There is NO TOLL in Machap. So, toll increase or unfair conssesion, it doesn’t impact the people of machap.

the billion dollar consultant fees for patchwork repairs to the new highways/roads. There is no such highway that needs repair in Machap.

Telecoms shares issue, Not many people in Machap knows how to play share.

Petroleum increase. The area is so small that it’s hardly extra ringgit come out of their pocket. Mostly are motorbike user. Cars user, one day also travel less than 10KM within the town…. not much impact.

The extention of the land from 66 to 99, how many ppl affected? Too few….. (BN can easily change the law which they had done it easily).

DAP. I am very disappointed that you have become NATO by urself. Yes. U do exposed many bad things and organize rally successfully. But you fail to reach out for the people’s heart.

THEREFORE YOU LOSE THE SUPPORT OF MACHAP PEOPLE!!

Malaysia today blog says ur trying to mimic PAP of Singapore. Too bad it’s turning bad.

Singapore PAP speaks the people’s wish and mind. Every economical aspect design will have people benefit in their mind all across the rich, poor, different races.

I don’t see such thing in the machap by election nor in your DAP website.

How can we, as a chinese be possible to fully support DAP unless those issue does affect our life. Ur issues only impact the people in the City but not in the rural.

You need to win all people’s heart. Not just chinese and india. Seek to understand the people of malaysia wants and give to us.

from the above article it pointed out that machap folks used dap to pressure the gov to spill some fortune on the neglected land. the gov should understand as long as all the promisses is not fullfilled those folks will vote them back.

anyway the gov will still carry on with all the promisses because someone who is going to implement the promises will make some money out from the deal.

machap folks are still the loser for paying something which should not cost hat much in real life. what gone through the ruling will be mark up 10 times to cover so called admistrative cost. the true winner is the elected.

happy new life for the elected.

shake head………

I do not think, post-Machap, the DAP/PKR electoral alliance will win votes enough to determine who has the right to run the next government.

“IT IS ALL ABOUT IMPLOSION AND TIMING” for change to occur.

Only an implosion from within can make things change. We see that happening today in the BN run government – a civil service riddled by massive corruption, leaders who are unresponsive to public demands and who make a mockery of accountability, a Parliament fast spiraling into an out of control circus dominated by clowns, politicians whose appetite for sex and scandals knows no bounds, in-fighting among them, the corruption of the country’s judiciary, a police leadership whose loyalty to the ruling government is suspect with the passing of each day etc

All we need to do is to expose these so-called “elected representatives of the people” their misdeeds and their greed. Soon there will be a massive implosion from within which then gives way to change.

As to whether this could be translated to a DAP victory is controversial. But it sure is an Opposition victory.

I beg to differ. The real winners are the residents of Machap rather than BN because they got what they wanted even though their real loyalty is not with BN.

The DAP could claim victory in an important sense i.e. with their work they were able to make BN promise to deliver what the residents of Machap all along had wanted to hear.

I have a problem. I don’t think PKR can garner the support of the Malay electorate in the constituencies with Malay majorities because there is a problem with the credibility of their present leaders.

However, it is clear that Machap voters are more concerned about the RM200 pocket money and KFC rather than the abstract concepts of democracy, corporate governance, equality and freedom of religion.

DAP has problems attracting Malay members simply becos Malays cannot get any benefit from DAP. UMNO leaders can get contracts, taxi licences and handouts. Though Lim Sr and Jr have been unfairly painted as a dynasty, Malaysians should support them becos which dynasty prefers to be in Kamunting.

The bottom line is that DAP has lost a battle. But it is the WAR ie the General Election we should win. PKR can have 2 coalitions – one with DAP and the other with PAS. The PKR/PAS coalition will concentrate only in Kelantan, Pahang, Trengganu, Kedah and Perlis. All the rest should be the PKR/DAP. Malay majority goes to PKR and DAP all the Chinese majority. Mixed seats should go to best candidate from DAP/PKR whether they are Chinese, Indian, Malay, Kadazan or Dayak.

Election slogan – 50 Cukup-Lah.
Election strategies:
1) Give Sabah/Sarawak – higher percentage of oil royalty like Aceh
2) New Economic Agenda of affirmative action based on needs rather than race to replace NEP
3) Everyone born after Merdeka of Malaysian parents will be given equal rights and privileges creating a new class of Merdekaputras.
4) Introduce English/Malay medium schools to increase global competiveness.
5) Uphold the original Merdeka Social Contract
6) Introduce the 3rd Vote of local council elections.

Bottom line : BN won. Opposition Lost. Whatever the reasons or excuses, it is still a loss for the Opposition. Just no headway.
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Aiya, dun be so mean….YB Lim tryin to cheer up everyone here. Do you tell an athlete who got 2nd that he’s a loser? Of course u want to cheer him up since he’s disappointed that he lost to someone else, so the same thing wit this post. Let’s all nt be too sad that DAP lost Machap, n now we shud be all charged up to continue our struggle in this poor land.

Oh no! More than the EC has been made a tool of UMNO – just like the Information Ministry.

Malaysia has made and continues to make a mockery of the concept of neutrality of its civil service.

The EC has been made use of by UMNO to re-draw the boundaries of constituencies as demographics change. You see the boundaries, for example, of an an increasingly Chinese populated area being divided into two in effect reducing the Chinese majority of that constituency. Through this process of delineation a Chinese dominated area could then be turned into a Malay dominated simply by the act of re-drawing the boundaries of the constituencies.

What do you call this if not a conspiracy. The EC is supposed to be independent.

Along teh way, mnoney wioll be siphoned out to certain parties, projects will be given to certain cronies who will do a slipshod job and then remedial work will cost even more for which funds wont be readily available.

So the party that really benefits from all of these “development projects” will be the “contractors”. Happy fishing, and my wishes to Machap voters is, welcome to the club.

Hopefully your eyes will open in time for the coming GE.

I hope Ijok is not a repeat of the above!

Do not insult the people of Machap. They have decided and you should learn to accept and respect their decisions. We are in a democracy, and the people have voted.