Malaysia Leaders Court Voters in Remote State Sabah Election Is Test of Economic Confidence

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: March 11, 1999| Author: Thomas Fuller | Copyright information


International Herald Tribune

03-11-1999

They have come to this remote, northern corner of Borneo by the planeload, hundreds of briefcase-carrying government officials from Kuala Lumpur, eager to capture this often rebellious state in the first electoral test since economic crisis struck Malaysia 20 months ago.

The importance that the government attaches to the state election here Friday and Saturday is obvious from the number of times that Prime Minister Mahath...

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