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Padang Jawa Temple to be rebuilt (again?)

March 18th, 2008
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Now I’m confused. The new government has announced 10,000 sq ft land and RM40,000 from the developer. Great news, except that this was also announced last year by Khir Toyo! Does this mean the community is seeing double? Or is a case of promises made real? Khir Toyo promised, but Khalid approved it. No matter how it is looked at, the land and money is still coming from one source – the developer. Let’s see what the state government office, Khir Toyo, Samy Vellu, and Kamal Ganapathy said last year: » Read more: Padang Jawa Temple to be rebuilt (again?)

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Sunway Subramaniar Temple gets extra land

March 11th, 2008
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This was approved by the previous govt. A bit to late to help the earlier administration, but of course the people are benefitting. » Read more: Sunway Subramaniar Temple gets extra land

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Temple demolished by opposition members

March 7th, 2008
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What are these jokers thinking about? Demolishing temple to create election problem??? The report is also fishy. I heard a bit on radio, but still not clear on what actually happened. The demolishers (estate employees) surely won’t go around claiming they are opposition (or ruling party) members while breaking the structure. A weird news indeed. » Read more: Temple demolished by opposition members

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Christian voters enter the equation

March 3rd, 2008
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One religion which cuts across racial boundaries to a certain extent is Christianity. Indians, Chinese, east malaysians, foreigners – all can be Christians. Thus when the churches start to “advise” their voters, the equation becomes a bit more complicated. If typical stereotyping says Chinese just want better business environment, the introduction of religion brings forth issues like church approval, bible confistication, interference with religion etc. » Read more: Christian voters enter the equation

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BN Kelantan manifesto focuses on non Malays

March 1st, 2008
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Hmm…looking for more temples to be demolished? 🙂 » Read more: BN Kelantan manifesto focuses on non Malays

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