Author: Curator

Has Lim Keng Yaik to come to Penang and intervene in the administrative of Penang State Government for a third time before Koh Tsu koon could appoint Tan Ghim Hwa as MPPP President

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Thursday, 6th February 1992:

Has Lim Keng Yaik to come to Penang and intervene in the administrative of Penang State Government for a third time before Koh Tsu koon could appoint Tan Ghim Hwa as MPPP President

The people of Penang are quite mystified over the various power plays by the Barisan Nasional component parties over the appointments to the Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang (MPPP) this year, and in particular that of MPPP President. Continue reading Has Lim Keng Yaik to come to Penang and intervene in the administrative of Penang State Government for a third time before Koh Tsu koon could appoint Tan Ghim Hwa as MPPP President

It is Lim Keng Yaik who has ‘gone into fire and entered evil’ when Gerakan wants the Chinese outside Kelantan to believe in the eight allegations of ‘oppression’ and ‘persecution’ of the Chinese Kelantan when they are untrue

Comments to reporters by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, after attending the Penang Chinese Assembly Hall Chinese New Year get-together in Penang on Wednesday, 5th February 1992 at 10 a.m

It is Lim Keng Yaik who has ‘gone into fire and entered evil’ when Gerakan wants the Chinese outside Kelantan to believe in the eight allegations of ‘oppression’ and ‘persecution’ of the Chinese Kelantan when they are untrue

I had hoped that after the fact-finding visit of the DAP delegation to Kelantan early last week, the MCA and Gerakan leaders will be more rational and responsible and have the individual, party and ethnic self-respect to stop making wild and baseless allegations against the DAP. Continue reading It is Lim Keng Yaik who has ‘gone into fire and entered evil’ when Gerakan wants the Chinese outside Kelantan to believe in the eight allegations of ‘oppression’ and ‘persecution’ of the Chinese Kelantan when they are untrue

Kit Siang proposes a Three Lim ‘Year of the monkey’ Declaration on Islamic State and Islamisation measures

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, February 2, 1992:

Kit Siang proposes a Three Lim ‘Year of the monkey’ Declaration on Islamic State and Islamisation measures

After the three-day visit to Kelantan by the DAP delegation, and the meeting with the Kelantan Mentri Besar, Haji Nik Aziz Nik Mat, the DAP is still waiting for the MCA President, Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik and the Gerakan President, Datuk Lim Keng Yaik, to furnish instances and examples that the Chinese in Kelantan have been ‘oppressed’ and ‘persecuted’ by the Islamisation measures of the PAS-led Kelantan State Government which infringed their non-Muslim rights and interests. Continue reading Kit Siang proposes a Three Lim ‘Year of the monkey’ Declaration on Islamic State and Islamisation measures

Call on Penang State Government to clarify the latest status of the Penang Hill project

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Sunday, 2nd February 1992:

Call on Penang State Government to clarify the latest status of the Penang Hill project

It was reported last week that the Department of Environment (DOE) had rejected second environment impact assessment (EIA) report on the Penang Hill project on the ground that it lacked considerations on environmental impact which could be caused by the project. Continue reading Call on Penang State Government to clarify the latest status of the Penang Hill project

Malaysian Chinese can look forward to the challenges of the 1990s with confidence and optimism if they can stand firm by their rights and the principles of democratic, freedom, equality and justice

Chinese New Year Message by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, issued on Sunday, 2nd February 1992:

Malaysian Chinese can look forward to the challenges of the 1990s with confidence and optimism if they can stand firm by their rights and the principles of democratic, freedom, equality and justice

This is the thirty-fourth Chinese New Year celebrated by Malaysian Chinese since the country achieved independence in 1957. Continue reading Malaysian Chinese can look forward to the challenges of the 1990s with confidence and optimism if they can stand firm by their rights and the principles of democratic, freedom, equality and justice

Kit Siang invites Liong Sik and the other three MCA Ministers as well as Keng Yaik to a ‘public beer-drinking’ trip to Kelantan with the DAP footing the expenses if this is banned by the Kelantan State Government

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, 31st January 1992:

Kit Siang invites Liong Sik and the other three MCA Ministers as well as Keng Yaik to a ‘public beer-drinking’ trip to Kelantan with the DAP footing the expenses if this is banned by the Kelantan State Government

