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DAP suggests that ALIRAN organises the Sixth Dialogue of Concern on the question of a Constitutional Review Commission on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Malaysian Constitution next year

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Subang International Airport before departure for a five-day pre-election political visit to Sarawak on Thursday, 19th June 1986 at 5 a.m.

DAP suggests that ALIRAN organises the Sixth Dialogue of Concern on the question of a Constitutional Review Commission on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Malaysian Constitution next year

In my five-day pre-election political visit to Sarawak beginning today, I will visit Miri, Bintulu, Sarikei, Sibu and Kuching. The DAP will follow very closely the Oya state by-election in Sarawak, which is a straight fight between the PBB candidate, Wan Madzihi Wan Mahdoz, and the former PBB Assemblyman, Datuk Salleh Jafaruddin, who is openly supported by the former Sarawak Governor and Chief Minister, Tun Rahman Yakub. Continue reading DAP suggests that ALIRAN organises the Sixth Dialogue of Concern on the question of a Constitutional Review Commission on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the Malaysian Constitution next year

Call on People of Sarawak to support the nation-wide campaign to deny Barisan Nasional two-third Parliamentary majority by voting for at least one third Opposition from Sarawak in next general elections

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP Tea Party-Ceramah organised by MIRI DAP Branch held in Miri, Sarawak, on Thursday, 19th June 1986 at 8 pm

Call on People of Sarawak to support the nation-wide campaign to deny Barisan Nasional two-third Parliamentary majority by voting for at least one third Opposition from Sarawak in next general elections

The single most obsessive question of Malaysians today is when would general elections be held, At this point of time, the possibility of July general elections cannot yet be ruled out, failing which, the next possibility is August/September or full term next year. Continue reading Call on People of Sarawak to support the nation-wide campaign to deny Barisan Nasional two-third Parliamentary majority by voting for at least one third Opposition from Sarawak in next general elections

Where is Dr. Mahathir Mohamed and why is there no Acting Prime Minister?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, 18.6.1986:

Where is Dr. Mahathir Mohamed and why is there no Acting Prime Minister?

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, had left the country for Australia since Friday, but there has been no public announcement. Complete secrecy and mystery shrouds the whereabouts of the Prime Minister. There are those who say the Prime Minister will be away for a week, others say, for ten days. Continue reading Where is Dr. Mahathir Mohamed and why is there no Acting Prime Minister?

Daim Zainuddin was the big beneficiary while Multi-Purpose was the big loser in the 1984 swap between MPH’s UMBC shares for Daim Zainuddin’s Malaysia-French Bank shares in 1984

Speech (Part 2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary¬-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Temerloh DAP Dinner-Ceramah held at Temerloh on Wednesday, June 18, 1986 at 8 p.m.

Daim Zainuddin was the big beneficiary while Multi-Purpose was the big loser in the 1984 swap between MPH’s UMBC shares for Daim Zainuddin’s Malaysia-French Bank shares in 1984

In 1984, when Multi-Purpose Holdings announced the swap of its 41% UMBC shares in exchange for the 51% Malaysia-French Bank shares, together with $125 million in cash, belonging to Daim Zainuddin’s companies, the then MPH managing director, Tan Koon Swan, said that this was a fair, equitable and beneficial deal to Multi-Purpose shareholders. Continue reading Daim Zainuddin was the big beneficiary while Multi-Purpose was the big loser in the 1984 swap between MPH’s UMBC shares for Daim Zainuddin’s Malaysia-French Bank shares in 1984

MCA should have offered the Deputy Education Ministership, to Kerk Choo Ting to fulfil his Deputy Education dream

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Dinner-Ceramah held in Temerloh on Wednesday, June 18, 1986 at 8 p.m.

