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DAP deplore Harris’ statement on the bombings which seemed to be finding justification for such crimes

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, 7.6.1985:

DAP deplore Harris’ statement on the bombings which seemed to be finding justification for such crimes

The DAP deplores the statement by the former Sabah Chief Minister, Datuk Harris Salleh, on the recent spate of bomb explosions in Kota Kinabalu which seemed to be finding justification for such crimes. Continue reading DAP deplore Harris’ statement on the bombings which seemed to be finding justification for such crimes

DAP fully supports Tun Hussein Onn’s proposal.

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday 28.6.1985.

DAP fully supports Tun Hussein Onn’s proposal.

I fully support the proposal by former Prime Minister, Tun Hussein Onn for necessary legislative action in order to enable
the BMF loan scandal culprits to be charged and prosecuted in the country. Continue reading DAP fully supports Tun Hussein Onn’s proposal.

DAP calls on Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir to pay official visit to Sabah to stabilise the political situation and calm political tension

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, June 5, 1985:

DAP calls on Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir to pay official visit to Sabah to stabilise the political situation and calm political tension
in Sabah.

With the third bomb explosion in Kota Kinabalu yesterday, killing one person and injuring three others, it is now clear that the bomb explosions were deliberately planted as part of an overall plot to create tension, fear, and instability to de-stahilise the PBS government of Datuk Joseph Pairin in Sabah. Continue reading DAP calls on Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir to pay official visit to Sabah to stabilise the political situation and calm political tension

DAP Calls On Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to give a full account of the Federal Government’s involvement in the Sabah

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Klang DAP Branch Anniversary dinner held in Klang on Wednesday, 5th June 1985 at 8 pm

DAP Calls On Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to give a full account of the Federal Government’s involvement in the Sabah
submarine and APC plan.

Ever since the revelation by the Sabah Chief Minister, Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan in the Sabah State Assembly on May 20 of the hitherto top-secret plan of Sabah Shipyard Bhd to build submarines Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), the Ministry Of Defence had given
confused and contradictory responses which shows that the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing in the Ministry. Continue reading DAP Calls On Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to give a full account of the Federal Government’s involvement in the Sabah

Appointment of UMNO leader as Chairman of a MCA committee to decide on internal party matters the most serious ‘political breakthrough’ in Malaysian Chinese politics since Merdeka

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General a nd MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Thousand-People DAP anniversary dinner jointly organised by the Batu Pahat, Pantei and Bandar Panggaram Branches held at Cheng Siew Chinese Primary School Hall, Batu Pahat, on Saturday, 11.5.l985 at 9 pm.

Appointment of UMNO leader as Chairman of a MCA committee to decide on internal party matters the most serious ‘political breakthrough’ in Malaysian Chinese politics since Merdeka!

In the April l982 general elections, when the DAP suffered the most serious electoral defeat in party history, and the MCA scored unprecedented Parliamentary and State Assembly success, the MCA promised that it would deliver the goods of its election promise of a ‘political breakthrough’ for the Malaysian Chinese. Continue reading Appointment of UMNO leader as Chairman of a MCA committee to decide on internal party matters the most serious ‘political breakthrough’ in Malaysian Chinese politics since Merdeka

Sabah general election results a great day for parliamentary democracy in Malaysia

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang,
at DAP PJ Hqrs on Monday, April 22, 1985 at 12 noon.

Sabah general election results a great day for parliamentary democracy in Malaysia.

The Sabah general elections is a great day for parliamentary democracy for Malaysia. The virtually total rejection of Berjaya, and in particular the personal defeats of the former Berjaya Chief Minister Datuk Harris Salleh and seven State Ministers and Six Assistant State Ministers, is a clear-cut and ambiguous proclamation by the people of Sabah of their repudiation of Berjaya politics of fear, money and corruption. Continue reading Sabah general election results a great day for parliamentary democracy in Malaysia

Dr Lim Chong Eu and Gerakan had short-changed the People of Penang with Komtar and the Penang bridge in exchange for the drastic erosion of their political, ecomonic, educational, cultural and religious rights

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Ten Thousand-People DAP Seventh National Congress Dinner held at Esplanade, Penang on Saturday, April 20, 1985 at 9pm.

Dr Lim Chong Eu and Gerakan had short-changed the People of Penang with Komtar and the Penang bridge in exchange for the drastic erosion of their political, ecomonic, educational, cultural and religious rights.

The Penang Gerakan had started a campaign among Chinese guilds, associations and societies to get them to jointly appeal to Dr. Lim Chong Eu to remain as Penang Chief Minister and to lead the Gerakan in Penang in the next general elections. Continue reading Dr Lim Chong Eu and Gerakan had short-changed the People of Penang with Komtar and the Penang bridge in exchange for the drastic erosion of their political, ecomonic, educational, cultural and religious rights

DAP calls for the Fifth Malaysia Plan 1986-1990 to be formulated with the primary aim to remedy and rectify the gross deviationof the overriding objective of the NEP to achieve national unity

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Slang at the Seventh DAP National Congress at Penang Chinese Assembly Hall on Saturday, April 20, 1985 at 10 am.

DAP calls for the Fifth Malaysia Plan 1986-1990 to be formulated with the primary aim to remedy and rectify the gross deviationof the overriding objective of the NEP to achieve national unity.

When the government announced the New Economic Policy, and the subsequent Malaysia Five-Year Plans, it made clear that the overriding objective of the NEP and the various Plans was to achieve national unity. Continue reading DAP calls for the Fifth Malaysia Plan 1986-1990 to be formulated with the primary aim to remedy and rectify the gross deviationof the overriding objective of the NEP to achieve national unity

DAP call to Malaysians to prepare for next general elections to be held in six months’ time

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the opening of the Perak
DAP State Convention held at Hotel Excelsior, Ipoh on Sunday, 14.4.1985 at 11am.

DAP call to Malaysians to prepare for next general elections to be held in six months’ time.

I expect the next general elections to be held in six months’ time. It is not only the DAP but the Malaysian people as well, who must prepare for the next general elections because of the critical importance it would have for the future of the country, our children and children’s children. Continue reading DAP call to Malaysians to prepare for next general elections to be held in six months’ time

MCA-Gerakan ‘Joint Council’ the New Savior of Chinese rights?

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Slang,
at DAP PJ Hgrs on Tuesday, 2.4.l985 at 12.30 pm

MCA-Gerakan ‘Joint Council’ the New Savior of Chinese rights?

The establishment of the MCA-Gerakan Joint Council, after the blaze of publicity these past weeks after a bout of meetings, dinners and lunches, has given rise to two impressions: Continue reading MCA-Gerakan ‘Joint Council’ the New Savior of Chinese rights?