Kuala Lampur, Aug. 1 -- Large political turning points are seldom recognised in their own moment. The Negeri Sembilan election will be recorded by many as another state contest, notable for the twin defeats of the sitting secretary-general of the DAP and the incumbent menteri besar, and little else. Students of political history may come to read it differently, because beneath the personalities lies a structural transformation that has been approaching for a generation and has now arrived. The age of single-party Malay dominance has given way to the age of complementary Malay leadership. No single Malay political party can now reasonably expect to govern alone, and the future belongs to coalitions that understand comparative strengths rat...