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Chong Eng

Bucking traditions of inequality

By Deborah Loh

July 29, 2010

BUKIT Mertajam Member of Parliament Chong Eng bucked some traditions in her younger days. Coming from a Chinese new village, she was the first girl in her family who managed to persuade her father to let her continue secondary school. Her interracial marriage later on was also considered uncommon, given her background. Born in 1957 […]

PR shies away from Islamic state issue

Translation by Gan Pei Ling

July 5, 2010

THE Nut Graph started posting six questions to 222 Members of Parliament (MP) in January 2010 for its MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project. The project — a likely first of its kind in Malaysia — aims to record MPs’ positions on key issues of democracy as well as provide MPs a platform for voters […]

Chong Eng (Bukit Mertajam)

By Deborah Loh

February 5, 2010

BUKIT Mertajam Member of Parliament (MP) Chong Eng’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Chong Eng(source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Chong EngConstituency: Bukit Mertajam Party: DAP (Opposition)Years as MP: Since 1999Government position: None Party position: Wanita DAP chief Membership in parliamentary committees or caucus: Women’s Parliamentary Caucus […]

PKR, DAP urge PAS to retract resolution on SIS

By Zedeck Siew

June 8, 2009

Updated 6.42pm on 8 June 09 PETALING JAYA, 8 June 2009: Both Parti Keadilan Rakyat and the DAP have urged PAS to reconsider its call to ban non-governmental organisation (NGO) Sisters in Islam (SIS). “As PAS is rallying for a ‘PAS for All’ image of the party, it should promote and practise democracy and not […]

Suu Kyi charges “a form of repression towards women”

By Gan Pei Ling

May 21, 2009

Suu Kyi (Public domain; source: Wikimedia commons) KUALA LUMPUR, 21 May 2009: DAP Wanita said the latest charges brought by the Myanmar junta against the country’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was not only an oppression of democracy, but a form of repression towards women as well. DAP Wanita chairperson Chong Eng urged the […]

Perak ruler urged to end political stalemate

By Gan Pei Ling

May 12, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 12 May 2009: The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) and politicians have urged the Perak ruler to dissolve the Perak legislative assembly, to pave the way for fresh elections and end the current political stalemate. Bersih spokesperson Wong Chin Huat said fresh elections were the only way to end the Perak […]

30% women, please

By Chong Eng

April 6, 2009

THE new cabinet under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak should comprise at least 30% women ministers. Even if the new Najib-led cabinet is reduced in number, the prime minister should still implement and ensure at least 30% participation of women, in accordance with the United Nation’s Convention on the Elimination of […]

Set up select committee on the poor, say Pakatan MPs

By Ng Boon Hooi

November 21, 2008

5 Indian MPs attended the discussion PETALING JAYA, 21 Nov: Pakatan Rakyat parliamentarians want a parliamentary select committee on poor and vulnerable groups to be set up. “The select committee is important as we need some oversight on (government) allocations for the poor. This is to ensure that the expenditure is properly utilised in view […]

Women’s caucus to fight for 30% quota

November 20, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Nov 2008: A caucus of women members of parliament (MPs) wants the 30% quota for women to hold high posts in the public and private sectors to be implemented immediately. Its chairperson, Nancy Shukri, said this would be the main cause of struggle for the country’s 23 women MPs, besides the problem […]

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