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I will visit a cross-section of the people of Penang and Malacca to get public feedback before deciding on the Penang DAP’s offer to contest in Penang in next general elections

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Penang DAP State Committee meeting held in Penang on Sunday, 29.12.1985 at 5 pm

I will visit a cross-section of the people of Penang and Malacca to get public feedback before deciding on the Penang DAP’s offer to contest in Penang in next general elections

I thank the Penang DAP State Committee for the confidence in me in inviting me to spearhead the DAP Penang’s election campaign in the next general elections, and also to contest in the next general elections in Penang. Continue reading I will visit a cross-section of the people of Penang and Malacca to get public feedback before deciding on the Penang DAP’s offer to contest in Penang in next general elections

Lim Kit Siang cables Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to call a special meeting of Parliament for him to honour his January pledge to table a White Paper on the $2.5 billion BMF loans scandal

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Friday, 27.12.1985:

Lim Kit Siang cables Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to call a special meeting of Parliament for him to honour his January pledge to table a White Paper on the $2.5 billion BMF loans scandal.

I have today cabled the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, reminding him of his public commitment when announcing the establishment, composition and terms of reference of the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee into the $2.5 billion Bumiputra Malaysia Finance loans scandal in Hong Kong on January 11, 1984. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang cables Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to call a special meeting of Parliament for him to honour his January pledge to table a White Paper on the $2.5 billion BMF loans scandal

MCA can never hope to have any effective voice in the government so long as the MCA leadership and Tan Koon Swan in particular is bogged down by the Pan El crisis

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the MP Federal Territory State Committee meeting at Pudu DAP branch premises on Friday, Dec.27,1985 at 8p.m.

MCA can never hope to have any effective voice in the government so long as the MCA leadership and Tan Koon Swan in particular is bogged down by the Pan El crisis

The Tan Koon Swan MCA faction, in the MCA party elections, proclaimed a ‘Programme for Revitalisation’ for the MCA and the Malaysian Chinese community on Nov.21,1985,which pledged that if the Tan faction is elected, the MCA leadership would work towards ‘effective government representation’ in the policy formulation process of the government whether in the Barisan Nasional Supreme Council, the Cabinet or the State Executive Councils. Continue reading MCA can never hope to have any effective voice in the government so long as the MCA leadership and Tan Koon Swan in particular is bogged down by the Pan El crisis

DAP urges the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee to accept the challenge of Anwar Ibrahim by making their final report public and pledge the support of all Malaysians to defend the committee members for any legal consequences

Press Conference Statement (2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Saturday, 28.12.1985 at 12 noon

DAP urges the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee to accept the challenge of Anwar Ibrahim by making their final report public and pledge the support of all Malaysians to defend the committee members for any legal consequences

The UMNO Youth Leader, Anwar Ibrahim, has come out with a most extraordinary proposal- that the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee should make public its final report on its own, and that the Committee be responsible for its contents. Continue reading DAP urges the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee to accept the challenge of Anwar Ibrahim by making their final report public and pledge the support of all Malaysians to defend the committee members for any legal consequences

I have not yet made up my mind whether I would be accepting the Penang DAP State Committee’s offer to contest in Penang in next general elections, but Penang is now my base of operations to make Penang the DAP’s front-line state

Press conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Saturday, Dec.28, 1985 at 12 noon

I have not yet made up my mind whether I would be accepting the Penang DAP State Committee’s offer to contest in Penang in next general elections, but Penang is now my base of operations to make Penang the DAP’s front-line state

There has been considerable speculation since the inaugural issue of the revived English Rocket publication early this month that I would be contesting in Penang in the next general elections. Continue reading I have not yet made up my mind whether I would be accepting the Penang DAP State Committee’s offer to contest in Penang in next general elections, but Penang is now my base of operations to make Penang the DAP’s front-line state

DAP calls on Prime Minister’s Department to investigate into the desecration of some 200 graves in the Bukit Serindit Catholic cemetery in Malacca

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Thursday, 26.12.1985:

DAP calls on Prime Minister’s Department to investigate into the desecration of some 200 graves in the Bukit Serindit Catholic cemetery in Malacca.

The DAP views with grave concern the desecration of some 200 graves in the Bukit Serindit Catholic cemetry in Malacca, where statues of Mary, statuettes of angels and crosses were smashed and strewn all over the cemetery. Continue reading DAP calls on Prime Minister’s Department to investigate into the desecration of some 200 graves in the Bukit Serindit Catholic cemetery in Malacca

Malacca forum on ‘Declaration of Chinese Guilds and Associations’ has produced immediate results in making Gerakan realise its irresponsibility over the Chinese Telephone Directory issue

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Tuesday,24th December 1985:

Malacca forum on ‘Declaration of Chinese Guilds and Associations’ has produced immediate results in making Gerakan realise its irresponsibility over the Chinese Telephone Directory issue

I congratulate the Malacca Chinese Schools’ Old Boys’ Association’ Federation for organising Sunday’s forum on ‘Declaration of Chinese Guilds and Associations’ for it had produced immediate results. Continue reading Malacca forum on ‘Declaration of Chinese Guilds and Associations’ has produced immediate results in making Gerakan realise its irresponsibility over the Chinese Telephone Directory issue

All DAP State Committee told to submit draft State manifestos to Dap National General Elections Committee next month

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP For Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Malacca DAP State Committee meeting held at Malacca on 24th Dec.1985 at 8pm

All DAP State Committee told to submit draft State manifestos to Dap National General Elections Committee next month

All DAP State Committees had been told to submit draft state manifestos for the next general elections to the DAP National General Elections Committee next month. Continue reading All DAP State Committee told to submit draft State manifestos to Dap National General Elections Committee next month

Call on all parents to be concerned about the repeated incidents of Malaysian Chinese girl students being converted into Islam against parental wishes or knowledge and family break-ups

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Monday, 23rd December 1985:

Call on all parents to be concerned about the repeated incidents of Malaysian Chinese girl students being converted into Islam against parental wishes or knowledge and family break-ups

With another incident in Pasir Mas in Kelantan where a 18-year old girl student of Pasir Mas Sultan Ibrahim Girls’ School, disappearing from her home after completing her examinations on reaching the age of 18, all parents should be concerned about the rising number of such incidents, where Chinese girl students are converted into Islam against parental wishes or knowledge. Continue reading Call on all parents to be concerned about the repeated incidents of Malaysian Chinese girl students being converted into Islam against parental wishes or knowledge and family break-ups

DAP forms a national committee headed by Dr. Tan Seng Giaw to plan and organise nation-wide memorial meetings in the memory of Lim Lian Geo

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Sunday, 22.12.1985:

DAP forms a national committee headed by Dr. Tan Seng Giaw to plan and organise nation-wide memorial meetings in the memory of Lim Lian Geok

The DAP Central Working Committee, at an emergency meeting in Petaling Jaya yesterday after the funeral of Lim Lian Geok, has set up a national committee to plan and organise nation-wide memorial meetings to commemorate the spirit, sacrifice and struggle of Lim Lian Geok. Continue reading DAP forms a national committee headed by Dr. Tan Seng Giaw to plan and organise nation-wide memorial meetings in the memory of Lim Lian Geo