Archive - 20 August 2005

The following are comments from some of the winning and losing candidates in today's MCA party polls.

Dua muka baru -Timbalan Pengerusi MCA Selangor, Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai dan bekas Ketua Pemuda MCA, Datuk Ong Tee Keat - menang jawatan naib presiden.

It infected MCA and then spread to Gerakan. Now it is at MIC's doorstep. What will the party's deputy president do?

Presiden MIC, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu dilaporkan telah memaklumkan kepada pemimpin MIC bahagian yang beliau lebih suka Datuk G Palanivel menjadi timbalannya.

'Kami memohon maaf kepada Pemuda MCA jika ia menyinggung perasaan mereka. Itu sebab kami datang hari ini," kata Naib Ketua Pemuda Umno, Khairy Jamaluddin.

The former MCA president says he is 'emotionless' about his sons' victories and denies that his lingering clout had a played a role.

Sah! Timbalan Presiden Gerakan Datuk Kerk Choo Ting akan mencabar Datuk Seri Lim Keng Yaik bagi jawatan presiden dalam pemilihan parti itu minggu depan.

Sah! Timbalan Presiden Gerakan Datuk Kerk Choo Ting akan mencabar Datuk Seri Lim Keng Yaik bagi jawatan presiden dalam pemilihan parti itu minggu depan.

The absence of Umno Youth top leaders at yesterday's MCA Youth AGM was not intentional. It was a 'screw up', says Khairy Jamaluddin.

The former premier says its normal for candidates to make statements which ruffle feathers in order to garner support.

Kuala Lumpur is 'a city in crisis from pollution to poverty', says anthropology professor Clive S Kessler.

Ong Ka Ting accuses challenger Chua Jui Meng of lying in his bid to gain sympathy vote as the party delegates prepare to vote in MCA's first election in six years.

The pirates and the Malaysian-owned tugboat are believed to be in Indonesian waters.