10th Sarawak State Election 2011 - The Poster Wars!

10th Sarawak State Election 2011 has finally come to an end. BN still won the majority with 55 seats, DAP 12 seats, PKR 3 seats and 1 seat won by independent. In this post, I am not going to elaborate on the election itself. What I would like to share is the posters from each party which I found around the town of Sibu during the campaigning period. No matter which party they belongs to, these posters are so colorful and fun!

This post is specially dedicates to those Sibuians who are abroad and not able to feel the fun of the state election. Hope you can feel some of the excitement from it!

::::::::::::::: Posters from SUPP :::::::::::::::

::::::::::::::::::::::::: Posters from DAP a.k.a. Rockets :::::::::::::::::::::::::

::::::::::::::::::: Poster wars!! :::::::::::::::::::

DAP Final Battle of The Century Night @ Sibu By-Election

For those who care about Sibu by-election and somehow, for any reason couldn't be here to feel the heat of it, here I present to you what happened last night which appeared to be the biggest and the hottest political gathering ever by DAP or even for Sibu!

The turn up was impressive and the atmosphere was great! It was estimated that more than 6000 people attending this event! Do you ever attend a concert? Any concert? Yeah, I would describe the atmosphere as just like in a concert where the spectators emotion are high, responsive and excited! Some spectators blowing the whistle to cheer for the political leaders on stage. DAP flags were waved in the air!

Lots of big names were here last night. One of them was Chairman of DAP Malaysia Karpal Singh. Despite his inconvenient, he still made to the stage and share his experience. Then, there was DAP spiritual leader Lim Kit Siang, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, DAP golden speaker Nee Kor Ming, Parliament opposition head Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the most surprising, the president of PAS Malaysia Tuan Guru Abdul Haji Awang.

The place was terribly jammed and there was a helicopter (police) patrolling in the air throughout the event to monitor the situation. Through half way of the event, fireworks can be seen!! But that was not DAP's fireworks. It was fireworks from a local corporate.

It was a great night and the event continue until almost midnight. This was something that Sibu people never experience before and it also signified the end of the great Sibu by-election campaign week!

DAP Final Battle of The Century @ Sibu By-Election

The stage is ready, the battlefield is ready... and this is DAP's final battle of the century which will be held tonight 7.00pm at car park opposite Paramount Hotel. All are encourage to wear red for this event! Make it the biggest ever!

Sibu By-Election PR Campaign - Night 1

I felt lucky because have the chance to witness what a by-election is all about! It is totally different from the normal state election or parliamentary one as all the focus will be put on a place and in this case, it is Sibu!

Sibu, is not a big and well-known town in the context of this country, but recently because of the by-election, almost everyday you can see Sibu on tv! Besides that, all political big names either from ruling parties as well as opposition parties are blooming into this town since the nomination day (8th May). It is predicted that this phenomenon will continue until the pooling day which is scheduled on 16th of May! Therefore if you wish to visit Sibu in this period of time, please be reminded that all hotels, no matter big or small, expensive or cheap, new or old... all had been fully booked!

[Selangor state exco Y.B. Tuan Yaakob bin Sapari was giving his speech]

Campaigns and political talks from both parties had been started since last night, so it is a busy week for Sibu people. Last night I attended the first political talk by Pakatan Rakyat at Butterfly Park of Sibu. It was really a nice experience as you can meet opposition heavyweight political idols such as Lim Kit Siang, Lim Guan Eng, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Teresa Kok and so on in person!

[Cheras MP Chan Kok Wai]

[DAP prominent leader - Lim Kit Siang in person]

[Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim + Lim Kit Siang]

[Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim - parliament opposition leader giving his speech with full emotion]

[Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was on stage]

[Lim Guan Eng giving his speech with full energy]

[Teresa Kok in action!]

[Datuk Ngee Koo Ham]

[A very famous local political scientist and columnist Wong Chin Huat was giving away his opinion on the political situation in this country]

[Wong Ho Leng - DAP Sibu by-election candidate]

[The spectators]

["Somebody" recording down Lim Kit Siang and DSAI speech and can't be seen after that]