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Call on MCA leadership to respect the verdict of the people of Kepayang and Raub and seek repeal of the Barisan National’s “one language one culture” policy to be replaced by a policy if many “many language, many cultures”

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP, Secretary General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Selangor DAP State Dinner held at Hokkien Association, Klang, on Sunday, 12.6.1983 at 8pm.

Call on MCA leadership to respect the verdict of the people of Kepayang and Raub and seek repeal of the Barisan National’s “one language” one culture’ policy to be replaced by a policy if many “many language, many cultures”

The people of Malaysia, thrpugh the electorates of Kepayang in October last year and that of Raub last Saturday on 4th June, had spoken loud and clear that they oppose and reject the Barisan National’s nation building policy of “ one language, one culture” in the 1980s announced after the April 1982 General Elections. Continue reading Call on MCA leadership to respect the verdict of the people of Kepayang and Raub and seek repeal of the Barisan National’s “one language one culture” policy to be replaced by a policy if many “many language, many cultures”

DAP welcome Mohd. Najib’s announcement that the Raub Assessment rates will be reduced to a maximum of 15 per cent from next year

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Raub by-election ceramah at Sungai, Raub, on Wednesday, 1st June 1983 at 8 pm.

DAP welcome Mohd. Najib’s announcement that the Raub Assessment rates will be reduced to a maximum of 15 per cent from next year.

The DAP welcome the announcement by the Pahang Mentri Besar, Datuk Mohamed Najid binTun Razak, that the Pahang Government will lower the assessment rates in the Raub district from 25 per cent to a maximum of 15 per cent from next year. Continue reading DAP welcome Mohd. Najib’s announcement that the Raub Assessment rates will be reduced to a maximum of 15 per cent from next year

Call on the Ministry of Education to build a national primary school at Bukit Fraser to respect the wishes of the people

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP Raub by-election ceramah held at Bukit Fraser, Raub, on Sunday, 29th May 1983 at 10 a.m

Call on the Ministry of Education to build a national primary school at Bukit Fraser to respect the wishes of the people.

It will be no exaggeration to say that all these years since Merdeka, when Pahang was governed under virtual political monopoly of the Barisan Nasional government, many areas were neglected and forgotten. One of these areas is Bukit Fraser. Continue reading Call on the Ministry of Education to build a national primary school at Bukit Fraser to respect the wishes of the people

Call on Dr. Tan Tiong Hong to condemn and dissociate himself from the Wanita MCA house-to-house campaign to scare the voters of a May 13 incident if the DAP wins Raub by-election

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Raub by-election ceramah at Sungei Lui New Village on Sunday, 29th May 1983 at 8 pm.

Call on Dr. Tan Tiong Hong to condemn and dissociate himself from the Wanita MCA house-to-house campaign to scare the voters of a May 13 incident if the DAP wins Raub by-election.

It is now a traditional MCA election or by-election practice to bring out all the weapons of smear, scare or threat tactics during the last week of the election campaign. Continue reading Call on Dr. Tan Tiong Hong to condemn and dissociate himself from the Wanita MCA house-to-house campaign to scare the voters of a May 13 incident if the DAP wins Raub by-election

Letter to Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib bin Othman, to take a stern view of the incident where DAP Malacca Assemblyman, Lai Keun Ban, was assaulted and insulted by several persons for carrying out his Assembly duties

By Parliament Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, on Friday, 27.5.1983:

Letter to Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib bin Othman, to take a stern view of the incident where DAP Malacca Assemblyman, Lai Keun Ban, was assaulted and insulted by several persons for carrying out his Assembly duties.

I have written to the Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib bin Othman, who is also the Public Prosecutor, to take a stern view and deal severely with the incident on Wednesday, 25.5.1983, where the DAP Malacca Assemblyman for Durian Daun, Sdr. Lai Keun Ban, was surrounded by a crowd and assaulted and abused for speaking up for the people’s interest in the Malacca Assembly. Continue reading Letter to Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib bin Othman, to take a stern view of the incident where DAP Malacca Assemblyman, Lai Keun Ban, was assaulted and insulted by several persons for carrying out his Assembly duties

The Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary General, Sdr. Lim Kit Siang, sent the following cable yesterday to the Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Datuk Musa Hitam

