Some 1,000 delegates are attending the DAP national convention at a hotel in Ipoh today.
Photos by Kinta Kid (Click the arrow in the centre and then click the icon at the bottom right to toggle to full-screen slideshow mode)
The theme this year is “Transformasi Malaysia“.
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Kenapa semua orang cina saja ….mana multi racial society ?
Dap must appeal to all not just one race !
Keep up the good work as Penang is much cleaner and better administered under YAB CM Guan Eng- also less corruption.
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DAP does not care what your colour is, as far as you are a Malaysian, capable, honest, competent, accountable, and transparent, you are welcome to join in the struggle for a better Malaysia!
DAP works for a better and more efficient work force. DAP works for the betterment to upgrade and uplift the standard of living of all Malaysians, through its efforts to promote quality education to all, regardless of race or religion. DAP works for Malaysia and Malaysians. DAP works to upgrade the country to be a knowledge base economy through its efforts to promote the teaching of Science and Maths. DAP realized that only through honest efforts to promote and educate Malaysians, to impart to them what is required by market requirements and demands, to add value to all Malaysians to make themselves really marketable. DAP realized that this has got to be done through efforts and not mere rhetorics. No investors are going to pay you a high income base on your rhetorics! UMNO, MCA, MIC, and Gerakan sadly failed to understand this. Bolts and Nuts depend on mere rhetorics to continue suppressing the Rakyat, whereas PR works towards assisting the Rakyat to achieve quality education, only then can they achieve their desire to earn a higher income. BN is more into politickings only with their 1Malaysia, No Cover Ups, Juara Rakyat, and so on. It cannot lead and cannot provide good leadership, it can only provoke racial discontent, stoke racial and religious tensions to stay in power. PR works towards cooperation and trust amongst all communites and to be truly regarded as Malaysians! BN strives to break the unity of Malaysians by dividing them through race and religion. PR strives to make each and everyone of us proud to be Malaysians, PR strives to contain the damage done by BN. PR strives to rebuild the country that is strife torn between race and religion created by UMNO, MCA, MIC, Gerakan and other mosquito parties. BN had wrecked every institutions in the country, be it the police, MACC, judiciary, whereas PR seeks to put back the respect and trust into these mediums. Every sector of the economy is corrupted to the core and PR strives to bring back the shine and trust in them.
WHICH DO YOU PREFER? bn OR PR?
Over to you Gerakan K, Cheers!
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O,
Forget about Gerakan? Gerakan is a lost cause ever since Tan Chee Koon & Syed Alatas has left the party. Worst, it went downhill after Lim Chong Eu left the leadership.
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To looes 74
Yes, bro, just trying to enlighten Gerakan K. You know he has got such a strong mind set, like previously when we were told by our elders, never to vote PAS as it is a party of Islamic extremists and so on and so forth. Remember how successful they were with the ability to brainwashed the entire community? Each time comes an election, the MCA’s favourite slogan was, “A vote for DAP is a vote for PAS” which was devastatingly effective? Next, do you think the DAP’s war cry should be”A vote for BN is a vote for UMNO?” I had never voted for DAP or BN for that matter. It had always been for PAS! They ruled according to the teachings of the holy Quran, and let us give them credit where it is due, they had never deviated since its inception in 1951. Neither had the DAP, since 1962.
Like in the present Allah controversy, they had everything to lose, but they stucked their guns and stood by what was taught in the Quran, by doing so they may lose vast numbers of Malay votes, but as it turned out, the thinkings of Malaysians had changed, and they stand to gain, as Malaysians of all races are beginning to unite and trust each other as one. There is just no way to be racialistic in this multi racial society anymore. Everyone depends on each other, it is better to assist a Malaysian than a foreigner. If you have stayed overseas in difficult countries,like Cambodia, you will realize how much it is to be together, Malaysians of all races! The respect and the togetherness. We are all one, and we must get rid of racial parties like UMNO, MCA, MIC and Gerakan, that had been splitting and dividing us for decades for their own selfish political interests.
I agree with you absolutely that Gerakan today, is such a sickening reflection of its former self, I remembered very well Dr. Tan Chee Khoon, Syed Alatas, I remembered very vividly, Dr. Tan Chee Khoon’s clinic in Batu Road, KL. Just listen to the good words that everyone had for him, regardless of races. Treatments were given and if you do not have the money, you need not pay, or pay what you can afford regardless of race, and most of the patients were Malays. As a matter of fact, I stayed just a few doors from his clinic then, and I know how great a man this Dr. was. Also, for Dr. Lim Chong Eu, had it not for his vision, all those MNCs in Bayan Lepas will not be there today. Sadly, the Government of the day, at Federal level, had not been doing justice to these MNCs, by not churning out better quality grads to support their plans to transform their present facilities into a high tech one, as Malaysia need to transform, as we cannot compete with the low cost producers from Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia anymore. The actual situation is, we are now neither here nor there. Look at all the high techs industries locating in Singapore, look at the numbers of Malaysians travelling to work in Singapore every morning. Just sit at the immigration near the 2nd link, Singapore are using Malaysia’s labour to prosper but Malaysia, is more interested in spewing rhetorics, corruption and stoking racial tensions at every opportunity. Look at how organized the developments in Singapore are carried out, look at the locations of all their high tech industries, look at the security and cleanliness of the country. We are just so far behind. Those MNCs at Bayan Lepas want to upgrade and transform their operations in Malaysia, but they are unable to do so due to the kind of graduates our Public Universities are producing.
