The special bond between Gerakan and Penang


Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu

IN 1968, a group of motley of intellectuals, left-wing politicians, trade unionists and educationists formed a party that would be syonymous to Penang’s political landscape for the next 40 years.

The Malaysian People’s Movement Party (Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia) under the charismatic leadership of Professor Syed Hussein Alatas, Dr. Lim Chong Eu (later Tun), Dr Tan Chee Koon (later Tan Sri) and V. David would wrest power from the then Alliance in the 3rd General Election.

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