Democratic Action Party Malaysia

Press Release 17.5.1983

The Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary General, Sdr. Lim Kit Siang, sent the following cable yesterday to the Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Datuk Musa Hitam, in connection with the shooting incident in Batu Pahat on 15th May 1983, where a fisherman was killed and a woman injured:

“ YAB Datuk Musa Hitam,
Acting Prime Minister
and Minister of Home Affairs,
Jalan Datuk Onn,
Kuala Lumpur. Continue reading The Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary General, Sdr. Lim Kit Siang, sent the following cable yesterday to the Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs, Datuk Musa Hitam

Call on Elections Commission to respect the ‘one man, one vote’ principle in the redelineation of electoral constituencies and not to be swayed by UMNO influence as in the 1974 delineation

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, when declaring open a one-day seminar for Penang DAP state leaders at Hotel Malaysia, Penang, on Sunday, 8th May 1983 at 10 a.m.

Call on Elections Commission to respect the ‘one man, one vote’ principle in the redelineation of electoral constituencies and not to be swayed by UMNO influence as in the 1974 delineation.

For parliamentary democracy to work, one of the vital perequisites is that there should be an independent Elections Commission to be responsible for the conduct of elections, whether in delimitation of electoral constituencies, or the registration of voters or the holding of elections itself. Continue reading Call on Elections Commission to respect the ‘one man, one vote’ principle in the redelineation of electoral constituencies and not to be swayed by UMNO influence as in the 1974 delineation

DAP calls for the immediate restoration of allocations for Pupil’s Own Language as a mark of government commitment to fully respect the constitutional right of mother-tongue learning and teaching.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Penang DAP Wanita inaugural meeting held at Bukit Mertajam DAP premises on Saturday, 7.5.1983 at 8 p.m.

DAP calls for the immediate restoration of allocations for Pupil’s Own Language as a mark of government commitment to fully respect the constitutional right of mother-tongue learning and teaching.

The Pupil’s Own Language programme in the schools is a scandal and disgrace, especially after the arbitrary and deplorable decision to cut the original allocation of $18 million for POL by $13 million, resulting in the reduction of the allowances of college-trained teachers from $20 to $5 an hour, and of graduate teachers from $25 to $8 an hour. Continue reading DAP calls for the immediate restoration of allocations for Pupil’s Own Language as a mark of government commitment to fully respect the constitutional right of mother-tongue learning and teaching.

Call on MCA Central Executive Committee to declare its stand on Datuk Harun Idris’ proposal for Constitutional amendment that the country’s Prime Minister must always be a Muslim Malay.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and NP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Pulau Sebang DAP Branch anniversary dinner held at Pulau Sebang, Malacca, on Saturday, 30.4.1983 at 8 pm.

Call on MCA Central Executive Committee to declare its stand on Datuk Harun Idris’ proposal for Constitutional amendment that the country’s Prime Minister must always be a Muslim Malay.

The MCA had claimed a great breakthrough for Chinese political rights as a result of its resounding 1982 general elections results. The people had expected the MCA to deliver the goods of such political breakthrough in terms of the restoration of the lost political, economic, educational, social and cultural rights over since Merdeka in 1977. However, instead of the restoration of the lost rights, the last 12 months have seen even more remaining rights being taken away. Continue reading Call on MCA Central Executive Committee to declare its stand on Datuk Harun Idris’ proposal for Constitutional amendment that the country’s Prime Minister must always be a Muslim Malay.

Call on Government leaders not to blindly transplant Japanese systems like the in-house unions under the ‘Look East’ policy without first understanding the real reasons for the Japanese economic miracle

1983 May Day Message by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, on 30.4.1983

Call on Government leaders not to blindly transplant Japanese systems like the in-house unions under the ‘Look East’ policy without first understanding the real reasons for the Japanese economic miracle

The 1983 May Day is probably the most important Labour Day since its official recognition as a public holiday in honour of the contribution of Malaysian workers to national development and progress. This is because the powers-that-be now seek to restructure the labour movement which would have far-reaching consequences for the role and place of labour in Malaysia in the coming decades. Continue reading Call on Government leaders not to blindly transplant Japanese systems like the in-house unions under the ‘Look East’ policy without first understanding the real reasons for the Japanese economic miracle