Surely, there were more than 50 people

According to a report in the MCA-owned The Star today, Penang state MCA deputy chairman Lau Chiek Tuan was quoted as claiming that, based on his "findings", fewer than 50 people were at the dinner hosted by PKR (Parti KeADILan Rakyat) to welcome the 1,009 applicants for PKR's membership, led by MCA's former Bukit Mertajam chief Tony Peh ( not Tony Blair).

Field report on the dinner 1 (Bahasa Malaysia)
http://www.malaysia-today.net/blog/2006/01/1009-ahli-mca-sertai-keadilan.htm

Field report on the dinner 2 (Chinese Language)
http://www.merdekareview.com/news_view.asp?id=828