hoon held the seat [...]
THE new faces of Penang Barisan Nasional contesting in the general election have their hats brimming full of ideas should they win. The candidate for the Bukit Gelugor parliamentary seat, MCA’s Teh Beng-Yeam, 45, a lawyer, said he would hold dialogues with senior citizens and retirees in the constituency so that their concerns and grievances [...]
PENANG Barisan Nasional is fielding nine new faces for parliamentary seats and 21 fresh candidates for state seats in the general election. Penang Barisan chairman Teng Chang Yeow said this constituted 70% new faces in the total 13 parliamentary seats and 60% new faces in the 40 state seats. Umno will see 11 new faces [...]
PETALING JAYA: Businesswoman Nicole Wong Siaw Ting (left pic) was on her last day of confinement when news broke that she had been selected as an election candidate. And the gutsy political newcomer who delivered her second baby boy on March 18, said she is all ready for the challenge to wrest the Seputeh parliamentary [...]
17 April 2013 Press statement by Press statement by MCA Publicity Bureau chairman Datuk Heng Seai Kie The success of the 1Malaysia concept has instilled fear among Pakatan The 1Malaysia concept mooted by Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Najib Razak when he first took over our nation’s helm in 2009 has proven to be a success [...]
Penang Wanita MCA chairman Tan Cheng Liang (pic) has taken a jab at Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng for practising double standards in playing down insults directed towards Chinese vernacular newspaper Sin Chew Daily. She said Lim should not continue to indulge and protect former DAP election publicity chief Hew Kuan Yau for his blatant [...]
15 April 2013 Press statement by Wanita MCA Penang Chairman Sdri Tan Cheng Liang Guan Eng double standards in playing down insults directed towards Sin Chew Daily Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng should not have continued to indulge and protect Hew Kuan Yau for his blatant insults and criticism towards Sin Chew Daily and [...]
15 April 2013 Press Statement by Lim Kee Moi, Wanita MCA Committee member Pakatan Johor Manifeto promises nothing new Despite Johor DAP and PKR still engulfed in jostling for seats in Malaysia’s southern-most state, they have hastily assembled a manifesto which resembles our Barisan Nasional Manifesto except for tweaking the figures slightly. The question here [...]
PETALING JAYA: Elected representatives are counting on the police to ensure a peaceful general election, especially in several “hot seats”. Gelang Patah MP Tan Ah Eng reminded all political party supporters not to cause problems. “The police will maintain public order but supporters must also follow rules and regulations,” she said. On Saturday, The Star reported [...]
Teo Nie Ching parachuting to Kulai is political desertion
19 April 2013 Press statement by Beliawanis MCA Selangor Chairman & MCA candidate for Kuala Kubu Baru state constituency Jessie Ooi Teo Nie Ching parachuting to Kulai is political desertion The departure of Serdang Member of Parliament Teo Nie Ching for Kulai indicates that the incumbent has forgotten her own electorate. This act of betrayal [...]
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