Fr#fuLdayS MhQ 4.- for Barisan Nasional women KUALA LUMPUR: It V@S a fruitful day for be contested by state ‘Wanita Umno Barisan Nasional women candidates chief Datuk Mastika junaidah Husin. when four of them wetc returned unop- Parti Keadilan Nasional president posed. Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan lsmail Puteri Umno chief Datuk Azalina will defend her Permatang Pauh parlia- Othman got off to a fine start in her mentary seat against Barisan’s Datuk debut appearance, when she was Pirdaus lsmail. who is the chief imam of returned without contest in Pengerang the National Mosque. in Johor. Among the new faces vying for parlia- Another leader, Sabah Puteri Umno mentary seats are popular motivational chief Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin, won speaker Datuk Dr Mashitah lbrahim uncontested in Papar. (Baling), Perak Wanita Gerakan chiefTan Beaufort Wanita Umno chief Datuk Lian Hoe (Bukit Cantang) and Selangor Azizah Mohd Dun won in Beaufort while Wanita Umno secretary Noriah Kasnon Wanita PPB vice-chief Datuk Rohani (Sungai Besar). Abdul Karim won in Batang Lupar parlia- Rosnah made history when she won mentary seat. unopposed and gave the movement its Barisan women filed their nomina- first seat in the state. She is also the tions for 60 parliamentary and state youngest candidate in Sabah this gener- seats altogether yesterday, mostly in al election. Selangor and Perak. At 32, the.lawyer of mixed Dusun- The women’s charge was led by Bajau-Pakistani and British parentage Wanita Umno chief and International takes over thf?Papar parliamentary seat Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri of former Chief Minister Datuk Osu Ratidah Aziz, who is seeking a sixth term Sukam. in the Kuala Kangsar parliamentary seat. Wanita MIC central working committee “Of course, I am very surprised, I am National Unity and Social member Komala Devi will defend her as shocked as I was when I was selected Development Minister Datuk Seri DI IPahang. battle with three men, including incun- Mahathir Musa Abdullah, who turns a The Lembah Pantai parliamentary seat bent Fong Kui Lun of the DAP, for the year old on March 18. will be contested by Women and Family Rukit Bintang parliamentary seat. Rosnah, who named the boy after for- Development Minister Datuk Seri The entrepreneur and mother of two, mer premier Tun Dr Mahathir Moha- Shahrizat Alxlul Jalil, who is seeking a an engineer by profession, will also have med. Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman third ter-m. MDP’s Wee Choo Keong and indepen- and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Wanita MCA chief and Second Deputy dent Billi Lim Peng Soon to contend Ahmad Badawi, added: “I will try my Finance Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen is with. very, very best to do the best for the peo- gomg for her second term1 in Raub, while Iii Perlis, the Sanglang state seat will ple of Papar.”

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