
Heated competition in Malay heartland
analysis The battle lines in both Kelantan and Terengganu are clearly drawn. The stakes are high. The next 12 hours will be crucial as hometown voters return to both states.

analysis The battle lines in both Kelantan and Terengganu are clearly drawn. The stakes are high. The next 12 hours will be crucial as hometown voters return to both states.



Fear is being instilled among the Chinese voters in Penang, warning that a DAP rise would see the lost of the Chinese chief ministerial post.

The attack by Dr Mahathir Mohamad two days before polling is really uncalled for. It is totally unbecoming of a former prime minister whom we hold so dearly.




Why is it so difficult to forge a common nationhood? Shouldn’t that be the natural consequence of independence?


Opposition parties have cried foul over the reversal of the decision to use indelible ink saying it was further evidence that dirty tricks would be used or the elections rigged, a charge the EC denies.

If last night’s turnout at Lembah Pantai is any indication, undecided Malay voters may yet be prepared to back the opposition.




Izzah Izzah says the issue is close to her family’s heart because it was her father, Anwar Ibrahim, who initiated the PPRT project when he was finance minister.


















Anti-establishment sentiment holds strong in Bukit Bintang and it is still a uphill task for 'Dr Ayam' to wrest it from the DAP.

Party leaders and family members deny rumours about his death and that the news was being kept under wraps until after tomorrow's general elections.


exclusive
The economy is doing well. Last week, the government said that Malaysia’s economy grew by 6.3 percent in 2007. Yet the 'feel good' feeling is gone.

Orang Asli residents of Desa Temuan in the Bukit Lanjan state constituency say they are being neglected and will not vote for those who have given them false promises.

World politics have shown that the potential for democratically-elected prime ministers or presidents to become dictators is greater in governments of unlimited terms.




AP Muguntha, a once close associate of MIC president S Samy Vellu, says the time for change has come and the community must wake up to the realisation that the party has failed to represent them.



It looks like mission impossible but that doesn't deter Badrul Hisham. The last time he took on the man who was to be Negri MB. This time he faces the man who could one day be PM.



updated 7.04pm
'All my life I have voted BN, so have my parents, brothers and sisters. But
maybe
this time, I'll make a change. Hopefully it'll be a change for the better.'