GERAKAN – Really, I would say, Give Enough Recognition And Kill A Nation! These people are so spineless. They just dare not speak out for the Rakyat, what is their existence in the present political scenario for? They would do good and join PR, but, under the present (political) eunuch, it will not be possible because of baggages. It will take some strong and clean guys within Gerakan to topple this (political) eunuch and take Gerakan out of BN and merged with any party they feel comfortable within PR. Then they may have a chance to resurrect the party, otherwise they will probably be wiped out in the next GE, nationwide. We will debate again some other time, cheers bro!
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Dr Lim Chong Eu has made a tactical error of yielding to Tub Razak, Najib dad. of course, Penang is not the same as in Singapore. Lee Kuan Yew knew of UMNO’s intention, stood its ground & defeated UMNO’s onslaught on malay majority constituencies including Geylang Serai
Even if Gerakan then had no choice, Gerakan should have maintained the bastion in Penang. Hey, they had won 20 seats out of 24.
The dynamics in Penang is extremely pathetic to Gerakan. Besides, sharing power with hostile UMNO, They need to slug it out with MCA.
First thing, Dr Lim should have done is like Mohammad Taib, PBB has done, all other BN components stay out of Penang
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Gerakan is now trapped. Without the ability of asseting its power in Penang, it’s more of a dying cause. It has fast becoming PPP. I am still very surprised why PPP has the cheek to boost its 100,000 members. Or is it a farce?
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looes74,
Our biggest error was not to listen to the call of Lee Kuan Yew during the final GE before their separation.
I do remember the Seenivasagam’s brothers contribution to Ipoh very much. For their contribution, Malaysians of all races still appreciate it, and today you cannot miss DR Park in Ipoh which in remembrance of DR Seenivasagam! Cheers.
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Allahmak, DAP miskin sangat, beg-beg pun terbalek!
- Nevermind, DAP does not care as long as it’s Malaysian-made, colorful, cheap, strong and useful and able to contribute towards our struggle for a better Malaysia! LOL!!!!
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Why DAP full of Chinese and not other races ?
DAP must invite more non chinese to join and to lead also to make it a malaysian party or opt into Keadilan which is truly multi racial.
Still Dap is doing a good job in Penang….cleaner and less corruption ! Syabas
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Dear Lee
DAP has a significant number of Indian members.
Lately, DAP has been attracting Malays as members. You can read about this on YB Teresa Kok’s blog.
DAP is also a member party of the Socialist International (international organisation of social democratic parties and labour parties, of which the most interesting and innovative include the Social Democratic Party of Sweden and the social democratic and labour parties of the Scandinavian countries).
My prediction is that some of the current DAP leaders will be Ministers in a future, more progressive Malaysian federal government.
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“Kenapa semua orang cina saja” …lee
Bcos of the earlier demonisation by UMNO & MCA.
Things are changing, now they there are about 1,000.
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Just change name to Cinta Malaysia lor.
Same ppl, diff party name and most importantly, no KTK…
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I agreed with loose74, no point mentioning Gerakan any more! It is a party headed by (political) eunuch and has nothing to offer except kowtow.
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Gerakan members. It is better off to join DAP.
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DAP is the only pure bred political party that fights for a Malaysia for Malaysians!!!
The only lacking point in this ‘above average non-corrupted’ party is the leaders should concentrate and have an all out campaign to woo more non Chinese brains into the party. At least, half of top positions filled with non-Chinese. It is difficult but, must be made to be seen as not lack of trying.
Capturing Putra Jaya is one thing, building a political with a strong foundation enhanced with a multiu-racial taste is another….
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LBJ, Not that easy, don’t think DAP wants to be the another garbage dump, see what’s happening to PKR!
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Most M’sians are apolitical but care deep enough to know the country has its back against the wall – the nation got rape while all stood still and took no notice – damage done to the tune of billions of ringgit.
I’m not a card carrying member of any political cause but realising what I wrote above, many came out to vote last time round and as a consequence, UMNO fell in Selangor, Perak and Kedah while Ah Koon lost an island.
Many have asked the obvious – the lack of a certain shade in the front lines of DAP – but it would go against the grain if the heavies sitting in committee were to appoint an individual forsake of token representation. If merit is the hallmark that is going to drive DAP and nation into the future, it must weigh heavier than the need to address current perception of a deficit.
That said, the worst thing that DAP could do is to placate complaining voices and tinker with the make up. It is precisely this that can be made fodder by UMNO/BN and in turn cause chaos that can only harm DAP internally.
* View proffered is my own and not reflective of what DAP in committee might say.
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