Headline Participation of women in up slight MediaTitle Daily Express (KK) Date 30 Apr 2013 Language English Circulation 30,557 Readership 97,836 Section Nation Color Full Color Page No 10,11 ArticleSize 1042 cm² AdValue RM 5,368 PR Value RM 16,104

But through parties outside the BN Participation of women in Sabah up slightly Mary Chin KOTA KINABALU: If anything, the 22 Baranting (BN­PBS) Of the 22 women candidates, 20 women candidates registering 26 • N12 K'arambunai: Datuk Jainab have pursued tertiary education per cent of the total number of can­ Ahmad Ayid (BN­Umno). while the remaining two have at didates in Sabah in the 13th General • N15 Api­Api: Liew Chin Jin least upper secondary education Election show an increase by seven () (PKR) level. candidates over the 12th General • N16 Luyang: Datuk Agnes Shim And what is conspicuous is that Election in March 2008. Tshin Nyuk (BN­MCA) (Newcomer) for the first time in the history of The figure (22) is probably the • N16 Luyang: Chia Chui Ket @ Sabah Elections, seven of the women best so far since Sabah's indepen­ Melanie Chia (SAPP) candidates have legal qualifications dence in 1963. It is also heartening • N35 Melalap: Noorita Binti Sual and are either practising lawyers or to note that 13 of them are newcom­ (DAP) (Newcomer) ex­practising lawyers. The others are ers. ' • N38 Nabawan: Fatimah Binti an ex­government official, an econo­ Of the number, eight are BN can­ Agitor @ Mohd Noor (Independent) mist, a retired Super Principal and didates, four Star candidates, three (Newcomer) now an# education consultant, an PKR candidates, two PAS candidates, • N57 Sri tanjong: Olivia Chong accountant, a biochemist, an electri­ two SAPP candidates, one DAP can­ Oi Yun (Star) (Newcomer) cal engineer, a former banker, a for­ didate and two independent candi­ • N59 Tanjong Batu: Datuk Hjh mer music teacher, an ex­teacher, a dates. Eleven are vying for State seats Hamisa Samat (BN­Umno) former lecturer, a travel consultant and the rest Parliamentary seats, an • N59 Tanjong Batu: Fatmawati and businesswomen. equal nuiftber. Mohd Yusuf (PAS) (Newcomer) Incumbent Member' of With only six Chinese women in Parliament for Papar, Rosnah,' a Parliamentary seats: the race, it is dominated by their • Pi 67 Kudat: Rahimah Binti mother of two, is defending her seat Bumiputera counterparts, strength­ for the second term on an Umno Majid (PKR) (Newcomer) ening the belief that Chinese women • PI69 Kota Belud: Isnaraissah ticket. The 40­year­old Puteri Umno are less interested in politics. Chief is also the incumbent Deputy Munirah Binti Majilis @ Fakharudy Looking at the ethnic background of Minister of Health. A one­time prac­ (PKR) (Newcomer) the 16 Bumiputera women candi­ • P170Tuaran: Erveana Ansari­Ali tising lawyer, she holds a Bachelor of dates, it is an interesting mix : Laws degree from the International Kadazan (2), DuSun (2), Murut (2), (Independent) (Newcomer) y Islamic University (IIU) and a Master • P174 Penampang: Melanie @ Dusun Tambanuo (1), Dusun­ of Arts degree in Political and Melanie Annol (Star) (Newcomer) Pakistan (1), Sino­Kadazan (1), International Relations. • P175 Papar: Datuk Rosnah Abd Malay (1), Banjar­Malay (1), Bajau­ Caretaker Minister of Community Rashid Shirlin (BN­Umno) Ubian (1) Anglo­Baj au (1), Suluk (1), • PI 77 Beaufort: Datuk Azizah Development & Consumer Affairs, Azizah, 58,; is contesting the P177 Bisaya (1) and Orang Sungai (1). Mohd Dun (BN­Umno) The breakdown of age range is as • PI79 Ranau: Julian^h Bte Situn Beaufort parliamentary seat which follows: she won unopposed in the 2004 Sixties (5), Fifties (7), Forties (2), @ Widya Julia (STAR) Elections. A member of Umno • PI 82 Pensiangan: Fatimah Binti Thirties (7) and Twenties (1). Wanita Executive Committee, the At 63, Tanjong Batu's Datuk Hjh Agitor @ Mohd Noor (Independent) incumbent Klias' Assemblywoman is (Newcomer) 1 Umno Beaufort Division Wanita' Hamisa Samat (BN­Umno) is the old­ • PI 84 Libara­n: Rosnah Unsari est candidate while OlivKT'Chong Of Chief and Sabah's first woman Yun, who is contesting the Sri (Star) (Newcomer) • PI85 Batu Sapi: Datin Linda politician to*be appointed Deputy Tanjong State seat under a Star tick­ Minister of .Housing & Local et, is the youngest candidate in the Tsen Thau Lin (BN­PBS) • PI 90 : Datuk Mary Yap Government in 2004. Initially, she electoral fray. had wanted to study medicine but State seats: Kain Ching (BN­PBS) (Newcomer) • PI90 Tawau: Datuk Dr Chua her veteran politician father, the late, • N3 Pitas: Dauseh Binti Queck @ Datuk Mohd Dun Banir, insisted that Paraman (PAS) (Newcomer) Soon Bui (SAPP) Overall, there is quality represen­ she pursue law studies. That led to • N5 Tandek: Lisiah @ Anita tation going by the women's acade^> her earning a Bachelor's degree mic or professional qualifications. Headline Participation of women in Sabah up slight MediaTitle Daily Express (KK) Date 30 Apr 2013 Language English Circulation 30,557 Readership 97,836 Section Nation Color Full Color Page No 10,11 ArticleSize 1042 cm² AdValue RM 5,368 PR Value RM 16,104

