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the High Resolution picture of Member of Parliament Dato' Seri Tiong King
Sing JP
 08/03/2008:
Tiong does it for the third time with highest majority 14965 votes BN incumbent pulls a hattrick trouncing DAP rival convincingly
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| BINTULU: The BN
incumbent for Bintulu, Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing (pictured right), 47,
as expected pulled a hattrick when he defeated DAP’s Lim Su Kien, 34, with
a whopping majority of 14,965 when the 12th general election results were
announced at the Dewan Suarah here last night.
Tiong garnered 23,628 votes to Lim’s 8,663. With the win, Tiong returned the constituency to the Barisan Nasional (BN) for the third time in a row. He first won the seat in 1999 then in 2004. In the Nov 29, 1999 election, Tiong defeated DAP’s Chiew Chiu Sing in a straight fight with a majority of 1,400 votes when he scored a total of 15,681 votes to Chiew’s 14,281 votes. In the 2004 election in a three-cornered fight, Tiong garnered a landslide majority of 11,267 votes when he pulled a total of 20,225 votes compared to Chiew’s 8,958 votes and SNAP’s Lau Hieng Kee’s 2,583 votes. Bintangor-born Tiong is also the SPDP’s treasurer-general cum the Youth Chief of the party. He was awarded the Dato title at the age of 39 by the Sultan of Selangor in 2000. There were about 27 polling districts with 64 polling stations opened from 8am to 5pm yesterday for voters to cast their votes. Bintulu has about 50,243 registered voters with some 46 per cent Ibans, Chinese (29 per cent), Malays/Melanaus (22 per cent) and others (3 per cent). It recorded a distribution of 117 teams, with 29 teams stationed in Jepak, Kidurong (49) and Kemena (39). Jepak has about 12,208 voters, Kidurong (24,481) and Kemena (13,554). Tiong, when met after the result announcement, thanked voters for their confidence in his leadership. He said he particularly noted the exceptionally strong support coming from the rural polling centres. Nonetheless, despite his victory he was disappointed by the overall national results, which, according to him, was disturbing. He said his immediate task would be to call a meeting with the corporate sector, community leaders, civil servants and NGOs “to build a better Bintulu”.
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