MCA should have offered the Deputy Education Ministership, to Kerk Choo Ting to fulfil his Deputy Education dream

Early this month, there was the farce of the MCA offering the Deputy Education Ministership to the Deputy Chairman of the United Chinese Teachers’ Association (UCTA), Dr. Tuang Pik King. MCA Deputy Education Minister, Senator Ng Cheng Kiat, publicly offered the Deputy Education Minister’s post to Dr. Tuang if the latter would be an associate member of the MCA and stand as a MCA candidate in the coming general elections, and that should Dr. Tuang loses in the general elections, he would be appointed as a Senator. Continue reading MCA should have offered the Deputy Education Ministership, to Kerk Choo Ting to fulfil his Deputy Education dream

Challenge to UMNO Youth Leader, Anwar Ibrahim, to a public debate on UMBC scandal, EPF scandal, $1 billion mysterious tin-buying scandal and others to prove that they are baseless allegations

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, June 17, 1986:

Challenge to UMNO Youth Leader, Anwar Ibrahim, to a public debate on UMBC scandal, EPF scandal, $1 billion mysterious tin-buying scandal and others to prove that they are baseless allegations

When Anwar Ibrahim was the crusading president of NBIM, he took an uncompromising stand against all forms of corruption, nepotism, conflict of interest, immorality, and abuse of power and authority. When he joined UMNO, he became the fastest rising star in the UMNO, rising to the key post of Education Ministry in a matter of four years, which put him on the threshold of the two highest political offices in the country – Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister. Continue reading Challenge to UMNO Youth Leader, Anwar Ibrahim, to a public debate on UMBC scandal, EPF scandal, $1 billion mysterious tin-buying scandal and others to prove that they are baseless allegations

Will the Barisan Nasional regard victory in the coming general elections as ‘consent of the people’ for the extension of the New Economic Policy after 1990?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, June 16, 1986:

Will the Barisan Nasional regard victory in the coming general elections as ‘consent of the people’ for the extension of the New Economic Policy after 1990?

Deputy Prime Minister, Ghaffar Baba, said in Kuala Kangsar yesterday that the Government will consider extending the New Economic Policy only after consulting the Barisan Nasional component parties and with the consent of the people. Continue reading Will the Barisan Nasional regard victory in the coming general elections as ‘consent of the people’ for the extension of the New Economic Policy after 1990?

Call for a Constitution Review Commission of Eminent Malaysians to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Malaysian Constitution to conduct wide-ranging constitutional review on parliamentary democracy, human rights, federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances

PAPER by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Fourth DAP Human Rights Convention held at Hotel Excelsior, Ipoh on Sunday, 15th June 1986 on HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY AND THE MALAYSIAN CONSTITUTION in the session on CONSTITUTION DEVELOPMENTS in Malaysia – an Overview

Call for a Constitution Review Commission of Eminent Malaysians to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Malaysian Constitution to conduct wide-ranging constitutional review on parliamentary democracy, human rights, federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances

Next year will be the 30th anniversary of the Malaysian Constitution, which become a very different document from that of the Merdeka Constitution in 1957, having been amended in over a thousand places. Continue reading Call for a Constitution Review Commission of Eminent Malaysians to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Malaysian Constitution to conduct wide-ranging constitutional review on parliamentary democracy, human rights, federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances

DAP motion in July Parliamentary meeting for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into widespread allegations of corruption, nepotism and improper activities involving Cabinet and non-Cabinet leaders of Barisan Nasional

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Ceramah at Petaling Jaya MPPJ Civic Centre on Saturday, June 14, 1986 at 9 pm

DAP motion in July Parliamentary meeting for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into widespread allegations of corruption, nepotism and improper activities involving Cabinet and non-Cabinet leaders of Barisan Nasional

I cannot think of another time in Malaysia’s 29-year history when the country had been flooded with so widespread talk and allegation about rampant corruption, nepotism and improper activities involving conflict of interest in high political places. Continue reading DAP motion in July Parliamentary meeting for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into widespread allegations of corruption, nepotism and improper activities involving Cabinet and non-Cabinet leaders of Barisan Nasional

DAP calls on Labour Minister to set up a special task force to visit all the contract workers in the Negri Sembilan-Pahang border land development schemes to end to slave labour conditions

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Wednesday, June 11, 1986:

DAP calls on Labour Minister to set up a special task force to visit all the contract workers in the Negri Sembilan-Pahang border land development schemes to end to slave labour conditions

All Malaysian must be shocked by the revelation in the local press (NST front-page) that several hundred contract workers in land development schemes in and around Negri Sembilan-Pahang border are working as bonded labourers, subjected to the most primitive system of serfdom. Continue reading DAP calls on Labour Minister to set up a special task force to visit all the contract workers in the Negri Sembilan-Pahang border land development schemes to end to slave labour conditions