(Hons) in Law %nd bedbrmtng an independent candidate for the eighties, arid led its Economic Sabah's first Bumiputera wopan PI70 Tuaran parliamentary con­ Committee for one term. magistrate in. tHe eighties. stituency. Like her better known Independent candidate Fatimah, Subsequently, She gave up practising father Ansari Abdullah, she is a prac­ 39, is contesting two seats ­ N38 law in favour of a political career. tising Ij^vy'er in the State capital. Nabawan and PI 82 Pensiangan. A For the third term, incumbent Accountant Dauseh, 34, who is a Murut businesswoman, she holds a Karambunai Assemblywoman, Dusun Tambanuo from Pitas, has a Bachelor's degree in Business Jainab, 60, is defending the State seat diploma in Management and Administration and has previously, which she won with a majority of Business Administration. She is the worked as a teacher and lecturer. 3,018 in 2008. She first secured the Deputy Head of Muslim Women Twenty­nine­year­old Olivia, a seat in 2004 with a majority of 2,526. Body in the PI 67 Kudat parliamen­ Sino­Kadazan fromTawau, studied at The UK­trained lawyer is a barrister­ tary constituency. the' Wing College in Singapore at­law with a Bachelor of Arts degree Incumbent Tandek where she graduated with a Diploma in Law and a Master of Business Assemblywoman Anita, 59, is a in Tourism. Currently, she is Star's Administration (MBA) degree. member of PBS Supreme Council Tawau Wanita Chief. < Practising lawyer Christina Liew, and Deputy Chairperson of the Ex­teacher Hamisa, 63, became a 60, who owns a legal'firm in the State Sabah Housing & Town busin'esswoman and an NGO activist capital, is the PKR candidate for the Development Authority (LPPB). She before venturing into politics. She led the Pewasa Tawau branch for N15 Api­Api State s£at. She is a mem­ has a Bachelor of Arts degree (Hons) ber of PKR Supreme Council and the in Human Resources. many years. The incumbent Umno party's KK.Division Chief. Recently, • Kudat­born Shim, 59, holds a Tanjong Batu Assemblywoman was she graduated Vith a Master of Laws also Political Secretary to the string of positions such as Sabah Minister in the Chief Minister's (LLM) degree from the Bond MCA Wanita Chief, National MCA University, Australia. She is also Wariita Vice­Head and Women Department. Founder President of the Society of Fatmawati, 30, who is Hamisa's Byreau Chief of the Federation of Hope Kota Kinabalu, a non­govern­ challenger, is the Chairperson of Chinese Associations Sabah (FCAS). Ameerah Sabah and Treasurer of PAS mental organisation (NGO), which The former secondary school teacher has organised a number of fund­ is armed with a Master of Business Kalabakan, and has a degree from Universiti Sabah (UMS). raising events in aid of welfare Administration (MBA) degree from Thirty­one­year­old Munirah, a homes since its inception. the European University of Ireland. With a law degree, Murut lawyer Kadazan Muslim, is an electrical Incumbent Luyang Noorita, 33, is the DAP candidate for engineer who is contesting in the Assemblywoman Chia, 56, is an N35 Melalap challenging incumbent PI 69 Kota Belud parliamentary con­ economist by training with a Master Melalap Assemblyman Datuk Radin stituency under a PKR ticket. of Science degree in Economics from Sabah Star Wanita Chief, Melanie, Malleh who is also a lawyer by train­ the London School of Economics. ing. The SAPP Vice­President cum Wanita 61, hails from Penampang and is a Lawyer Rahimah, 35, a first­timer, retired Senior Manager of an inter­ Chief, who is defending her seat for national bank. The ex­banker is a is standing in the PI 67 Kudat parlia­ the third term, served as Assistant mentary constituency. A Bajau member of the Associates of Minister of Finance prior to leaving Institute of Bankers, London. The Ubian, she graduated with a the Government to be in the Bachelor of Laws degree (Hons) from businesswoman aspires to wrest the Opposition. She was also a founder Universiti Utara Malaysia. member of the Sabah Women's Penampang parliamentary seat from Thirty­eight­year­old Erveana is incumbent Tan Sri Bernard Dompolc. Advisory Council (MPWS) in the Headline Participation of women in Sabah up slight MediaTitle Daily Express (KK) Date 30 Apr 2013 Language English Circulation 30,557 Readership 97,836 Section Nation Color Full Color Page No 10,11 ArticleSize 1042 cm² AdValue RM 5,368 PR Value RM 16,104

