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The first meaningful task of the National Unity Advisory Panel is to find out why its predecessors in the past 25 years had been utterly ineffective and irrelevant to the problems and issue of national unity

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Perak DAP State Interim Committee meeting held in Ipoh on Tuesday, 28th May 1991 at 8 pm.

The first meaningful task of the National Unity Advisory Panel is to find out why its predecessors in the past 25 years had been utterly ineffective and irrelevant to the problems and issue of national unity.

The first meaningful task of the newly-formed 33-member National Unity Advisory Panel is to find out why its predecessors in the past 25 years had been utterly ineffective and irrelevant to the problems and issue of national unity. Continue reading The first meaningful task of the National Unity Advisory Panel is to find out why its predecessors in the past 25 years had been utterly ineffective and irrelevant to the problems and issue of national unity

Newly-formed National Unity Advisory Panel will be as ineffective and irrelevant to issue of national unity as its predecessors of the past 25 years

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, 28th May 1991:

Newly-formed National Unity Advisory Panel will be as ineffective and irrelevant to issue of national unity as its predecessors of the past 25 years.

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, yesterday launched with great fanfare a new National Unity Advisory Panel with the Minister for National Unity and Social Development, Datuk Napsiah Omar as Chairman and her Deputy Minister, Datuk Alex Lee, as Vice Chairman. Continue reading Newly-formed National Unity Advisory Panel will be as ineffective and irrelevant to issue of national unity as its predecessors of the past 25 years

MCA and Gerakan leaders are now competing to announce the principles and strategies they have abandoned under the second Outline Perspective Plan

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 27th May 1991:

MCA and Gerakan leaders are now competing to announce the principles and strategies they have abandoned under the second Outline Perspective Plan.

There is a strange phenomenon in present Malaysian politics. Normally, when a country is on the eve of a new five or ten-year plan, Government leaders will be announcing the new principles, strategies and goals that the people can look forward to in the next decade or two. Continue reading MCA and Gerakan leaders are now competing to announce the principles and strategies they have abandoned under the second Outline Perspective Plan

Call on Dr. Mahathir to name the non-political groups whom he accuse of being ‘paid agents of the western countries to destabilize Malaysia’

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, May 27, 1991:

Call on Dr. Mahathir to name the non-political groups whom he accuse of being ‘paid agents of the western countries to destabilize Malaysia’.

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, made a very serious allegation after launching the Negeri Sembilan kampungku programme yesterday. Continue reading Call on Dr. Mahathir to name the non-political groups whom he accuse of being ‘paid agents of the western countries to destabilize Malaysia’

DAP calls on Cabinet to make a determined effort to raise the level of human freedom under the OPP

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, May 25, 1991:

DAP calls on Cabinet to make a determined effort to raise the level of human freedom under the OPP.

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, is visibly angry with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report 1991 released on Thursday which ranked Malaysia 55th among 88 countries in the Human Freedom Index. The same report praised Malaysia for having a high level of human development. Continue reading DAP calls on Cabinet to make a determined effort to raise the level of human freedom under the OPP

Not only the UMNO Youth-MCA Youth debate, but the Malaysian Chinese Cultural City itself had been ‘blown off’

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, 24th May 1991:

Not only the UMNO Youth-MCA Youth debate, but the Malaysian Chinese Cultural City itself had been ‘blown off’.

MCA Secretary-General, Dr. Ting Chew Peh, said yesterday that the UMNO Youth-MCA Youth debate on the Malaysian Chinese Cultural City has been ‘blown off’ following the Cabinet decision that the issue would no longer be debated in the media. Continue reading Not only the UMNO Youth-MCA Youth debate, but the Malaysian Chinese Cultural City itself had been ‘blown off’

Call on Government to allow former MCP Wanita leader, Shamsiah Fakih, to return to Malaysia

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, 24th May 1991:

Call on Government to allow former MCP Wanita leader, Shamsiah Fakih, to return to Malaysia.

New agency report from Bangkok has reported Thai military spokesman as saying that the Malaysian government had agreed to allow over 400 former Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) members to return to Malaysia. Continue reading Call on Government to allow former MCP Wanita leader, Shamsiah Fakih, to return to Malaysia

DAP sends its condolences to Sonia Gandhi and Indian people for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, May 23, 1991:

DAP sends its condolences to Sonia Gandhi and Indian people for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.

DAP sends its condolences to Sonia Gandhi and the people of India for the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. Continue reading DAP sends its condolences to Sonia Gandhi and Indian people for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

Is Mahathir suggesting that if Jeffrey Kitingan had not been detained under the ISA, there would be disturbances in Sabah?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 23rd May 1991:

Is Mahathir suggesting that if Jeffrey Kitingan had not been detained under the ISA, there would be disturbances in Sabah?

The reasons given by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, in Kuching yesterday that the Internal Security Act would not be abolished is most flimsy and unconvincing. Continue reading Is Mahathir suggesting that if Jeffrey Kitingan had not been detained under the ISA, there would be disturbances in Sabah?

Gerakan has become the ‘rat running across the street, everyone shouting it should be hit’ because of its active opposition to the Chinese Cultural City

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, 22nd May 1991:

Gerakan has become the ‘rat running across the street, everyone shouting it should be hit’ because of its active opposition to the Chinese Cultural City.

Gerakan has become the ‘rat running across the street, everyone shouting it should be hit’ because of its active opposition to the MCA’s Malaysian Chinese Cultural City proposal. Continue reading Gerakan has become the ‘rat running across the street, everyone shouting it should be hit’ because of its active opposition to the Chinese Cultural City