Mohd Fauzi Abdullah (with pink tag) and other PAS leaders celebrating their narrow win TALKING to reporters after PAS candidate Mohd Fauzi Abdullah was officially announced as the victor in the Manik Urai by-election, PAS treasurer and Kuala Krai Member of Parliament Dr Hatta Ramli quoted former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. “As Mahathir […]
Polling in Manik Urai
By Zedeck Siew
KUALA KRAI, 14 July 2009: Polling for the Manik Urai by-election began today at 8am at nine polling stations and would continue until 5pm. As of 1pm today, voter turnout was about 76%, or 9,359 of the 12,293 registered voters. As both PAS candidate Mohd Fauzi Abdullah and Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Tuan Aziz Tuan […]
Polling closes in Manik Urai (Updated 5.55pm)
Updated 11.50am on 14 July 2009 KUALA KRAI, 14 July 2009: Some 87.33% or 10,736 out of 12,293 voters cast their votes in the Manik Urai state by-election, polling of which closed at 5pm today. Election Commission (EC) chairperson Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said the turnout was higher than the EC’s target of […]
Status quo in Manik Urai
By Zedeck SiewThe bridge connecting Manik Urai Lama with Manik Urai Baru. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin would promise on 12 July to build a new bridge — on the condition that the Barisan Nasional was voted in ON 12 July 2009, after a final rally for the Manik Urai by-election campaign, PAS spiritual leader […]
Sensationalist reporting in Manik Urai!
By Zedeck SiewCOVERING the Manik Urai by-election has been a non-stop whirlwind; it has been, by far, the most intense contest Malaysians have experienced this year. A reporter barely has time, between the tight schedule and horrific broadband speeds, to even check his or her e-mail — practically every minute was devoted to the deluge of news. […]
Sedate in Manik Urai
By Zedeck Siew
THE 10-day-long campaign period for the Manik Urai by-election has been quite sedate, with few hard issues gaining any traction in this rural constituency in Kelantan. The campaign trail was peppered instead with the question of Kelantan’s petroleum royalties; the absence of PAS deputy president Nasharuddin Mat Isa from party campaigns until 11 July 2009; […]
MACC report lodged over sale of Kg Buah Pala land
PENANG, 13 July 2009: The Penang government today lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), urging the commission to investigate the sale of a piece of land in Kampung Buah Pala, Bukit Gelugor, here. The report was lodged by the two deputy chief ministers, Mansor Othman and P Ramasamy, at the Penang MACC […]
Kg Buah Pala developer upset over state govt’s plan
PENANG, 9 July 2009: Nusmetro Ventures (P) Sdn Bhd, the developer of Kampung Buah Pala, is disappointed with the Penang state government’s plan to invoke Section 116 of the National Land Code to prevent the company from carrying out the demolition of the village. Its executive director, Thomas Chan, said today the company had in […]
RM5bil allocated to raise proficiency in English
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 July 2009: The government has allocated almost RM5 billion to strengthen the teaching and learning of English in schools, the Dewan Negara was told today. Deputy Education Minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi said the ministry had also provided training for English teachers to help them raise students’ proficiency in English, in the […]
A(H1N1): M’sia moves into mitigation stage (Updated 7:08pm)
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 July 2009: The country moved from containment to mitigation stage of the Influenza A(H1N1) outbreak today. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the transition was necessary as there were clusters of local transmission of the disease, or sustained spreading within the community, as well as new cases that had no […]
