All posts tagged "MCA"
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2.3KBusinessSoon, all real Datuks can verify their Datukships with a membership card
It feels like everyone’s a Datuk nowadays. So much so that there’s even this famous saying by the Sultan of Johor that...
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3.1KCultureUMNO needed money in the 1950’s, so they started their own… lottery.
Gambling is perhaps one of mankind’s oldest methods of entertainment. The ancient Mesopotamians used to play dice games back in 3000 BC,...
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621PoliticsFacebook now shows political ad spend. So we checked which party spent the most on Sabah
It was the election weekend in Sabah recently and, just in case you’re not aware, Gabungan Rakyat Sabah, which comprises BN, Perikatan...
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1.8KBusinessIn the 80s, an MCA president was jailed in two countries – but may not have been guilty.
Tan Koon Swan, former MCA president, must have been one of the unluckiest Malaysian-Chinese politicians in history. Not only was he sacked...
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4.0KPoliticsAudios and photo that may clear up Sheraton Move were leaked – but what do they say?
Whew, and suddenly, we’re already entering June, and so much has happened that we almost forgot that Malaysia was experiencing a political crisis...
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2.0KCultureJust like Mandela, Dr M wants to form a unity govt in Malaysia. But will it work?
In the latest episode of plot twist to the current political situation in Malaysia, Tun Mahathir has dropped yet another bombshell in...
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2.6KCultureThis isn’t the first time Tun M was pushed out. Here’s who replaced him in 1988.
In the past week or so, speculation has been rife that the Harapan govt may cease to exist; Dr Mahathir suddenly found...
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8.4KCultureThe strange history of TAR UC, and why MCA wanted to start a college
In what might seem like an odd piece of news, the secretary-general of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), Chong Sin Woon was recently...
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790CultureThe meeting in 1952 that changed Malaysian racial politics forever
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1.0KCultureHow MCA ended up with a Malay president in the 1980s
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