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Call For Cuts In Minister’s Allowances

(Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan rakyat on Friday, 4th December 1981 on the 1980/1981 Supplementary Operating and Development Estimates)

Call on the Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, to proceed with the reduction in the salaries and allowances of Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries as well as Chief Ministers, Mentri-Mentri Besar, State Executive Concillors, Mps and State Assemblymen

Yesterday, Parliament had just approved the 1982 estimates totaling $31,951 million for both operating and development expenditures. Continue reading Call For Cuts In Minister’s Allowances

The problem with the MCA is not that it is a horse without enough grass to carry loads a far distance, but that it is a perverse horse which throws off and tramples on the goods it had been entrusted to carry

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Selat Klang DAP Branch Dinner to commemorate the Party’s 15th Anniversary held at Pandamaran New Village on Tuesday, 1st December 1981 at 8 pm

The problem with the MCA is not that it is a horse without enough grass to carry loads a far distance, but that it is a perverse horse which throws off and tramples on the goods it had been entrusted to carry

At the Jalan Cheras Taman Maluri MCA Branch dinner on Sunday, the MCA President, Datuk Lee San Choon, boasted that the MCA is the world’s third biggest Chinese party. Continue reading The problem with the MCA is not that it is a horse without enough grass to carry loads a far distance, but that it is a perverse horse which throws off and tramples on the goods it had been entrusted to carry

DAP to move a motion to cut Lee San Choon’s salary by $10 during the Committee Stage of Budget on Wednesday over his responsibility on the Permatang Tinggi rail bus crash which killed 18 and injured 30

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP ceramah held at Sungai Way Community Hall in Sungei Way, Petaling Jaya, on Monday, 30th Nov. 1981 at 8 pm

DAP to move a motion to cut Lee San Choon’s salary by $10 during the Committee Stage of Budget on Wednesday over his responsibility on the Permatang Tinggi rail bus crash which killed 18 and injured 30

When the 2-M leadership of Dr. Mahathir and Datuk Musa took over the administration of the government as Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister respectively, they introduced the clock-in and clock-out system, and emphasized that they want a ‘clean, honest and sufficient’ government – ‘BCL’ – ‘berseh, cekap dan licin’. Continue reading DAP to move a motion to cut Lee San Choon’s salary by $10 during the Committee Stage of Budget on Wednesday over his responsibility on the Permatang Tinggi rail bus crash which killed 18 and injured 30

DAP welcomes the announcement by the Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, that he and the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, are studying the possibility of reducing the salaries and allowances of Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries

by Parliamentary Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, 30th Nov. 1981:

DAP welcomes the announcement by the Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, that he and the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, are studying the possibility of reducing the salaries and allowances of Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries.

There have been great secrecy about the various allowances drawn by the Minister, Deputy Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries, and even the Prime Minister himself had been evading in the current Parliamentary meeting from giving the full details. Continue reading DAP welcomes the announcement by the Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, that he and the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, are studying the possibility of reducing the salaries and allowances of Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries

DAP calls on the Prime Minister, Datuk Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, to institute an impartial public inquiry into the Permatang Tinggi rail-bas disaster which killed 17and injured 31

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, issued on Saturday, 28th November 1981

DAP calls on the Prime Minister, Datuk Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, to institute an impartial public inquiry into the Permatang Tinggi rail-bas disaster which killed 17and injured 31

The DAP is profoundly shocked by the Permatang Tinggi rail-bas crash which killed 17 and injured 31, especially as the disaster is so unnecessary and easily avoidable if the transport authorities had taken the elementary precaution of installing gates at the Permatang Tinggi crossing. Continue reading DAP calls on the Prime Minister, Datuk Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, to institute an impartial public inquiry into the Permatang Tinggi rail-bas disaster which killed 17and injured 31

DAP calls on the Government to halt the reduction of local medical places for non-Malay students while increasing the number of medical places for Malay Students

Speech by the Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Bahau DAP 1,000-People Dinner to commemorate the Party’s 15th Anniversary at Bahau, Negeri Sembilan on Saturday, 28th Nov. 1981 at 8pm

DAP calls on the Government to halt the reduction of local medical places for non-Malay students while increasing the number of medical places for Malay Students

Over the years, the number of non-Malay medical places in the local universities had been drastically reduced every year. This could be seen from the following figures for the last four academic years: Continue reading DAP calls on the Government to halt the reduction of local medical places for non-Malay students while increasing the number of medical places for Malay Students

DAP deplores IGP’s Kota Bharu statement and calls on him to take immediate action to ensure that public do not feel they are entering ”a lion’s den” when going to police stations to lodge reports against the police

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, issued on Friday, 27th November l98l

DAP deplores IGP’s Kota Bharu statement and calls on him to take immediate action to ensure that public do not feel they are entering ”a lion’s den” when going to police stations to lodge reports against the police

The Kota Bharu statement by the Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Haniff Omar, that certain groups were magnifying the issue of police brutality for their own political and self-interest is most regrettable and deplorable. Continue reading DAP deplores IGP’s Kota Bharu statement and calls on him to take immediate action to ensure that public do not feel they are entering ”a lion’s den” when going to police stations to lodge reports against the police

DAP calls on the Mahathir Administration to fully integrate Chinese and Tamil primary schools into the national education system

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Sungei Pelek DAP Branch Dinner held to commemorate the branch’s official opening on Thursday, 26th Nov. 1981 at 8pm

DAP calls on the Mahathir Administration to fully integrate Chinese and Tamil primary schools into the national education system by doing away with their classification as ‘national-type’ schools, and naming them instead as National Chinese primary schools or National Tamil primary Schools

Yesterday in Parliament, the UMNO Parliament Member for Matang, Haji Hashim bin Haji Ghazali, asked the Minister of Education whether the government intended to end the classification of primary schools into national and national-type schools, by the conversion of all national-type primary schools into national primary schools. Continue reading DAP calls on the Mahathir Administration to fully integrate Chinese and Tamil primary schools into the national education system

Call on the authorities to take firm action to prevent the Peninsular States in Malaysia degenerating into another Sabah where Law and order have been gravely undermined by rampant illegal immigration

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, Nov. 25, l98l:

Call on the authorities to take firm action to prevent the Peninsular States in Malaysia degenerating into another Sabah where Law and order have been gravely undermined by rampant illegal immigration

The DAP is gravely shocked by the cold-blooded murder of Police Constable Jidin Bin Jalil, 54, at a Rembau petrol station in Negeri Sembilan yesterday by a wanted criminal, who is believed to be an Indonesian illegal immigrant too. Continue reading Call on the authorities to take firm action to prevent the Peninsular States in Malaysia degenerating into another Sabah where Law and order have been gravely undermined by rampant illegal immigration

Three reasons why Haji Suhaimi wants the Malaysian Chinese to support Barisan parties like MCA and Gerakan against the DAP.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Circular Road DAP Branch dinner to commemorate the DAP’s 15th Anniversary held at the multi-storeyed car park Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday, 24th November, 1981 at 8 p.m.

Three reasons why Haji Suhaimi wants the Malaysian Chinese to support Barisan parties like MCA and Gerakan against the DAP.

The UMNO Youth Leader, Haji Suhaimi Kamaruddin, said in Butterworth on Sunday that the Chinese community should not support the DAP, but must support instead Barisan component parties like MCA and Gerakan. Continue reading Three reasons why Haji Suhaimi wants the Malaysian Chinese to support Barisan parties like MCA and Gerakan against the DAP.