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March 2004

manifesto, manifesto

going through BN’s manifesto, under religion, apart from just mentioning islam is the official religion but malaysians are free to practise other religions, there is nothing else for the ‘other religions’. apparently BN’s manifesto for religion concentrate on islam and islam only and no other religions. sure i understand, since …

democracy and you

voters’ education talk on ‘democracy & you’ date: 18th march (thu) time: 8.00pm place: wisma katholik, 288 macalister road, penang organiser: POHD & ALIRAN

the ads started

if you read the star paper yesterday, you would have notice 5 full pages of ads from who else but BN. 3 of the ads were belittling DAP and PAS. the last words on the ads said: every vote for DAP only weakens barisan nasional’s ability to fight PAS. a …

excellence, glory and distinction

here it comes…. the excellent, glorious, distinctive (cough!) manifesto of BN. “We will pursue comprehensive and balanced development, based on first-class governance, management, service, mentality and noble values among all Malaysians,” said Abdullah, who is leading the BN in a general election for the first time after succeeding Tun Dr …

the election commission

what do you think of the election commission (EC)? do you agree with aliran that it had been unfair? aliran cited the main reason of EC being unfair due to the short campaigning period it fixed. the short period seems to favour the ruling coalition. aliran said that EC in …

mishaps with chaly

ok so much politic talk for past days… or rather election talk, today some personal yakkity yak from me ok. now to get on with the story of chaly and me getting into some mishaps. remember my last blog on chaly and me? i mentioned i would be telling stories …

GE 2004 special

interesting informative article here from aliran by charles hector. handy tips for free and fair election. an excerpt here on voting agent: It is important to ensure that there are no markings. If there is so much as a black dot or a marking in one of the columns, it …

deny BN 2/3!

many people had anticipated that for sure BN would win in the election. why is it so? as mgg pillai pointed out, people do not like surprises. since BN had been the ruling coalition for five decades, despite thier faults and all that, people feel BN represent the ‘comfort of …

poll on PORR

since i mentioned PORR in my blog below, it reminds me to post this from the penang-porr list. to those who read the star paper (or star online), i’m sure you came across this article, where it says majority believe PORR will benefit the people. in response to that, read …

DAP’s two KS

the two KS of DAP – kit siang and karpal singh, had been in the news lately because of their shift to contest in other constituencies. first we heard of kit siang going to contest in ipoh timur, while karpal in PJ utara. but now the latest news is karpal …