contesting in the Tawau parlia­ From music mentary constituency under a PBS ticket. The educationist has four teacher qualifications under her belt ­ Master of Arts in TESOL to MP (Teaching of English as a Second Language) from the From Page 10 University of Leeds, UI<; She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Bachelor's degree in English Literature (University Sociology & Anthropology of Malaya, KL); Diploma of from the University of Malaya Education (Majoring in in 1979. English) from University of Sandakan­born Rosnah Malaya, KL; and Certificate in from the Orang Sungai com­ Training of Trainers from munity has SPM qualification University of Manchester, UK and is a businesswoman. She is Incumbent' Member of trying her luck in the PI 84 Parliament for Tawau, Dr Chua, Libaran parliamentary con­ 58, a biochemist by profession, stituency on a STAR ticket. left the Government to be in Incumbent Member of the Opposition six months Parliament for Sandakan, Tsen, after the March 2008 General 57, is defending die seat for the Election. A member of SAPP second term on a PBS ticket Supreme Council, she has a after serving for two years and Bachelor of Science degree in four months to be exact. She Biochemistiy from the was catapulted into the turbu­ University of Londoi^ She lent world of politics by the obtained her doctcfwte in tragic death of her husband, Complementary Medicine Datuk Ir Edmund Chong Ket from the International Wah in October 2010. University of Complementary Previously, she was a much­ Medicine in 2004. sought after music teacher in However, whether all the Kota Kinabalu with qualifica­ women candidates are able to tions from the Fellowship notch victories come May 5 is London College of Music, left to be seen. It's relatively United Kingdom. She once led tough for some though. the Kota Kinabalu Music Political analysts predict that Society as its Chairperson. some of the contenders may Retired 'Super Principal eveirMose their election (JUSA 'C'), Datuk Mary Yap deposits. Kain Ching, 62, a newcomer, is Headline Participation of women in Sabah up slight MediaTitle Daily Express (KK) Date 30 Apr 2013 Language English Circulation 30,557 Readership 97,836 Section Nation Color Full Color Page No 10,11 ArticleSize 1042 cm² AdValue RM 5,368 PR Value RM 16,104

Dauseh Lisiah Jainab

Christina Agnes Melanie

Fatiinah Olivia Hamisa

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Fatmawati Rahimah Isnaraissah Headline Participation of women in Sabah up slight MediaTitle Daily Express (KK) Date 30 Apr 2013 Language English Circulation 30,557 Readership 97,836 Section Nation Color Full Color Page No 10,11 ArticleSize 1042 cm² AdValue RM 5,368 PR Value RM 16,104

Erveana Melanie Rosnah

Azizah Julianah Rosnah

Linda Mary Chua