New make-up in the august House


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 16 May 2004

The new MPs will make their debut in Parliament tomorrow. ESTHER NG speaks to several first-timers on their expectations, priorities and maiden speeches. 

THE public will certainly see some changes when the curtains on the 11th Parliament are raised tomorrow. The most obvious is, of course, the result of the facelift the Dewan Rakyat underwent recently to accommodate the increase in the number of MPs from 193 to 219. 

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