‘Half of MCA candidates are new faces under 50’

Meet and greet: Liow (standing, second from left) chatting with people during his visit to a hawker centre at Jalan Kebun Sultan in Kelantan. With him is Chua (standing, right). — Bernama

KUALA TERENGGANU: More than 50% of the candidates to be fielded by MCA in the general election are new faces and under 50, said party president Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

“We’ve finalised and short­listed the candidates and will send it to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak,” he said at the state-level celebration of the party’s 69th anniversary.