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Chong Fat Full
Chong Fat Full (; born 21 July 1960) is a Malaysian politician and dentist who served as Member of the Johor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Hasni Mohammad from March 2020 to March 2022 and Member of Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pemanis (state constituency), Pemanis from May 2018 to March 2022. He is an associate member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He has served as the 2nd Associate Chief of BERSATU since August 2022. He was also member of the People's Justice Party (Malaysia), People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He was an Independent politician, independent who was aligned with the ruling BN coalition before joining BERSATU and after leaving PKR. He was also the sole Johor EXCO Member of the Malaysian Chinese, Chinese ethnicity from March 2020 to March 2022. He playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chong (surname)
As a surname, Chong may refer to: * Hakka Chinese, Hakka romanization of Chinese, romanizations of the Chinese surnames Zhang (surname), Zhang (traditional characters, trad. , simplified characters, simp. ), Zhang () and Zhuang (surname), Zhuang (traditional characters, t , simplified characters, s ) * Cantonese and Gan Chinese, Gan romanization of Chinese, romanizations of the Chinese surnames Zhang (traditional characters, trad. , simplified characters, simp. ) and Zhang () * a variant Minnan languages, Minnan romanization of the Chinese surname Zheng (surname), Zheng (traditional characters, t , simplified characters, s ) * a Cantonese romanization of the Chinese surnames Zhong (surname), Zhong (traditional characters, t , simplified characters, s ) and Zhong () * Cantonese and Gan romanizations of the Chinese surname Zhuang (traditional characters, t , simplified characters, s ) * the McCune–Reischauer romanization of Korean, romanization of the Korean surname Jeong (surname), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia
The Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (; abbrev: GERAKAN or less commonly as PGRM) is a liberal political party in Malaysia. Formed in 1968, Gerakan gained prominence in the 1969 general election when it defeated the ruling Alliance Party in Penang and won the majority of seats in Penang's state legislature. In 1972, Gerakan joined the Alliance Party, which later became Barisan Nasional (BN), the ruling coalition of Malaysia until 2018. It has been a member of Perikatan Nasional (PN) since 2021. Gerakan played a dominant role in the Penang state legislature from 1969 until 2008. It also enjoyed some success nationally as part of the ruling BN coalition, particularly in the 2004 general election, but Its fortune declined sharply in the 2008 election. Following the fall of BN in the 2018 general election, where Gerakan lost all its seats, it left the coalition. The party joined the then ruling Perikatan Nasional in 2021. It had no representation at the national or state-level ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysiakini
''Malaysiakini'' (English: "Malaysia Now") is an online news portal in Malaysia which was established in 1999. It is published in Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil, and is among the most read news portals in Malaysia. At the time of its founding in 1999, traditional print and broadcast media were tightly regulated and controlled by the Barisan Nasional government. ''Malaysiakini'' claimed it would try to achieve an independent voice without interference and restrictions from shareholders, advertisers or the government. ''Malaysiakini'' is unaffiliated with ''Malaysianow'' – a much smaller rival news website that uses the English translation of ''Malaysiakini'' as its name. History Founding ''Malaysiakini'' was founded by Premesh Chandran and Steven Gan in November 1999. Frustrated with the constraints they experienced while working for ''The Sun'' newspaper, Premesh and Gan decided to use the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) pledge to create a space for uncensored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straits Times
''The Straits Times'' (also known informally by its abbreviation ''ST'') is a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper owned by the SPH Media Trust. Established on 15 July 1845, it is the most-widely circulated newspaper in the country and has a significant regional audience. The newspaper is published in the broadsheet format and online, the latter of which was launched in 1994. It is regarded as the newspaper of record for Singapore. Print and digital editions of ''The Straits Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' had a daily average circulation of 364,134 and 364,849 respectively in 2017, as audited by Audit Bureau of Circulations Singapore. In 2014, country-specific editions were published for residents in Brunei and Myanmar, with newsprint circulations of 2,500 and 5,000 respectively. History Early years The original conception for ''The Straits Times'' has been debated by historians of Singapore. Prior to 1845, the only English-language newspaper in Singapore was ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Star (Malaysia)
Star Media Group Berhad (doing business as The Star; ) is a conservative English-language newspaper in Malaysia. Based in Petaling Jaya, it was established in 1971 as a regional newspaper in Penang. It is the largest paid English newspaper in terms of circulation in Malaysia, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. It has a daily circulation of about 250,000 (), far eclipsing the circulation of its next-largest paid English-language competitor, the ''New Straits Times'' (which has a circulation of approximately 65,000). ''The Star'' is a member of the Asia News Network. It is owned by the publicly listed Star Media Group. History The daily newspaper was first published on 9 September 1971 as a regional newspaper based in Penang. ''The STAR'' went into national circulation on 3 January 1976 when it set up its new office in Kuala Lumpur. In 1978, the newspaper headquarters were relocated to Kuala Lumpur. ''The Star'' continues to expand its wings over the years. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinar Harian
