Election fever hotting up

It's mysterious that Mas Selamat is still at large after almost a week since his prison escape. Singapore is not such a big island, and the whole country is looking for him, from policemen to soldiers, to all residents who receive MMSs, posters and whatever forms of information, but he still eludes everyone. *Poof*

Well the Malaysian elections are definitely hotting up, with elections approaching on the 8th of March. Not that it has anything to do with me, but it's hard not to take notice due to the high coverage of this election in Singapore's media. There are daily coverages on the tv news, as well as in all forms of the newspapers. Somehow, I feel that the media coverage of the Malaysian election is even higher than Singapore's own elections couple of years back. I have analysed this, and derived few probable explanations for this result:

1. There are a large number of Malaysians in Singapore, and we want them to be in touch with their own countries. Also, the news reported that there are a large number of foreigners in Singapore now, and the majority of them are from across the causeway. And wanting to add on the list of hubs that we already are (e.g. medical hub, aviation hub, education hub, meeting and conventions hub, country with the most hub hub etc), this time foreign talents hub, we have to attract them by covering news of their country so they would feel at home here.

2. Another possible explanation is that competition was weak, meaning there was a lack of challenge from the opposition parties, which made the elections pretty one-sided, so there was no need to report much about it.

3. Due to the subdued nature of open political discussions, media reports of our own elections were hence, subdued as well.

4. It is cheaper to send our journalists to cover the elections in Malaysia than to send them to cover the one in USA. Hence we have such great coverage with all the journalists interviewing the many contenders for the many different seats. Also, it would be a good holiday for the journalists, to be able to take a break and travel to Malaysia on a company-paid trip.

For now, I would have to continue receiving coverage of the Malaysian elections through all the media coverage.