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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Rude awakening for DAP's rural dreams

IT'S EMPTY….:No one but the organisers and restaurant staff can be seen at the seminar venue.

IT WAS A RUDE awakening for the Democratic Action Party’s (DAP) dreams of penetrating rural areas in the state when not a single person turned up to attend its Dayak Consultative Council (DCC) seminar yesterday.

The DCC seminar was scheduled to be held in a local restaurant at Siburan (Mile 17, Kuching) at 1.30pm. By 2.30pm, no one from the target audience showed up and the organisers were forced to finally call it off.

The seminar, organised by DCC, aimed to prepare for DAP’s move from strictly urban Chinese-majority areas into Bumiputera and rural areas in the coming parliamentary election and to supposedly provide related consultative services to rural folk.

Among those from the party present at the venue were state DAP chief Wong Ho Leng, secretary Chong Chieng Jen, Serian branch chairman Edward Andrew Luak and DCC chairman Dr John Brian Anthony.

At a press conference held after the seminar was cancelled, Wong admitted that it would be a great challenge for DAP to penetrate Sarawak’s rural areas in the coming parliamentary election.

Siburan is located in the Bengoh state constituency, which is presently held by the Barisan Nasional (BN) under the Sarawak United People’s Party’s (SUPP) Dr Jerip Susil, who is Assistant Minister of Public Health.

Bengoh, along with Tarat, is under the Mambong parliamentary constituency, which is currently held by BN under Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu’s (PBB) Datuk Dr James Dawos Mamit, who is Deputy Minister of Tourism.

Besides Mambong, the DAP has also expressed interest in contesting in Mas Gading, currently held by BN through the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party’s (SPDP) Datuk Dr Tiki Lafe – National Service Training Council chairman, as well as Serian.

DAP has set up a centre in Serian to try to wrest the seat from BN’s Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP).

SUPP’s Datuk Richard Riot Jaem, who is Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, has held the seat for five terms since 1990.

All three parliamentary seats are Bidayuh majority areas. (BP)
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23 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 12, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    Padan muka parti dari Malaya.Orang Sarawak saja dapat ajar kamu.

    Lain kali jangan tengok orang Borneo ini sebelah mata.Nasib baik itu kawan kawan Iban tidak ngayau.


    Bujang Senang
    Miri

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  2. AnonymousOctober 13, 2011 at 2:18 AM

    I think the rural folks don't buy tickets to functions like these, only the Chinese are willing to sponsor and listen to Dap talks. So the Dap may think that the bumis will buy tickets to listen to their crap? I don't think so.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 13, 2011 at 9:31 AM

    Tak sangka tiada satu orang pun yang menghadiri seminar DAP ini.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 13, 2011 at 9:32 AM

    Kalau seminar itu diadakan pada hari kerja, mestilah tiada orang yang datang, tidak payah kerja kah?

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  5. AnonymousOctober 13, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    Kepada Anon diatas, Adakah biaDAP ini tidak tahu orang mahu kerja?

    Sila gunakan kepala otak kamu sebelum bercakap.

    DAP di Sabah akan hancur dan berkubur dalam PRU13. Banyak cina sudah tahu kerja palui DAP Sabah.

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  6. kiliOctober 13, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    itulah, buat seminar tak kena pada tempat dan masa. akhirnya tiada orang.

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  7. AnonymousOctober 13, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    Walaupun masa yang sesuai membuat seminar ini, bumiputra Sarawak tidak akan datang juga sebab mereka tidak suka parti import dari malaya macam UMNO dan DAP.

    Hanya segenlintir orang Sabah yang palui percaya sama parti import dari malaya sebab mereka sanggup jual maruah mereka untuk parti malaya untuk kepentingan diri sendiri.

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  8. raindropOctober 13, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    mungkin kepercayaan rakyat semakin kurang terhadap kepimpinan DAP. lihatlah sekarang ni DAP sudah mula menonjol dengan pelbagai isu.

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  9. raindropOctober 13, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    penganjuran seminar yang tidak menepati sasaran dan satu pembaziran.

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  10. AnonymousOctober 13, 2011 at 10:45 AM

    What an 'ouch'!

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  11. AnonymousOctober 13, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    Publisiti kurang kot. Atau DAP memang tak mendapat sambutan daripada orang Sarawak.

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  12. LauPanOctober 13, 2011 at 2:00 PM

    mission uncomplete.

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  13. harryzanOctober 13, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    terimalah dengan hati yang terbuka dan cari dimana silapnya..

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  14. ongkolOctober 13, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    DAP should just concentrate in gaining more votes in urban area...takan semua you nak makan?

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  15. wong fei hungOctober 13, 2011 at 8:35 PM

    According to sources from inside DAP, the party is going to stand 8 MP and 25 state seat in the coming GE in Sabah alone. This include 17 KDM seat. Reason! Because they won 12 seat during Sarawak state election reently. So they become big headed. Greed n arrogance will bring DAP to the bottom of the ocean. Just watch.

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  16. AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 2:07 AM

    Frankly, DAP should not contest in Sabah, not even 1 seat along with PAS. Let PKR and SAPP fight it themselves.

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  17. AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 6:46 AM

    DAP still riding on 2008 tsunami in their dream.

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  18. AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 6:49 AM

    DAP still riding on the 2008 tsunami in their dream. Their should ask their candidates to look into the mirror and ask " mirror mirror what do you see?"

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  19. kayOctober 14, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    nampaknya program tersebut tidak mendapat sambutan daripada orang ramai.

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  20. kayOctober 14, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    mungkin ini juga menunjukkan DAP kurang dapat menarik minat orang ramai untuk mengikuti program tersebut.

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  21. AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    Sabah DAP guys told me when they look at the mirror, they saw monkey ... muahahahaha

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  22. karulnaimOctober 14, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    Kesian Dap langsung tidak ada sokongan oleh penduduk.

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  23. albet wongOctober 14, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    Nampaknya impian untuk menambat hati penduduk pendalaman tidak kesampaian apabila kehadiran penduduk tidak memuaskan DAP sendiri. Nampaknya DAP masih tidak begitu diterima oleh kaum bukan Cina.

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