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Sim Tong Him (Kota Melaka)

By Deborah Loh

May 18, 2010

KOTA MELAKA Member of Parliament (MP) Sim Tong Him’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Sim Tong Him Constituency: Kota Melaka Party: DAP Years as MP: Since 2008 Government position: None Party position: • Malacca DAP committee member Membership in parliamentary committees or […]

Third vote conundrum

By Deborah Loh

May 17, 2010

THE Penang government has started removing hurdles in the way of restoring local council elections, and its next stop could be the Federal Court. Lawyers consulted by the state assert that local polls are possible because: • The federal law which governs the polls was never abolished. This law is the Local Government Elections Act […]

No replies for 13 May 2010

By Koh Lay Chin

May 14, 2010

THE following Members of Parliament (MPs) have not replied to the six questions under MP Watch: Eye on Parliament as of Thursday, 13 May 2010, the end of a two-week deadline. Their responses will be updated if and when they reply. Name: Douglas Uggah Embas Constituency: Betong Party: PBB Years as MP: Since 1986 Government […]

Sibu – another referendum

By Wong Chin Huat

May 14, 2010

DATUK Seri Najib Razak called the Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election a referendum on his premiership. The justification was rather obvious as it was formerly a Barisan Nasional (BN) stronghold with an ethnic composition mirroring Peninsula Malaysia’s. The campaign was largely fought by Umno, even though the BN’s candidate was from MIC. Sibu has also been […]

Punjabi party wants in

By Deborah Loh

May 12, 2010

THE little-known Parti Punjabi Malaysia (PPM) got a spot in the newspapers recently when it elected its first woman president, Dr Susheel Kaur, a senior consultant in social impact studies and population geography. The 24-year-old party has been trying to join the Barisan Nasional (BN) for the last 10 years. PPM represents less than 2.5% […]

What use, that cabinet order?

By Deborah Loh

May 7, 2010

“Conversion is not a grounds for the automatic dissolution of a marriage. The children should be brought up in the common religion. For the spouse who intends to convert into Islam, he or she would also have to come clean…The convert would have to fulfil his or her marriage responsibilities according to civil laws prior […]

Che Uda Che Nik (Sik)

By Koh Lay Chin

May 3, 2010

SIK Member of Parliament (MP) Che Uda Che Nik’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Che Uda Che Nik Constituency: Sik Party: PAS Years as MP: Since 2008 Government position: None Party position: Sik division committee member Membership in parliamentary committees or caucuses: None […]

Understanding Malaysia

By Deborah Loh

May 3, 2010

IT was somewhat of a joke when the Malaysian government finally released the political biography, Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times, for sale here. Barry Wain (pic courtesy of Barry Wain) In the five months since November 2008 when 800 copies were shipped from Hong Kong to Port Klang and placed on hold, Malaysians […]

Joseph Salang Anak Gandum (Julau)

By Koh Lay Chin

April 26, 2010

JULAU Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Joseph Salang Anak Gandum’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (source: parlimen.gov.my)Name: Joseph Salang Anak Gandum Constituency: Julau Party: PRS Years as MP: Since 1999 Government position: Information, communication and culture deputy minister Party position: Information chief Membership in […]

Hulu Selangor assessment and strategies

By Deborah Loh and Ding Jo-Ann

April 24, 2010

Felda Sungai Tengi settler, Mohd Zaini Hamdan NO doubt about it. The fight for the Hulu Selangor parliamentary seat is located within the Malay Malaysian community. Ceramah rhetoric on both sides has been geared towards raising emotive issues for this electorate. Barisan Nasional (BN) harps about Datuk Zaid Ibrahim‘s liberal ways and Datuk Seri Anwar […]

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