MCA Ministers and leaders are still continuing with their lies in their propaganda campaign that the Chinese in Kelantan are ‘oppressed’ and ‘persecuted’ by the Islamisation measures of the Kelantan State Government which infringed the rights and interests of non-Muslims. Continue reading Kit Siang invites Liong Sik and the other three MCA Ministers as well as Keng Yaik to a ‘public beer-drinking’ trip to Kelantan with the DAP footing the expenses if this is banned by the Kelantan State Government

DAP calls on Government to ensure adequate compensation should be paid to families of RMAF pilots who perish in air crashes

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, February 1, 1992:

DAP calls on Government to ensure adequate compensation should be paid to families of RMAF pilots who perish in air crashes

DAP sends it deepest condolence to the family of RMAF pilot, Lt. Hamir Fizar Mohamed Yusof, 27, from Batu Kikir, Negri Sembilan, who died yesterday from the latest crash of the RMAF Pilatus PC-7 aircraft in Chukai, Trengganu. Continue reading DAP calls on Government to ensure adequate compensation should be paid to families of RMAF pilots who perish in air crashes

DAP calls on ACA to inquire into a Taiwan newspaper report that a Mr. Lim in a local corporation was paid US$12.5 million by China Steel to ‘lobby’ the highest levels of the Malaysian Government to approve its US$3.2 billion steel mill project in Malaysia

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, 1st February 1992:

DAP calls on ACA to inquire into a Taiwan newspaper report that a Mr. Lim in a local corporation was paid US$12.5 million by China Steel to ‘lobby’ the highest levels of the Malaysian Government to approve its US$3.2 billion steel mill project in Malaysia

A Taiwan newspaper has reported that a Mr. Lim in a local corporation in Malaysia was paid US$12.5 million by China Steel Corporation (CSC) of Taiwan to ‘lobby’ the highest levels of the Malaysian government to approve its US$3.2 billion ($8.6 billion) steel mill project in Malaysia. Continue reading DAP calls on ACA to inquire into a Taiwan newspaper report that a Mr. Lim in a local corporation was paid US$12.5 million by China Steel to ‘lobby’ the highest levels of the Malaysian Government to approve its US$3.2 billion steel mill project in Malaysia

Liong Sik should get MAS, Malaysian Railways and Express Bus Companies to introduce a ‘25% Fare to Kelantan by air, rail or road to see the oppression and persecution of Chinese in Kelantan under PAS-led Kelantan State Government’

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, 1st February 1992:

Liong Sik should get MAS, Malaysian Railways and Express Bus Companies to introduce a ‘25% Fare to Kelantan by air, rail or road to see the oppression and persecution of Chinese in Kelantan under PAS-led Kelantan State Government’

The MCA Presidential Council and the Central Committee should hold an emergency joint meeting to decide whether they are going to continue with their campaign or falsehoods about the ‘oppression’ and ‘persecution’ of the Chinese in Kelantan, or whether they are going to be responsible and admit that they had misled the Chinese in Malaysia into believing that the Chinese in Kelantan had been ‘oppressed’ and ‘persecuted’ by the PAS-led Kelantan Government for the past 15 months. Continue reading Liong Sik should get MAS, Malaysian Railways and Express Bus Companies to introduce a ‘25% Fare to Kelantan by air, rail or road to see the oppression and persecution of Chinese in Kelantan under PAS-led Kelantan State Government’

Why had the Kelantan Chinese organisation leaders like Chua Chee Seng and Tan Chee Joo kept silent for the past few months over nation-wide allegations that that the Chinese cannot eat or sell pork, drink beer publicly and Chinese women must cover their heads in Kelantan?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, January 31, 1992:

Why had the Kelantan Chinese organisation leaders like Chua Chee Seng and Tan Chee Joo kept silent for the past few months over nation-wide allegations that that the Chinese cannot eat or sell pork, drink beer publicly and Chinese women must cover their heads in Kelantan?

The Vice Chairman of the Kelantan Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Chua Chee Seng, had said that the visit of the DAP delegation to Kelantan ‘cannot help the Chinese to resolve the problems faced by the Chinese community’. Continue reading Why had the Kelantan Chinese organisation leaders like Chua Chee Seng and Tan Chee Joo kept silent for the past few months over nation-wide allegations that that the Chinese cannot eat or sell pork, drink beer publicly and Chinese women must cover their heads in Kelantan?