United in prayer: BN candidates (from left) Lim Gim Soon, Teng Chang Yeow, Khaw Veon Szu and Lee Hack Teik stopping by the Goddess of Mercy Temple in George Town before submitting their nomination papers at Dewan Sri Pinang on Sunday.
PENANG: With a tough battle ahead of them, several Barisan Nasional candidates here headed for temples to seek divine blessing before making their way to nomination centres yesterday.
In Tanjung, incumbents Lee Hack Teik (Pengkalan Kota), Lim Gim Soon (Komtar), Teng Chang Yeow (Padang Kota) and new face Khaw Veon Szu (Tanjung) turned up at the Goddess of Mercy temple to offer prayers before submitting their nomination papers at Dewan Sri Pinang.
Lee, 56, said that while Goddess of Mercy Kuan Yin took care of Tanjung, “Barisan also wanted security, peace, harmony and progress for the inner city.”
About the same time, the three Bukit Gelugor MCA candidates – Datuk Koay Kar Huah (Bukit Gelugor parliamentary seat), Loh Nam Hooi (Seri Delima state seat) and Koh Wan Leong (Paya Terubong state seat) – paid homage to deities at the Seri Veerama Kaliamman Devasthanam Temple in Gelugor.
Penang is set to be the hottest spot this general election with the Opposition setting its sights on at least eight of the 13 parliamentary seats and half of the 40 state seats.
This time, three-cornered fights will take place for the Jelutong parliamentary seat and the Datuk Keramat, Sungai Pinang and Prai state seats. The remaining 12 parliamentary and 37 state seats will see straight fights between the Barisan Nasional candidates and opponents from DAP, PKR and PAS.
Earlier, a DAP branch treasurer from Selangor sprang a surprise when he turned up as an independent candidate for the Jelutong parliamentary and Sungai Pinang state seats.
Company director Badrul Zaman P.S. Md Zakariah, 57, of the party’s Ehsan branch, said he expected to be suspended or sacked.
The anticipated three-way fight in Kepala Batas fizzled out when Parti Mahasiswa Negara candidate Zainol Faqar Yaacop, 24, failed to submit his nomination papers on time at Dewan Millennium.
In Bagan, where DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng is taking on a new MCA face, Song Choy Leng, it was like a big football match day at the nomination centre with plenty of vocal support and banners.
DAP national chairman Karpal Singh was carried up the stairs in his wheelchair to the nomination centre at the SM Chung Hwa Confucian in Island Park. Karpal Singh, who is defending his Bukit Gelugor parliamentary seat, will face MCA’s Datuk Koay Kar Huah.
In Tanjung, incumbents Lee Hack Teik (Pengkalan Kota), Lim Gim Soon (Komtar), Teng Chang Yeow (Padang Kota) and new face Khaw Veon Szu (Tanjung) turned up at the Goddess of Mercy temple to offer prayers before submitting their nomination papers at Dewan Sri Pinang.
Lee, 56, said that while Goddess of Mercy Kuan Yin took care of Tanjung, “Barisan also wanted security, peace, harmony and progress for the inner city.”
About the same time, the three Bukit Gelugor MCA candidates – Datuk Koay Kar Huah (Bukit Gelugor parliamentary seat), Loh Nam Hooi (Seri Delima state seat) and Koh Wan Leong (Paya Terubong state seat) – paid homage to deities at the Seri Veerama Kaliamman Devasthanam Temple in Gelugor.
Penang is set to be the hottest spot this general election with the Opposition setting its sights on at least eight of the 13 parliamentary seats and half of the 40 state seats.
This time, three-cornered fights will take place for the Jelutong parliamentary seat and the Datuk Keramat, Sungai Pinang and Prai state seats. The remaining 12 parliamentary and 37 state seats will see straight fights between the Barisan Nasional candidates and opponents from DAP, PKR and PAS.
Earlier, a DAP branch treasurer from Selangor sprang a surprise when he turned up as an independent candidate for the Jelutong parliamentary and Sungai Pinang state seats.
Company director Badrul Zaman P.S. Md Zakariah, 57, of the party’s Ehsan branch, said he expected to be suspended or sacked.
The anticipated three-way fight in Kepala Batas fizzled out when Parti Mahasiswa Negara candidate Zainol Faqar Yaacop, 24, failed to submit his nomination papers on time at Dewan Millennium.
In Bagan, where DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng is taking on a new MCA face, Song Choy Leng, it was like a big football match day at the nomination centre with plenty of vocal support and banners.
DAP national chairman Karpal Singh was carried up the stairs in his wheelchair to the nomination centre at the SM Chung Hwa Confucian in Island Park. Karpal Singh, who is defending his Bukit Gelugor parliamentary seat, will face MCA’s Datuk Koay Kar Huah.
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