07 MAR 2000 Umno-Sik SIK UMNO DIVISION NOMINATES DR MAHATHIR AND ABDULLAH SIK, March 7 (Bernama) -- The Sik Umno division today nominated Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for the presidency and deputy presidency respectively in the party elections in May. It also nominated Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, Datuk Seri Abdul Ghani Othman and Datuk Seri Abu Hassan Omar for the three vice-president's posts. Sik is the first of the 15 Umno divisions in the state to hold its delegates conference. The candidates were proposed by the division's information chief, Mohamad Hadzir Jaafar, and unanimously supported by 300 delegates by a show of hands. Tan Sri Sulaiman Ninam Shah was nominated for the post of permanent chairman while Pokok Sena Umno division deputy chairman Wan Hanafiah Wan Mat Saman was nominated for the deputy permanent chairman's post. Those nominated for the 25 supreme council seats are Datuk Paduka Dr Abdul Hamid Othman, Datuk Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir, Datuk Dr Yusof Noor, Datuk Dr Affifuddin Omar, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, Datuk Seri Osu Sukam, Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob and Datuk Wira Mohd Ali Rustam. Datuk Mohd Nazri Aziz, Datuk Azmi Khalid, Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal, Datuk Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Datuk Dr Shafie Mohamed Salleh, Datuk Dr Hilmi Yahaya, Datuk Khalid Yunus, Datuk Ruhanie Ahmad, Datuk Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis, Awang Jabar, Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali, Datuk Dr Suleiman Mohamad, Datuk Shariff Omar, Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, Tan Sri Dr Abdul Hamid Pawanteh, Datuk Zainol Abidin Abdul Kadir and Abdul Azim Mohd Zabidi. FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS BY THE SIK DIVISION Permanent Chairman: Tan Sri Sulaiman Ninam Shah Deputy Permanent Chairman: Wan Hanafiah Wan Mat Saman President: Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad Deputy President: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Vice-Presidents: 1. Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak 2. Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman 3. Datuk Seri Abu Hassan Omar Supreme council members: 1. Datuk Paduka Dr Abdul Hamid Othman 2. Datuk Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir 3. Datuk Dr Yusof Noor 4. Datuk Dr Affifuddin Omar 5. Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim 6. Datuk Seri Osu Sukam 7. Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob 8. Datuk Wira Mohd Ali Rustam 9. Datuk Mohd Nazri Aziz 10. Datuk Azmi Khalid 11. Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal 12. Datuk Shahrizat Abdul Jalil 13. Datuk Dr Shafie Mohamed Salleh 14. Datuk Dr Hilmi Yahaya 15. Datuk Khalid Yunus 16. Datuk Ruhanie Ahmad 17. Datuk Jamaluddin Jarjis 18. Awang Jabar 19. Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali 20. Datuk Dr Suleiman Mohamad 21. Datuk Shariff Omar 22. Datuk Mustapa Mohamed 23. Tan Sri Dr Abdul Hamid Pawanteh 24. Datuk Zainol Abidin Abdul Kadir 25. Abdul Azim Mohd Zabidi -- BERNAMA MZM/jm JK.