Month: August 1974

DAP calls for the establishment of a separate Ministry specially in charge of Chinese education

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Parliamentary Candidates for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a Giant DAP Public Rally at Stadium Negara Car Park, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday, 12th August 1974 at 10 p.m

DAP calls for the establishment of a separate Ministry specially in charge of Chinese education

Malaysia is a multi-racial country made up of three major races, and our Malaysian Constitution is very clear in Clause 152 (1) that although Malay shall be the national language. “no person shall be prohibited or prevented from using (otherwise than for official purposes) or from teaching or learning, any other language;” and it is also further provided that nothing in this clause shall prejudice the right of the Federal government or of any State Government to preserve and sustain the use and study of the language of any other community in the Federation.” Continue reading DAP calls for the establishment of a separate Ministry specially in charge of Chinese education

The 1974 General Elections will be a battle between the DAP and the National Front

Statement by DAP Secretary-General Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP Eveof General Elections Press Conference at Jalan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur, on 6th August 1974 at 2 p.m

The 1974 General Elections will be a battle between the DAP and the National Front

The 1974 General Elections will be an electoral battle between the DAP and the National Front in West Malaysia.

The DAP will contest the Federal Territory – all its five Parliamentary seats – and eight states, namely Penang, Kedah, Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Negri Sembilan, Malacca and Johore.

We will field about 50 Parliamentary candidates and over 120 states candidates. Continue reading The 1974 General Elections will be a battle between the DAP and the National Front

DAP to stand by our Parliamentary and State Assembly record for the past five years

Speech by DAP Secretary-General Lim Kit Siang to a meeting of potential Parliamentary and State candidates for the 1974 General Elections at Jalan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday, August 4, 1974 at 10.30

1. DAP to stand by our Parliamentary and State Assembly record for the past five years

The DAP will go into the general elections on our Parliamentary and State Assembly record of the past five years. We can be justifiably proud of our Parliamentary and State Assembly record for we have fulfilled our pledge to champion the poor, the worker, the hawker, the squatter, the fisherman, farmer, the estate worker, the under-privileged and the downtrodden, whose voice had been shut out of the legislatures. We have fought against injustice, inequality and corruption and abuse of power in Parliament and the State Assemblies, although we attracted the wrath of the government. Continue reading DAP to stand by our Parliamentary and State Assembly record for the past five years

DAP challenges the legality of the Elections Commission’s decision to treble the deposits of Parliamentary and State Assembly candidates

DAP challenges the legality of the Elections Commission’s decision to treble the deposits of Parliamentary and State Assembly candidates.

The following is a copy of the letter Saudara Lim Kit Siang, the DAP secretary-general sent to the chairman of the Elections Commission, Tan Sri Ahmad Perang this morning.

“Dear Tan Sri, Continue reading DAP challenges the legality of the Elections Commission’s decision to treble the deposits of Parliamentary and State Assembly candidates

Four Reasons why the 210,835 Federal Territory voters should vote solidly for the DAP in the General Elections

Speech by DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at a Pre-General Elections Rally at Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday 3rd August 1974 at 9 p.m.

Four Reasons why the 210,835 Federal Territory voters should vote solidly for the DAP in the General Elections

There are at least four reasons why the 210,835 voters in the five Federal Territory Parliamentary seats should vote solidly for all the five DAP candidates who will be contesting in the Federal Capital.

Firstly, the quarter of a million voters in the Federal Territory should reject all the National Front candidates to demonstrate their protest and opposition to the constant tampering with the Constitution which, among other things, abolished eight State Assembly seats in Kuala Lumpur and abrogated their basic democratic right, to have their own Assemblymen. Continue reading Four Reasons why the 210,835 Federal Territory voters should vote solidly for the DAP in the General Elections

DAP calls on the government to rescind its decision to treble the deposit money for Parliamentary and State candidates

Speech by DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at a Pre-General Elections Rally at Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, on Friday, 2nd August 1974 at 9 p.m.

1. DAP calls on the government to rescind its decision to treble the deposit money for Parliamentary and State candidates

The government has announced the trebling of deposits for Parliamentary candidates from $500 to $1,500 and for State Assembly candidates from $250 to $750.

The raising of the deposits has made politics in Malaysia even more of a rich man’s game, with the result that the voice of the poor will have less chance to be heard in Parliament and the State Assemblies. Continue reading DAP calls on the government to rescind its decision to treble the deposit money for Parliamentary and State candidates