MELAKA: The excitement of polling day kept 88-year-old Vong Fook Hoi from sleeping, and he was up at 3am on Saturday (Nov 14) to get ready to vote.
"Today, because I wanted to vote, I woke up at 3 in the morning. I could not sleep because we wanted to vote," he said.
Even after the early start, Vong said he got to the polling centre later than he planned because he waited for his wife.
He said the wait was fairly long, but he was in good health and happy to have cast his ballot.
"I am healthy. It is good," he said.
Vong said his children came back from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to vote.
"My child in Singapore came back. My child in KL came back. Everyone came back," he said.
He said he had spoken to them before polling day, but they were adults who could decide for themselves.
"They are grown up, not small children. We have told them. They know what they want to do and how to do it," he said.
His advice to other voters was to come out and vote early.
Polling for the Melaka state elections will close at 6pm and results are expected to trickle in beginning 8pm.
