KUALA LUMPUR: The open debate between acting Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is on.It will be organised by news portal Agenda Daily on Aug 20 in Shah Alam, at a venue be announced later.
The debate, to be aired live by a television station belonging to the Media Prima Group, will touch on various current issues with specific focus on matters related to Penang, including the so-called "land scam controversy" which is being heard in court.
"Both sides have agreed on the location (Shah Alam). They have agreed that the debate would be in Bahasa Malaysia, based on the US presidential debate format and moderated by Datuk Johan Jaafar," Agenda Daily news editor Hanafiah Man said.
However, they had yet to reach a consensus on the title for the debate although they had agreed that the topics should be current and concerning Penang, he added.
The news portal had earlier set up a debate between Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek and PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on the fuel price hike and its socio-economic implications. The debate, also moderated by Johan, was held last month at Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka here and was aired by several TV stations.
This will be the second meeting between Dr Koh and Lim in a debate. They had their first discourse 20 years ago at the Penang Town Hall when both were Youth leaders of Gerakan and DAP respectively.
When contacted on Thursday night, Lim hoped that Dr Koh would not set any conditions for the debate.
He also said it should be on the land scam issue in Penang.
"What the people want to know is about the land scam. If you want to debate on other issues, it will defeat the purpose," he said. - Bernama
tunku : this is a good move by agenda daily, first was the moron and shabery and now guan eng and tsu koon. we hope to see more of this kind of debates in future.may be we can see a live debate for permatang pauh by election but the issue will only be about permatang pauh.
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Dr Koh will speak under Gerakan conscience, Guan Eng will speak under DAP instinct. None of them, I'm sure, really speak as a genuine Malaysian out of their heart. So viewers / listerners, don't waste your time watching / listening to the debate. Spend that precious moment with your family.
Salaam Tunku,
Anwar and Dollah made a circus of Malaysia! That is all I have to say of these monkeys..well to include the beruk hitam as well!
BTW, jemput hadir ke Majlis Cabara Melayu Masa Kini (Memperkasakan Melayu) di Terengganu Equestrian Resort (TER) pada hari Sabtu 090808Dewan Sri Kenanga bagi bermuzakarah tentang masa depan org Melayu. Tun Dr. Mahathir and Datuk Ruhanie Ahmad wl be our speakers. Mohon dipersudikan dan dipanjangkan kepada mereka yg berminat utk hadir.
Utk maklumat selanjutnya boleh didapati di
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Tunku,
How about TunMM and AAB?
Regards
Freddie
this is really interesting.former State minsiter vs current state minister.
i hope the debate will focus more towards the current state of Penang and not anything else.and hopefully this debate is even better than the previous.
some might hesitate to watch this but i'm surely not gonna miss it for the whole world.
thank goodness in these days such debates are within reach and achievable.... I like this change at least. I think i've said it b4, since when did "opposition" people even had a chance to appear on tv?
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