Kerk Choo Ting defeats Siew Kok Kan and thus secures the Gerakan deputy presidency for another term. Kerk says he expected the win. His challenger Siew, however, claims that he could have done better if party leaders had not endorsed Kerk.
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After making two attempts to retire from politics over the past few years, Gerakan president Dr Lim Keng Yaik now says that he is waiting for "inspiration" to do it for the third time, and to make sure it works.
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Former Gerakan Wanita chief Kee Phaik Cheen will remain a Penang state executive councillor despite her defeat in the movement's triennial polls yesterday, party president Dr Lim Keng Yaik said today.
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Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad today denounced conservative Baptist minister, Reverend Jerry Falwell who called the Prophet Muhammad "a terrorist."
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Kuala Lumpur has expressed regret over a new US law recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar describes the US action as provocative and unwise.
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Dr Mahathir Mohamad urges all BN components to stand by each other once a government decision has been made. He says they should not be unduly worried about receiving brickbats from racial and religious fanatics.
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