There is a pretty temple smacked right in the middle of Kuching.
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The last day of campaigning finished with a bang for the DAP of Pakatan Rakyat in Kuching. It was Superfriday. Internal estimates of the attendance hover over 20,000 persons. The more upbeat hazarded 30,000. Whatever the actual figure was, it was a massive rally, bigger than anything Kuching — either by Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat — has seen in the last two weeks.
No rumor of cancellation deterred their determination to be there. Words were going around the the police cancelled the permit for the rally.
No police intimidation dispersed them. The police insisted that the permit applied and approved was for a much smaller venue — a venue that would fit only 20 persons. The authority said they would arrest anybody that would speak on stage. They tried to arrest the first speaker, which was the founder of DAP Sarawak, an old man over 60 years ago. The police then however realized that they were surrounded by thousands of angry crowd booing the police. Amid folly, wisdom hit them and so they relented and decided to let the show to go on, as it should be.
And no rain would deter the crowd’s spirit. It was a beautiful sight.
This picture reminds me of a paragraph in Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward. I am not a fan of Bellamy, but that particular paragraph of his is beautiful.
In any case, if you are a Sarawakian, do not forget to vote for members of the Pakatan Rakyat on Saturday.
As the polling day looms, life becomes absolutely hectic.
This is Tony Pua prepping the crowd on Thursday’s night in Kuching, for the mother of all rallies on Friday. Party workers are calling it the Superfriday.
Meanwhile, somewhere else, behind the scene…
Ubah!
There is a township in Kuching, Sarawak called Padawan. Now, those who call themselves a Star Wars fan would be excited.
Despite the name, there was no lightsaber yesterday.
This was in Padawan on the second day of campaigning period in Sarawak.
The crowd size in Padawan was much smaller than in other places. They also required some time to warm up to the speakers but by the time Gobind Singh took the stage, the crowd went wild.
Here, Member of Parliament Tony Pua was speaking to Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng before the latter took the stage to address the crowd in Kuching. The CM is a crowd-puller while the MP is one of the minds behind the DAP machinery here.
How big was the crowd?
The opposition is definitely on the offensive here in Sarawak.