SIBU BY-ELECTION RESULT

OFFICIAL RESULT

Wong Ho Leng (DAP) :18,845
Robert Lau Hui Yew (BN) : 18, 447
Narawi Haron (Independent) : 232
Majority : 398
Total registered voters: 53,679
Chinese : 60%
Iban : 18%
Malay/Melanau: 20%
Others: 0.9%
Turnout:32,742

2008 ELECTION RESULT

Robert Lau Choi Chew (BN-SUPP): 19,138 VOTES
Wong Ho Leng (DAP) : 15,903 votes
Lim Chin Chuang (PKR) : 812 votes Votes
Majority : 3,235

DAP WON SIBU BY-ELECTION

DAP candidate Wong Ho Leng has won the Sibu Parliamentary by-election beating BN candidate Robert Lau Hui Yew and Independent candidate Narawi Haron with a majority of 398 votes.
Ho Leng, DAP Sarawak chairman garnered 18,845 votes while Robert Lau 18,447 votes. Narawi only managed 232 votes and lost his deposit.
The result was a surprise one and really a shameful one for BN. The efforts by all their big guns from the peninsula together with hundred millions of funds and allocations threw during the campaign did not help BN to retain the seat. The by-election was held following the demised of the incumbent Robert Lau Choi Chew.

Pengerusi SPR salahkan PR timbul kekecohan

PENGERUSI Suruhanjaya Pihan Raya (SPR) Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof menyalahkan Pakatan Rakyat (PR), yang didakwa beliau telah membawa budaya politik yang tidak sihat ke Sibu sehingga menimbulkan sedikit kekecohan semasa kempen pilihan raya kecil kerusi Parlimen Sibu.

Kenyataan beliau itu bagaimanapun tidak disenangi menyokong-penyokong PR yang meminta beliau siasat dahulu siapa yang memulakan kekecohan.

Sementara itu, Abdul Aziz berkata, SPR akan membuat siasatan terperinci untuk mengetahui punca jumlah pengundi keluar mengundi agak rendah pada pilihan raya kecil itu.

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Taib announced revised rates of land premium

Chief Minister Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib during his round of campaign in Sibu on Friday night has announced a revision of rates to premiums for renewal of land leases for residential, commercial and agriculture purposes effective June 1, 2010.

Below are the revised rates:

Title renewal’s premium rates for land used for residential purposes will be:
(a) RM1,000 per unit of terraced house;
(b) RM3,000 per unit
(semi-detached house); and
(b) RM6,000 per unit (detached house).

Land use for commercial buildings will be:-
(a) in primary towns are rated at RM40,000 per unit;
(b) secondary towns (RM20,000 per unit); and
(c) rural towns (RM10,000 per unit).

Agriculture usage:
(a) RM5,000 per acre in town land,
(b)RM2,500 per acre (suburban land); and
(d) RM200 per acre (country land).

Taib said the rates are lowest compared to all other states in Malaysia.

"I doubt Penang will be able to come up with better rates than this, so if they cannot do it, its better for them to keep quiet and look for ways to contribute to the development of Sarawak,” said Taib.

Land premium and land lease has been the issue raised by DAP since the last State General Election, which helped the party to win eight seats.

This time they raised it again in their series of campaigns.

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