Chow Kon Yeow: 曹观友

The Penang- based Guang Ming Daily announced yesterday the results of the opinion poll on the future Chief Minister and political prospect in the next general election. This Chinese daily is currently the best selling newspaper in the Northern Region. They conducted the poll recently among their readers and a total of 1616 readers responded. Out of the total, 1200 responded through questionnaire form, while the rest sent their answers via SMS.

Question 3 required the respondents to answer whether they can accept the opposition taking over the government of Penang.

How would you answer this question?

Well, 964 (59.7%) respondents said they can accept the opposition parties taking over Penang. The remaining 652 respondents answered negatively. Many readers are surprised by the results.

An analysis of the age groups of the 1200 respondents who gave their answers by filling up the questionnaire is also done. (They are also asked about their age group and income level)

For the 21 to 35 age group, 301 said yes, while 229 said nay. For the 36 to 55 age group, the results show 233 for and 194 against. Meanwhile for those above 56, the majority, 136 answered no while 107 said yes.

The results showed that those below 56 are ready for a change in the next general election.

Guang Ming also invited two prominent socio-political commentators to give their views on the polling results. (more…)

“Malaysia faces brain leaks every day” sums up the message of the following e-mail from a young man to the DAP.

“I’m a formal student from a famous high school located in Bukit Mertajam..
Each year, my school has ‘produced’ a lot of excellent students and
intellectuals such as doctor, engineer, lawyer, etc, to the community and
nations. This year also same, my school has achieved a satisfying results in
both SPM and STPM. But sadly, among those ‘good’ students, more than half
wil persue their studies at private college, such as Inti, Nilai. After 1
year of study at those college, they will further their study at
outstation if their financial situation allow them to do so. It’s not only loss of
human resourse, it also caused a huge loss in term of money. Let’s say, if
a student spends RM200k to go australia, or canada, or else where. Imagine
how much it wil be if it is 1000 students a year? (more…)