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DAP offers to halt the ‘Save Bukit China’ campaign immediately once the Malacca State Chief Minister renounces the State Government’s plan to forcibly level and develop Bukit China

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the National Conference of national state officials of ‘Save Bukit China’ DAP Committees held in Malacca on Sunday, 19.8.1984 at 11 a.m.

DAP offers to halt the ‘Save Bukit China’ campaign immediately once the Malacca State Chief Minister renounces the State Government’s plan to forcibly level and develop Bukit China, and fully respect the Chinese community’s decision on whether and how to develop

The DAP has been accused by many quarters, including the Gerakan Penang State Chief Minister, Dr. Lim Chong Eu and the Gerakn President, Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, of arousing ‘racial feelings’ in the Save Bukit China campaign, but nobody dared to point a finger at the Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, for trampling on the sensitivities of the people, and in particular the Chinese community, in wanting to forcibly level and develop Bukit China. Continue reading DAP offers to halt the ‘Save Bukit China’ campaign immediately once the Malacca State Chief Minister renounces the State Government’s plan to forcibly level and develop Bukit China

Protest cable to Datuk Musa hitam to check the ‘May 13’ threats and irresponsible statements of Malacca Chief Minister to prevent further worsening of racial polarisation

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in DAP PJ Headquarters on Saturday, 18.8.1984 at 11.30 a.m.

Protest cable to Datuk Musa hitam to check the ‘May 13’ threats and irresponsible statements of Malacca Chief Minister to prevent further worsening of racial polarisation

I have never been more shocked than this morning to read in the newspapers that the Malacca Chief Minister, Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, in his determination to level and develop Bukit China, has raised the ‘May 13’ scare. Continue reading Protest cable to Datuk Musa hitam to check the ‘May 13’ threats and irresponsible statements of Malacca Chief Minister to prevent further worsening of racial polarisation

Racial polarisation is the greatest threat to the well-being and stability of Malaysia

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Sungei Buloh DAP branch anniversary dinner held at Sungei Buloh, Selangor, on Saturday, 18.8.1984 at 8 p.m

Racial polarisation is the greatest threat to the well-being and stability of Malaysia

Since the early 1970s, DAP MPs inside and outside Parliament had spoken of the dangers of growing racial polarisation in Malaysia, but at that time, the government leaders had not taken the DAP seriously. Continue reading Racial polarisation is the greatest threat to the well-being and stability of Malaysia

DAP to boycott revised constituency boundaries invitation of objections, for the Elections Commission is not independent and impartial, not an appendage of the ruling parties

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Seremban on Friday, 17.8.1984 at 11 a.m.

DAP to boycott revised constituency boundaries invitation of objections, for the Elections Commission is not independent and impartial, not an appendage of the ruling parties

The Elections Commission said that no objections had been received so far to the revised constituency boundaries now posted at over 200 places throughout the country. Continue reading DAP to boycott revised constituency boundaries invitation of objections, for the Elections Commission is not independent and impartial, not an appendage of the ruling parties

Challenge to Chan Teck Chan and Ng Peng Huay to explain why they are co-ordinating closely with the Malacca Chief Minister to force the people to accept the Chief Minister’s Bukit China proposals?

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Friday, 17th August 1984:

Challenge to Chan Teck Chan and Ng Peng Huay to explain why they are co-ordinating closely with the Malacca Chief Minister to force the people to accept the Chief Minister’s Bukit China proposals?

On Wednesday, the Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, said that he would not be subject to pressure on the Bukit China issue, and that the government was committed to do what it thought was good for the people. Continue reading Challenge to Chan Teck Chan and Ng Peng Huay to explain why they are co-ordinating closely with the Malacca Chief Minister to force the people to accept the Chief Minister’s Bukit China proposals?

The more Lee Kim Sai talks about Bukit China, the more he show his ignorance – why is he now ‘last to know, last to be aware?’

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a Press Conference in Malacca on Wednesday, 15.8.1984 at 11 a.m.

The more Lee Kim Sai talks about Bukit China, the more he show his ignorance – why is he now ‘last to know, last to be aware?’

In the New Straits Times today, Datuk Lee Kim Sai urged me to spell out the DAP’s plans for solving the Bukit China issue instead of ‘shouting slogans everywhere’. Continue reading The more Lee Kim Sai talks about Bukit China, the more he show his ignorance – why is he now ‘last to know, last to be aware?’

Bukit China is not a Chinese issue, but an issue for all Malaysians who cherish their national heritage

Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, when launching the 200,000 ‘Save Bukit China’ Mass Signature Campaign in Johore at the Batu Pahat Central Market on Tuesday, 14.8.1984 at 8 a.m.

Bukit China is not a Chinese issue, but an issue for all Malaysians who cherish their national heritage

I am here to launch the 200,000 ‘Save Bukit China’ Mass Signature Campaign in Johore, the seventh state after Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Federal Territory, Penang, Perak and Selangor. Continue reading Bukit China is not a Chinese issue, but an issue for all Malaysians who cherish their national heritage

Call on Tan Koon Swan to deny that he got the idea of ‘the Chinese community do not have development right in Bukit China’ from Chan Teck Chan, who got it from the Malacca Chief Minister

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Tuesday, 14.8.1984 at 11.30 a.m.

Call on Tan Koon Swan to deny that he got the idea of ‘the Chinese community do not have development right in Bukit China’ from Chan Teck Chan, who got it from the Malacca Chief Minister.

In attending the August-8, 3,000 People Dinner of the Tan Koon Swan MCA Malacca faction, Tan Koon Swan had done the Chinese community two great harm: Continue reading Call on Tan Koon Swan to deny that he got the idea of ‘the Chinese community do not have development right in Bukit China’ from Chan Teck Chan, who got it from the Malacca Chief Minister

Call on people of Malacca to produce 50,000 signatures in the 200,000 ‘Save Bukit China’ Mass Signature Campaign to Save Bukit China

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the fifth meeting of the Malacca DAP State ‘Save Bukit China’ Committee at Malacca DAP premises on Tuesday, 14.8.1984 at 8 p.m.

Call on people of Malacca to produce 50,000 signatures in the 200,000 ‘Save Bukit China’ Mass Signature Campaign to Save Bukit China

The ‘Save Bukit China’ mass signature campaign launched by the DAP is a nation-wide campaign, to get the support of Malaysians of all races, religions and in all States, to preserve the 500-year-old symbol of the first Sino-Malay co-operation and friendship in Malaysia as a national heritage, and to protect the cultural roots and the historic contribution of the Chinese to the building of present-day Malaysia. Continue reading Call on people of Malacca to produce 50,000 signatures in the 200,000 ‘Save Bukit China’ Mass Signature Campaign to Save Bukit China

DAP shocked by Gerakan President, Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, has endorsed Dr. Lim Chong Eu’s action in trying to sabotage the 200,000 ‘Save Bukit China’ Mass Signature Campaign

Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, on the launching of the 200,000 ‘Save Bukit China’ Mass Signature Campaign in Selangor State at Klang on Monday, 13.8.1984 at 8 p.m.

DAP shocked by Gerakan President, Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, has endorsed Dr. Lim Chong Eu’s action in trying to sabotage the 200,000 ‘Save Bukit China’ Mass Signature Campaign

Today’s press (Sing Pin Jih Pao) reported the Gerakan President, Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, as criticising the 200,000 Save Bukit China mass signature campaign as only capable of ‘arousing racial sensitivities’. Continue reading DAP shocked by Gerakan President, Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, has endorsed Dr. Lim Chong Eu’s action in trying to sabotage the 200,000 ‘Save Bukit China’ Mass Signature Campaign