once upon a time (actually only less than 30 years ago) got a chinese chief minister from sabah

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yong_Teck_Lee

We already experienced that. Kinda. After Langkah Sheraton, narrative was type C all vote dap now PN in power, no C minister pandan muka. Many here in this forum saying should split vote with mca so that got some insurance

Yeah and all those seats were warisan and now in opposition. Well many ktards yesterday say Chinese should always just stay in opposition so that they can have moral high ground

This post has been edited by diffyhelman2: Dec 1 2025, 06:23 PM

He No need claim. Demographics is changing Penang to become less C and more M every year.

the man himself has a famous quote:
and another:

amazes me how many in this thread hold up sg voters as race and color blind. LKY was the one who was all too aware that is patently not the case. SG voters are sensitive to race and religion too, the diff is that the country's political system and policies manage it differently.

From GRCs (which is effectively a quota system to help non chinese get representation in the ballot box) to racial quotas in HDB, the gomen there uses its power to mitigate and contain the tendencies of people to vote based on identity. Even the last two non chinese Presidents, was a result of PAP actively choosing to nominate a non chinese face. (ironically this is quite similar to Atuk rotation based system for Sabah CM way back in the 90s).

This post has been edited by diffyhelman2: Yesterday, 01:29 PM