''Sinar Harian'' (''Daily Light'') is a Malay-language daily newspaper published in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia in a compact format. It first hit the newsstands on 31 July 2006 in the East Coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu before expanding its distribution to the state of Selangor and the federal territory of Kuala Lumpur in the West Coast in September 2007. The newspaper occasionally organises public forums and debates at which politicians and public figures are invited to speak, regardless of viewpoint. ''Sinar Daily'' is published by ''Sinar Karangkraf Sdn Bhd'' (formerly Akhbar Cabaran Sdn Bhd), a company related to Kumpulan Karangkraf, a major media and publishing interest in Malaysia and currently has a cover price of RM 1.80. Features While providing the standard fare of national and international news, ''Sinar Harian'' also has a unique niche in providing regional and local news based on the regional editions published in the form of a pull-out section tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Justice Party (Malaysia)
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR; ), is a Centre-left politics, centre-left, Reformism, reformist politics of Malaysia, political party in Malaysia formed on 3 August 2003 through a merger of the party's predecessor, the National Justice Party, with the socialist Malaysian People's Party. The party's predecessor was founded by Wan Azizah Wan Ismail during the height of the Reformasi (Malaysia), Reformasi movement on 4 April 1999 after the Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trials#1998 allegation, arrest of her husband, former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. At the 2022 Malaysian general election, the PH coalition which the PKR was part of was returned to power again, albeit without a majority, leading it to form a unity government with political rivals. The party is one of main partners of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) ruling coalition in Malaysia. In the first Elections in Malaysia, general elections contested by the party in 1999 Malaysian general election, 1999, the party won five seats in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysians
Malaysians (Malay language, Malay: ''Orang Malaysia'') are citizens who are identified with the country of Malaysia. Although citizens make up the majority of Malaysians, non-citizen residents may also claim a Malaysian identity. The country is home to people of various Nationality, national, Ethnic group, ethnic and Religion, religious origins. As a result, many Malaysians do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Malaysia. Majority of the population, however, belong to several clearly defined racial groups within the country with their own distinct cultures and traditions: Malays (ethnic group), Malays, Orang Asli (aboriginal population), Malaysian Chinese (primarily Han Chinese and Peranakan Chinese, Peranakans), Malaysian Indians (primarily South Asia, South Asian Tamils and Chitty). The majority of the non-Malay and non-aboriginal population in modern Malaysia is made up of immigrants and their descendants. Following the initi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perikatan Nasional
Perikatan Nasional (PN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Right-wing politics, right-wing and Far-right politics, far-right political parties. It is the second largest political coalition in Dewan Rakyat with 74 seats after Pakatan Harapan (PH) with 81 seats. Previously known as the Persatuan Perikatan Parti Malaysia (PPPM; ). The coalition consists of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN) and Malaysian Indian People's Party (MIPP). Perikatan Nasional was formed early in the 2020–22 Malaysian political crisis#29 February, 2020 Malaysian political crisis with the intention to replace the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government. The 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Abdullah of Pahang, appointed Muhyiddin Yassin, then the de facto leader of PN, as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia, bringing the informal political coalition into government. The coalition was in a coalitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Politician
An independent politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or Bureaucracy, bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party and therefore they choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In some cases, a politician may be a member of an unregistered party and therefore officially recognised as an independent. Officeholders may become independents after losing or r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakatan Harapan
Pakatan Harapan (PH; stylised as HARAPAN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Centre-left politics, centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has led a grand coalition government since November 2022, having previously led a single-coalition government from May 2018 to February 2020. It is currently the largest coalition in the Dewan Rakyat with 81 seats and is part of the state governments of seven of 13 states in the country, comprising Penang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, Pahang, Malacca and Sabah. It also provides confidence and supply in Johor for its state government led by Barisan Nasional (BN). The coalition consists of the Democratic Action Party (Malaysia), Democratic Action Party (DAP), People's Justice Party (Malaysia), People's Justice Party (PKR), National Trust Party (Malaysia), National Trust Party (AMANAH), and United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (UPKO). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johor State Legislative Assembly
The Johor State Legislative Assembly () is the unicameral legislature of the Malaysian state of Johor. It is composed of 56 members who are elected from single-member constituencies throughout the state. Elections are held no more than five years apart. Prior to the 2022 state election, elections are always held concurrently with the federal parliament and other state assemblies elections (except Sarawak). The State Assembly convenes at Sultan Ismail Building in Kota Iskandar, Iskandar Puteri, Johor Bahru. Current composition Seating arrangement Sultan Ibrahim Building, Johor Bahru (''only for opening ceremony of new term assembly'') Sultan Ismail Building, Kota Iskandar (''official meeting hall'') Role The Johor State Legislative Assembly's main function is to enact laws that apply in the state. It is also the forum for members to voice their opinions on the state government's policies and implementation of those policies. Under the Privileges, Immunities and Powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
