JOHOR BARU, 29 Nov 2008: MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek’s remarks that the concept of Malay supremacy was no longer relevant, is not the party’s stand, said party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat. “It is his personal view. The MCA’s stand will be based on a resolution made by its […]
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MCA committed to BN, says Ong
SUBANG JAYA, 29 Nov 2008: MCA, the second biggest party in the Barisan Nasional (BN), is fully committed to the coalition and hopes it will hold more programmes involving all component parties to strengthen it further. Its president Datuk Ong Tee Keat said the BN should not be dispirited that it lost five states and […]
Monitoring system on worker retrenchment needed
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Nov 2008: The MCA has urged the government to create a monitoring system on worker retrenchment to ensure that local workers are not the first to be terminated by the private sector during an economic downturn. Deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said in the event of retrenchment by the […]
Ka Chuan lets Tee Keat decide on his fate in govt
KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Nov 2008: Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan, in clarifying media reports that he had resigned as Housing and Local Government Minister, said today that he would leave the decision on his status in the cabinet to party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat. In a one-page statement, Ka Chuan said that at […]
Hard to change
By Ng Boon HooiDatuk Seri Chua Soi Lek after winning the post of MCA deputy president MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek was at his lowest ebb at the start of 2008 when his affair with a woman friend was videotaped and circulated, ostensibly to bring him down. Despite the scandal of having his private […]
BN’s power play
By Ng Boon HooiIN George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm, there’s a line about how all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. The same could be said about the component parties in the Barisan Nasional (BN). The BN is made up of 13 disparate parties — five based in the peninsula, and the rest […]
Ka Chuan hands in letter of resignation
KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Nov 2008: Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan has handed in his letter of resignation as housing and local government minister to MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, an aide to Ka Chuan said today. The source said Ka Chuan had submitted an “undated resignation letter” after his defeat in the party […]
Ong Ka Chuan: Accept new MCA appointments
SEREMBAN, 12 Nov 2008: Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan said today the new MCA appointments as announced by party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat should be accepted by all. Ong, who was replaced by Dewan Negara Deputy Speaker Datuk Wong Foon Meng as MCA secretary-general, also said he accepted […]
