Is dynastic politics losing appeal in DAP?


HOW did an appreciation dinner for DAP’s Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang become the stuff of chatter in Penang’s kopitiam?

The Chinese vernacular press, sensing there was more to it, went to town about the dinner that was planned for Feb 15, five days before the 85th birthday of the man known as Lao Da or elder brother in the party.

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