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The sacking of Neo Yee Pan from Cabinet shows that UMNO has the reserve power to interfere in MCA affairs to the extent of deciding who is to be the MCA President

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, to the Petaling Jaya Old Town Branch Committee members at DAP PJ Hqrs on Thursday, Sept 26. 1985 at 8.30 p.m.

The sacking of Neo Yee Pan from Cabinet shows that UMNO has the reserve power to interfere in MCA affairs to the extent of deciding who is to be the MCA President

Under the guidance of Ghaffar Baba, the MCA ‘three kingdom’ power struggle has entered the new phase of branch, divisional and national elections. According to initial reports, the Tan faction is having the upper hand, followed by Neo, faction, with the Mak faction with hardly any base or support. Continue reading The sacking of Neo Yee Pan from Cabinet shows that UMNO has the reserve power to interfere in MCA affairs to the extent of deciding who is to be the MCA President

DAP calls for a reward scheme for Malaysians who report presence of illegal Indonesian immigrants to the authorities

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the meeting of the DAP National Committee on Illegal Indonesian Immigrants, Filipino Refugees and other illegal foreigners held at DAP PJ headquarters on Tuesday, Sept 24 1985 at 8 pm

DAP calls for a reward scheme for Malaysians who report presence of illegal Indonesian immigrants to the authorities

Since the announcement by the Deputy prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, Datuk Musa Hitam, ten days ago that the government would expand the scope of Task Force VII set up to deal with the Vietnamese boat people to include all illegal immigrants, the people have still to hear about other details of the government’s plan to rid Malaysia of illegal immigrants, in particular the illegal Indonesian immigrants who could number one million in Malaysia. Continue reading DAP calls for a reward scheme for Malaysians who report presence of illegal Indonesian immigrants to the authorities

DAP opposes an Islamic Constitution and Islamic State for multi-racial Malaysia

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Malacca Ceramah held at Meng Seng Charitable Association on Monday, 23.9.1985 at 9 p.m.

DAP opposes an Islamic Constitution and Islamic State for multi-racial Malaysia

The Barisan Nasional landslide general elections victory in April 1982 set the stage for a redical departure in Malaysian nation- buildings: the launching of Islamisation over a wide field of national life, whether in administration, economy, education, cultural or even in politics. Continue reading DAP opposes an Islamic Constitution and Islamic State for multi-racial Malaysia

Barisan Nasional unlikely torepeat the landslide victory of the 1982 general elections in the next general elections

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the ‘Political Forum on our Economic Future’ at the Sixth Malaysian Economic Convention at the Orchard Sun Hotel, Penang on Saturday, 21.9.1985 at 2p.m.

Barisan Nasional unlikely torepeat the landslide victory of the 1982 general elections in the next general elections

A fortnight ago, a Hong Kong consultancy firm reported a deterioration in the risk rating of Malaysia over the near and medium term. According to this firm’s assessmentin its latest quarterly risk report on Malaysia economic risks arising from external factors have increased sharply since the survey for the second quarter. Continue reading Barisan Nasional unlikely torepeat the landslide victory of the 1982 general elections in the next general elections

Call on DAP leaders and members not to rule out completely the possibility of general elections being held by early next year

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secreatry- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Perak DAP State Committee meeting held at Teluk Intan DAP branch premises, Teluk Intan, Perak on Saturday, Sept 14 .1985 at 4 p.m.

Call on DAP leaders and members not to rule out completely the possibility of general elections being held by early next year.

The prevailing opinion today is that it is impossible for general elections to be held this year, and that because of the MCA troubles, general elections could be held as late as 1987 for the full parliamentary term to be completed. Continue reading Call on DAP leaders and members not to rule out completely the possibility of general elections being held by early next year

DAP calls on the Task Force on Illegal Immigrants to set a target to deport at least 20,000 illegal immigrants a month until end of 1986

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday 14.9.1985:

DAP calls on the Task Force on Illegal Immigrants to set a target to deport at least 20,000 illegal immigrants a month until end of 1986

The announcement by the Acting Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam that the Task Force VII would extend its scope to deal not only with the Vietnamese boat people, but all illegal immigrants, is the most concrete action taken so far to deal with the grave problem of illegal Indonesian immigrants. Continue reading DAP calls on the Task Force on Illegal Immigrants to set a target to deport at least 20,000 illegal immigrants a month until end of 1986

DAP will give priority emphasis to tightening up party discipline in the next three months

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Petaling Jaya Old Town DAP Branch Committee meeting held in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, 14.9.1985 at 8 p.m.

DAP will give priority emphasis to tightening up party discipline in the next three months

The DAP Central Executive Committee has decided to give priority emphasis to the next three months to tighten up party discipline, because without discipline, no political party would have the unit, cohesion and strengthen to pursue its political objectives. Continue reading DAP will give priority emphasis to tightening up party discipline in the next three months

DAP welcomes Musa Hitam’s announcement of the revamping of Task Force VII to cover all illegal immigrants into Malaysia

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Friday, 13.9.1985:

DAP welcomes Musa Hitam’s announcement of the revamping of Task Force VII to cover all illegal immigrants into Malaysia

The DAP welcomes the announcement by the Acting Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, yesterday that the Task Force VII, set up to deal with the Vietnamese boat people, would be removed to deal with the all illegal immigrants, including the illegal Indonesian immigrants. Continue reading DAP welcomes Musa Hitam’s announcement of the revamping of Task Force VII to cover all illegal immigrants into Malaysia

DAP calls for legislation to impose limit on the shares which a political party can own in a newspaper to over-come the threat to press freedom posed by political ‘ownership and control’

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Human Rights Committee meeting at DAP PJ Hqrs on Friday, Sept 13.1985 at 8 p.m.

DAP calls for legislation to impose limit on the shares which a political party can own in a newspaper to over-come the threat to press freedom posed by political ‘ownership and control’

The formation of the DAP Human Rights Committee, under the chairmanship of Sdr. Karpal Singh, comes at a most critical, time in the history of human rights in Malaysia. Continue reading DAP calls for legislation to impose limit on the shares which a political party can own in a newspaper to over-come the threat to press freedom posed by political ‘ownership and control’

DAP MPs will demand and challenge the Attorney General’s decision to prosecute Parm Cumarasamy for Sedition in the Budget meeting of Parliament

DAP MPs will demand and challenge the Attorney General’s decision to prosecute Parm Cumarasamy for Sedition in the Budget meeting of Parliament

The DAP is gravely concerned by the arrest and prosecution of Param Cumarasamy on sedition charge. DAP MPs will question and challenge the Attorney General’s decision to prosecute Param Cumarasamy for sedition in next month’s Parliamentary meeting and ask why no one was prosecuted for sedition during the 1983 Constitutional Crisis when there were many attacks on the Rulers. Continue reading DAP MPs will demand and challenge the Attorney General’s decision to prosecute Parm Cumarasamy for Sedition in the Budget meeting of Parliament