Young, educated candidate for Padungan, says Taib
March 26, 2011
KUCHING, March 26 The Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) will put up a young and educated candidate to wrest back the hot seat of Padungan, one of four Kuching-based seats lost to the opposition, in the coming April 16 state election.Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said the state coalition had finalised the winnable candidate to win back the seat which was once a stronghold of the Sarawak United Peoples Party (SUPP).However, Sarawak BN will only reveal the candidates identity after Parti Keadlian Rakyat (PKR), the party which won the seat in the May 2006 state election, has announced its candidate, he said.Taib, who is also state BN chairman, was speaking to reporters after opening the Kuching South divisions Sejiwa Senada programme here today.In the 2006 state election, the predominantly Chinese urban seat was won by Dominique Ng (PKR), with a 1,033-majority vote, after garnering 8,002 votes.SUPPs incumbent Lily Yong only bagged 6,585 votes.Speculation is rife that Kuching SUPP branch member Sim Kiang Chiok might be announced as Padungans BN candidate on April 5, the eve of nomination day.He is also the secretary-general of the Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (Sheda).Meanwhile, a local newspaper today reported that Kuching folks have expressed support for Sim as BN candidate for Padungan, one of eight seats in Sarawak which SUPP lost in the last state election. SUPP had contested in 19 seats.On Thursday, Taib said the list of BN candidates for the state polls would be submitted to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak early next month.So far, Najib has named only one candidate, that is head of the cardiology unit at Sarawak General Hospital, Prof Dr Sim Kui Khian, who is tasked with wresting back the Pending seat, during his visit to Kenyalang Park here last Saturday. Bernama
KUCHING, March 26 The Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) will put up a young and educated candidate to wrest back the hot seat of Padungan, one of four Kuching-based seats lost to the opposition, in the coming April 16 state election.Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said the state coalition had finalised the winnable candidate to win back the seat which was once a stronghold of the Sarawak United Peoples Party (SUPP).However, Sarawak BN will only reveal the candidates identity after Parti Keadlian Rakyat (PKR), the party which won the seat in the May 2006 state election, has announced its candidate, he said.Taib, who is also state BN chairman, was speaking to reporters after opening the Kuching South divisions Sejiwa Senada programme here today.In the 2006 state election, the predominantly Chinese urban seat was won by Dominique Ng (PKR), with a 1,033-majority vote, after garnering 8,002 votes.SUPPs incumbent Lily Yong only bagged 6,585 votes.Speculation is rife that Kuching SUPP branch member Sim Kiang Chiok might be announced as Padungans BN candidate on April 5, the eve of nomination day.He is also the secretary-general of the Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (Sheda).Meanwhile, a local newspaper today reported that Kuching folks have expressed support for Sim as BN candidate for Padungan, one of eight seats in Sarawak which SUPP lost in the last state election. SUPP had contested in 19 seats.On Thursday, Taib said the list of BN candidates for the state polls would be submitted to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak early next month.So far, Najib has named only one candidate, that is head of the cardiology unit at Sarawak General Hospital, Prof Dr Sim Kui Khian, who is tasked with wresting back the Pending seat, during his visit to Kenyalang Park here last Saturday. Bernama 
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