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| Posted: 20 Nov 2012 03:16 PM PST Hope is about all it has left in trying to better its 2008 performance. There are 11 parliament seats in Kuala Lumpur, and BN traditionally lets MCA contest for five of them, namely Wangsa Maju, Bukit Bintang, Seputeh, Cheras and Bandar Tun Razak. It scored zero in the last election. Stanley Koh, FMT Most pundits would agree that for the coming general election, MCA has little hope of doing any better than it did in 2008, especially in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. There are 11 parliament seats in Kuala Lumpur, and BN traditionally lets MCA contest for five of them, namely Wangsa Maju, Bukit Bintang, Seputeh, Cheras and Bandar Tun Razak. It scored zero in the last election. Indeed, MCA's popularity in Kuala Lumpur has been on the downslide since the mid-1980s. The last time it saw any glory was when Tan Koon Swan was helming its Federal Territory liaison office. Tan carried out a host of impressive community and party projects and tirelessly dedicated himself to serving his constituents in Damansara, the seat that he had snatched from DAP in 1982. Two years later, however, MCA plunged into a crisis over allegations of phantom membership. The ensuing quarrels eventually led to Tan's expulsion. However, he made a comeback and became party president in November 1985. But his legal troubles in Singapore persuaded him to resign about a year later. It has since been downhill for MCA in Kuala Lumpur and only the most idealistic supporter would hold on to any hope of a political reincarnation through the 13th general election. If there is any glimpse of hope at all, it would be in Wangsa Maju, where in 2008 the party's Yew Teong Look lost by only 150 votes to Wee Choo Keong, who contested on a PKR ticket. But insiders say Yew has fallen out of favour with the top MCA leadership and that this state of affairs has been worsened by reports that he is not on good terms with local Umno officials. Chances are he will be left out of the candidates' list. Swap in Kepong MCA apparently wants to position a new and probably young candidate in Kepong in the hope that the novelty would contribute to a change in its fortune. Bukit Bintang also looks like a lost cause for MCA, especially with the resignation of its division chief there, Lee Chong Meng, who has joined PKR. In 2008, DAP's Fong Kui Lin won the seat with a majority of 14,277. There is even less hope in the other DAP strongholds of Seputeh and Cheras. These parliament seats are likely to remain with Pakatan Rakyat regardless of the candidates the opposition pact decides to field.
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