No. 1 January 2000 Trends in Malaysia: Election Assessment THE 1999 GENERAL ELECTIONS: A PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW Zakaria Haji Ahmad Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia MALAYSIAN ELECTIONS 1990-1999: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Khoo Kay Kim Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies Nanyang Technological University, Singapore OUTCOME FOR THE BARISAN NASIONAL COALITION K S Nathan Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore OPPOSITION POLITICS AND THE 1999 MALAYSIAN ELECTIONS Hari Singh Senior Lecturer, Political Science, National University of Singapore ISSUES AND STRATEGIES OF THE BARISAN ALTERNATIF Meredith Weiss Visiting Associate, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore MALAYSIA’S ELECTION: MALAY WINDS OF CHANGE? John Funston Senior Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore Published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail:
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