The state Barisan Nasional has launched its manifesto which focuses on areas relevant to Sarawak, such as economic and rural transformation, technical education and bridging the digital divide. State Barisan chairman Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said the supplementary manifesto would help keep Sarawak abreast with the rest of the nation in the implementation of national policies.

"This is our way of interpreting the national manifesto into a Sarawak manifesto which is more pointedly relevant to our ambitions," he said when unveiling it at PBB headquarters here Wednesday afternoon. On the economy, he said Sarawak was moving more into the industrial sector with the development of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE), which would turn the state into an important manufacturing network for heavy industries which require cheap energy....

Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat memikirkan untuk bertanding sebagai calon bebas bagi kerusi parlimen Pandan, selepas digugurkan sebagai calon Barisan Nasional (BN) untuk Pilihan Raya 2013.

Dalam tulisan di laman Facebooknya hari ini, beliau bertanya kepada pengundi:"Pengundi Pandan, apakah anda akan menyokong Ong Tee Keat sebagai calon bebas?" Awal pagi ini sekumpulan penyokongnya dilihat di pasar basah di Pandan untuk menunjukkan sokongan kepadanya, tulis Leslie Lau, Pengarang Eksekutif The Malaysian Insider. Malam ini, satu lagi kumpulan merancang demonstrasi untuk menyokongnya....