As the MCA's "triple 10" extraordinary general meeting (EGM) approaches - at 10am on the 10th day of the 10th month this Saturday - many party insiders believe the 2,377-odd central delegates who would be voting in it have more or less made up their minds.

This is despite the emergence of a so called "third force" which wants the delegates to reject both MCA President Ong Tee Keat and suspended deputy president Dr Chua Soi Lek in Saturday's EGM.