Malaysiakini now seems to be having some problem with its servers.
“The (political) tsunami is happening now”
Sometimes it is the little tell-tale signs that say a lot. Like when the pau man in Penang innocently asked me just a few days before GE2008, “Why-ah everyone voting for opposition this time?”
Komtar phase 5 may be cancelled
Komtar phase 5 may be scrapped and instead the area my be conserved for its cultural and heritage character.
Well done, PDC, for thinking twice about this! Also be careful how the canal is rehabilitated bearing in mind the area is swampy ground.
Whaddayaknow, Sarawak already richest state!
The BN vows to make Sarawak the richest state. But you know something? Sarawak is already the richest state in the country. But – and there is a big but – the problem lies in income distribution.
This commentary from the Aliran website:
The BN pledges to make Sarawak the richest state in Malaysia.
Heavy server load: site crashed
This site crashed at around midnight due to a heavy load on the servers. Apologies for the disruption which lasted around six to nine hours.
Traffic over the last week has been more than double, at times triple, the usual volume.
Another huge turnout in Sibu
Another night, another large crowd in Sibu.
This was the scene at 11.15pm today. Tomorrow’s a working day but the folks over there are staying put to listen to political speeches.
The battle for Marudi is on
The battle for Marudi is in full flow. This is the scene at a PKR ceramah at 8.00pm.
“Marudi is heating up! Never before such an enthusiastic gathering in this small sleepy township,” reports Tian Chua.
Sarawak Report, Radio Free Sarawak websites down
As the Sarawak election campaign gathers momentum, two websites that have played a pivotal role in exposing abuse of power in the state have gone down.
Chin Huat and Sarawak autonomy
One of the arguments used to justify the move to deny Chin Huat entry to Sarawak is that the state has a degree of autonomy to make such decisions – but autonomy for whom?
This is a comment left by a blog reader in response to another commenter who had said the state has autonomy to make such decisions:
The reason for change is very, very simple. Sarawakâs current autonomy is the autonomy of one man and his band of cronies, not the autonomy of its people.
Kit: “Sarawak hurricane gaining force”
The large turnouts at ceramahs in Sarawak continue. This was the scene outside Pakatan’s operations room in Senadin in Miri at 11.00pm today.
Observers said such a large turnout had not been seen in recent years. This is actually Supp territory: in 2006, Supp’s Lee Kim Sin trounced PKR’s Chai Chook Hui by 4799 votes. This time, Lee is up against PKR’s Michael Teo Yu Keng. Supp also holds the other two state seats in the Miri parliamentary constituency – Piasau (held by George Chan) and Pujut.