Quest for the urban vote


  • Letters
  • Sunday, 06 May 2007

Now that the dust has settled, it's time to do some soul-searching over the outcome of the Ijok by-election. It looks like the winner has more issues to think about because Ijok may very likely be representative of how the urban seats fare in the general election. 

AZMIN Ali is nothing like his bubbly TV personality brother Azwan. He is naturally serious and even when he is smiling, one cannot really tell whether he is actually happy or pleased. 

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