Month: March 1982

DAP calls on the NBI to investigate into irregularities and malpractices in the tendering and purchase of clock-in machines which had been plagued with delays, inefficiencies and over-coasts

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, 28th March 1982:

DAP calls on the NBI to investigate into irregularities and malpractices in the tendering and purchase of clock-in machines which had been plagued with delays, inefficiencies and over-coasts

When the 2M leadership of Dr. Mahathir Mohamed and Datuk Musa Hitam took over the government, they announced that they want a ‘clean, efficient and smooth’ administration. Continue reading DAP calls on the NBI to investigate into irregularities and malpractices in the tendering and purchase of clock-in machines which had been plagued with delays, inefficiencies and over-coasts

Call on UMNO, MCA, Gerakan and other Barisan Nasional component parties to disband their ‘dirty tricks department’ and to conduct a clean, honest and fair general election campaign

Speech by Parliamentary Oppostion Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Secretary/ Federal Territory election seminar held in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, March 28 at 7 p.m.

Call on UMNO, MCA, Gerakan and other Barisan Nasional component parties to disband their ‘dirty tricks department’ and to conduct a clean, honest and fair general election campaign.

From pass experience, the Barisan Nasional component parties like UMNO, MCA, Gerakan and others would set up a ‘dirty tricks department’ during every general elections to mastermind under handed campaigns aimed at smearing the reputation of Opposition parties and their leaders. Continue reading Call on UMNO, MCA, Gerakan and other Barisan Nasional component parties to disband their ‘dirty tricks department’ and to conduct a clean, honest and fair general election campaign

Malaysia in the dangerous 80s: Prologue

This collection of parliamentary speeches, including one made in the Malacca State Assembly, from October 1978 to March 1982 is a record of the political developments in the country during the last four years.

Its publication is aimed at informing Malaysians of what the DAP had been saying and fighting for in Parliament, as the ‘free and democratic’ press in Malaysia had consistently blacked out DAP speeches in Parliament.

Since 1978, the nebulous ‘press freedom’ in Malaysia had come under a serious onslaught from a new direction, with more and more local newspapers falling under the ownership and control of one or other of the Barisan Nasional component parties. Continue reading Malaysia in the dangerous 80s: Prologue

DAP to expose the MCA and Gerakan’s ‘five steps backward, two steps forward’ political role in the 1982 general elections

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Chinese Rocket Weekly inaugural issue ceremony held at Transport Workers’ Union Hall on Saturday, 27.3.1982 at 3 pm.

DAP to expose the MCA and Gerakan’s ‘five steps backward, two steps forward’ political role in the 1982 general elections

The inaugural appearance of the first issue of the new Chinese- language Rocket Weekly on the eve of the 1982 general elections is most significant, for it would help to pierce the ever-growing Barisan control and ownership of local newspapers in the country. Continue reading DAP to expose the MCA and Gerakan’s ‘five steps backward, two steps forward’ political role in the 1982 general elections

Call on the 2M government not to indirect assist the communists by giving them material to strengthen their argument that parliamentary democracy is a farce

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, at the DAP Batu Arang Dinner held at Batu Arang, Selangor, on Saturday, March 27, 1982 at 8 pm
Call on the 2M government not to indirect assist the communists by giving them material to strengthen their argument that parliamentary democracy is a farce.

In Alor Star yesterday, the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, said that issues raised by the DAP and PAS may indirectly assist the communists. Continue reading Call on the 2M government not to indirect assist the communists by giving them material to strengthen their argument that parliamentary democracy is a farce

DAP to contest about five Parliamentary and 15 State Assembly seats in Pahang State

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Pahang DAP officials election seminar held at 63D Jalan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, 24.3.1982

DAP to contest about five Parliamentary and 15 State Assembly seats in Pahang State

The DAP will contest about five Parliamentary and 15 State Assembly seats in Pahang in the 1982 general elections. We hope to make a breakthrough in Pahang to end the political monopoly of the Barisan Nasional in both the Parliamentary and State Assembly seats in Pahang. Continue reading DAP to contest about five Parliamentary and 15 State Assembly seats in Pahang State

Challenge to Datuk Lee San Choon to stand in anyone of 12 designated seas to demonstrate that the MCA is qualified to claim that it represents the five million Chinese in the country.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling , Lim Kit Siang, at the Petaling DAP Liaison Committee meeting to prepare for the 1982 general elections held at Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, March 24, 1982 at 8 pm

Challenge to Datuk Lee San Choon to stand in anyone of 12 designated seas to demonstrate that the MCA is qualified to claim that it represents the five million Chinese in the country.

With the 1982 general elections around the corner, the MCA leaders are going up and down the country calling on the Malaysian Chinese to give political support to the MCA. Continue reading Challenge to Datuk Lee San Choon to stand in anyone of 12 designated seas to demonstrate that the MCA is qualified to claim that it represents the five million Chinese in the country.

DAP calls on Dr. Mahathir to relax ban on public rallies during general elections to ensure a meaningful elections, and not a ‘stifled’ campaign

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 22.3.1982

DAP calls on Dr. Mahathir to relax ban on public rallies during general elections to ensure a meaningful elections, and not a ‘stifled’ campaign

When he announced the date of dissolution of Parliament and the Peninsular State Assemblies, the Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, said he was doing so in advance to give the Opposition time “to prepare for their final days”. Continue reading DAP calls on Dr. Mahathir to relax ban on public rallies during general elections to ensure a meaningful elections, and not a ‘stifled’ campaign

Call on the Dr. Mahathir government to ‘Look and Follow Japan’ in greatly expanding local university places and allowing the establishment of private universities

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling , Lim Kit Siang, at the Thousand-People Dinner organised by the Batu Pahat DAP Branch held on Saturday, 20th March 1982 at 7.30 pm.

Call on the Dr. Mahathir government to ‘Look and Follow Japan’ in greatly expanding local university places and allowing the establishment of private universities

The Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, has asked Malaysians to ‘Look East’ and to emulate the work ethics of the Japanese, which had enabled Japan to rise from the ashes of destruction in 1945 to become the modern economic miracle. Continue reading Call on the Dr. Mahathir government to ‘Look and Follow Japan’ in greatly expanding local university places and allowing the establishment of private universities

DAP calls for legislation to enable the ACA to arrest and prosecute public servants for corruption for having amassed property or pecuniary resources disproportionate to the known sources of income

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on the Anti-Corruption Agency Bill on Friday, 19th March 1982

DAP calls for legislation to enable the ACA to arrest and prosecute public servants for corruption for having amassed property or pecuniary resources disproportionate to the known sources of income

The House is today asked to re-name the National Bureau of Investigations and revert to the old name of Anti-Corruption Agency. Continue reading DAP calls for legislation to enable the ACA to arrest and prosecute public servants for corruption for having amassed property or pecuniary resources disproportionate to the known sources of income