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The harm the Tung Chiau Chung has caused to the DAP in the 1982 general elections is not only by their last-minute joining of Gerakan and Barisan, but by their preparedness to tell lies and character-assassinate DAP leaders

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Kepong DAP thanksgiving party to DAP Kepong election workers held at Kepong on Wednesday, 5.5.1982 at 8 p.m.

The harm the Tung Chiau Chung has caused to the DAP in the 1982 general elections is not only by their last-minute joining of Gerakan and Barisan, but by their preparedness to tell lies and character-assassinate DAP leaders

I thank the people of Kepong for their support of the DAP and the election of Dr. Tan Seng Giaw as their Member of Parliament, despite the high-powered and multi-million dollar campaign to distort what was a battle between the DAP and the Barisan Nasional into a battle between the DAP and Tung Chiau Chung. Continue reading The harm the Tung Chiau Chung has caused to the DAP in the 1982 general elections is not only by their last-minute joining of Gerakan and Barisan, but by their preparedness to tell lies and character-assassinate DAP leaders

DAP is ‘down but not out’ in Peninsular Malaysia, and will undergo complete reform to learn from the lessons of the West Malaysia election defeat

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the reception to thank DAP workers and supporters in the Petaling constituency held at the Transport Workers’ Union Hall, Petaling Jaya, on Thursday, April 29, 1982 at 8pm

DAP is ‘down but not out’ in Peninsular Malaysia, and will undergo complete reform to learn from the lessons of the West Malaysia election defeat

I have just returned from Sarawak where the recently concluded Sarawak and Sabah general elections have elected DAP MPs for Kuching, Sibu and Sandakan, bringing the total Parliamentary strength to nine. This was also the DAP’s parliamentary result in the 1974 general elections, when the late Tun Razak capitalized on a pro-government swing and used the Mao Tse Tung strategy to try to crush the Opposition, in particular the DAP. Continue reading DAP is ‘down but not out’ in Peninsular Malaysia, and will undergo complete reform to learn from the lessons of the West Malaysia election defeat

Call on Petaling Voters to give the fullest support to Sdr. P. Patto for the Parliamentary elections, and Sdr. Tai Sin Piau, Sdr. Fong Kui Lun and Sdr. K.C.Cheah for the Petaling Jaya, Serdang and Sungai Way state seats

Speech by DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Election Ceramah in Petaling at Transport Workers’ Union Hall on Thursday, 15.4.1982 at 7.30 p.m.

Call on Petaling Voters to give the fullest support to Sdr. P. Patto for the Parliamentary elections, and Sdr. Tai Sin Piau, Sdr. Fong Kui Lun and Sdr. K.C.Cheah for the Petaling Jaya, Serdang and Sungai Way state seats

I want firstly to thank the people of Petaling for their confidence and support in electing me as their Member of Parliament in 1978 general elections. Continue reading Call on Petaling Voters to give the fullest support to Sdr. P. Patto for the Parliamentary elections, and Sdr. Tai Sin Piau, Sdr. Fong Kui Lun and Sdr. K.C.Cheah for the Petaling Jaya, Serdang and Sungai Way state seats

The DAP’s political struggle in Parliament and outside in the last 16 years on Chinese education, language and culture has been greatly undermined by the joining of Gerakan of individual UCSCA officials

Press Conference Statement by DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, April 1, 1982:

The DAP’s political struggle in Parliament and outside in the last 16 years on Chinese education, language and culture has been greatly undermined by the joining of Gerakan of individual UCSCA officials

The DAP views with sadness the latest political development where certain UCSCA officials, as a result of ‘collective decision’, joining the Gerakan on the eve of the 1982 general elections. Continue reading The DAP’s political struggle in Parliament and outside in the last 16 years on Chinese education, language and culture has been greatly undermined by the joining of Gerakan of individual UCSCA officials

DAP calls on the NBI to investigate into irregularities and malpractices in the tendering and purchase of clock-in machines which had been plagued with delays, inefficiencies and over-coasts

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, 28th March 1982:

DAP calls on the NBI to investigate into irregularities and malpractices in the tendering and purchase of clock-in machines which had been plagued with delays, inefficiencies and over-coasts

When the 2M leadership of Dr. Mahathir Mohamed and Datuk Musa Hitam took over the government, they announced that they want a ‘clean, efficient and smooth’ administration. Continue reading DAP calls on the NBI to investigate into irregularities and malpractices in the tendering and purchase of clock-in machines which had been plagued with delays, inefficiencies and over-coasts

Call on UMNO, MCA, Gerakan and other Barisan Nasional component parties to disband their ‘dirty tricks department’ and to conduct a clean, honest and fair general election campaign

Speech by Parliamentary Oppostion Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Secretary/ Federal Territory election seminar held in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, March 28 at 7 p.m.

Call on UMNO, MCA, Gerakan and other Barisan Nasional component parties to disband their ‘dirty tricks department’ and to conduct a clean, honest and fair general election campaign.

From pass experience, the Barisan Nasional component parties like UMNO, MCA, Gerakan and others would set up a ‘dirty tricks department’ during every general elections to mastermind under handed campaigns aimed at smearing the reputation of Opposition parties and their leaders. Continue reading Call on UMNO, MCA, Gerakan and other Barisan Nasional component parties to disband their ‘dirty tricks department’ and to conduct a clean, honest and fair general election campaign

DAP to expose the MCA and Gerakan’s ‘five steps backward, two steps forward’ political role in the 1982 general elections

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Chinese Rocket Weekly inaugural issue ceremony held at Transport Workers’ Union Hall on Saturday, 27.3.1982 at 3 pm.

DAP to expose the MCA and Gerakan’s ‘five steps backward, two steps forward’ political role in the 1982 general elections

The inaugural appearance of the first issue of the new Chinese- language Rocket Weekly on the eve of the 1982 general elections is most significant, for it would help to pierce the ever-growing Barisan control and ownership of local newspapers in the country. Continue reading DAP to expose the MCA and Gerakan’s ‘five steps backward, two steps forward’ political role in the 1982 general elections

Call on the 2M government not to indirect assist the communists by giving them material to strengthen their argument that parliamentary democracy is a farce

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, at the DAP Batu Arang Dinner held at Batu Arang, Selangor, on Saturday, March 27, 1982 at 8 pm
Call on the 2M government not to indirect assist the communists by giving them material to strengthen their argument that parliamentary democracy is a farce.

In Alor Star yesterday, the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, said that issues raised by the DAP and PAS may indirectly assist the communists. Continue reading Call on the 2M government not to indirect assist the communists by giving them material to strengthen their argument that parliamentary democracy is a farce

DAP to contest about five Parliamentary and 15 State Assembly seats in Pahang State

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Pahang DAP officials election seminar held at 63D Jalan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, 24.3.1982

DAP to contest about five Parliamentary and 15 State Assembly seats in Pahang State

The DAP will contest about five Parliamentary and 15 State Assembly seats in Pahang in the 1982 general elections. We hope to make a breakthrough in Pahang to end the political monopoly of the Barisan Nasional in both the Parliamentary and State Assembly seats in Pahang. Continue reading DAP to contest about five Parliamentary and 15 State Assembly seats in Pahang State

Challenge to Datuk Lee San Choon to stand in anyone of 12 designated seas to demonstrate that the MCA is qualified to claim that it represents the five million Chinese in the country.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling , Lim Kit Siang, at the Petaling DAP Liaison Committee meeting to prepare for the 1982 general elections held at Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, March 24, 1982 at 8 pm

Challenge to Datuk Lee San Choon to stand in anyone of 12 designated seas to demonstrate that the MCA is qualified to claim that it represents the five million Chinese in the country.

With the 1982 general elections around the corner, the MCA leaders are going up and down the country calling on the Malaysian Chinese to give political support to the MCA. Continue reading Challenge to Datuk Lee San Choon to stand in anyone of 12 designated seas to demonstrate that the MCA is qualified to claim that it represents the five million Chinese in the country.