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Lim Kit Siang calls on Malaysian students in Australia to have national and political consciousness to protect the right and interest of Malaysians

Lim Kit Siang calls on Malaysian students in Australia to have national and political consciousness to protect the right and interest of Malaysians

Malaysian Parliamentary Opposition Leaders, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, has called on Malaysian students in Australia to have a national and political consciousness so as to be able to protect the right and interest of all Malaysian.

Mr. Lim was speaking to another capacity crowd of Malaysian students in Australia, this time at the University of new South Wales in Sydney, in the course of Mr. Lim’s tour of Australia to find out about the problems and needs of Malaysian students and to update them on development at home. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang calls on Malaysian students in Australia to have national and political consciousness to protect the right and interest of Malaysians

Lim Kit Siang calls on Australia Government to expand education opportunities for young Malaysian to make up the brain-drain of Qualified manpower from Malaysia to Australia

Lim Kit Siang calls on Australia Government to expand education opportunities for young Malaysian to make up the brain-drain of Qualified manpower from Malaysia to Australia

Parliamentary Opposition Leaders, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, has suggested that Australia greatly expand educational opportunity for young Malaysian in all field of professional, scientific and technological expertise, to make up for the brain-drain of qualified manpower from Malaysia to Australia.

There are at present 25,000 Malaysian who have migrated to Australia, mostly in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth. Most of them are doctors, engineers, dentists, accountants, computerists and teachers, and as such constitute a serious brain-drain for Malaysia. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang calls on Australia Government to expand education opportunities for young Malaysian to make up the brain-drain of Qualified manpower from Malaysia to Australia

Call on Malaysia Government to treat all Malaysians of Post-Merdeka generation as Bumiputeras

Call on Malaysia Government to treat all Malaysians of Post-Merdeka generation as Bumiputeras

Parliamentary Opposition Leaders, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, has called on the Malaysian Government to recognise and treat all Malaysian of the Post-Merdeka generation as Bumiputeras.

Mr. Lim was speaking to a capacity crowd of Malaysian students at La Trobe University, Melbourne, the third consecutive night he spoke to Malaysian students. The previous two nights, Mr. Lim spoke to Malaysian students in Monash University and Melbourne University. Continue reading Call on Malaysia Government to treat all Malaysians of Post-Merdeka generation as Bumiputeras

Lim Kit Siang to raise with Datuk Musa the establishment of a Contingency Loan Fund to help Malaysian students in Australia

Lim Kit Siang to raise with Datuk Musa the establishment of a Contingency Loan Fund to help Malaysian students in Australia.

Parliamentary Opposition Leaders, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, has called on the Education Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, to immediately set up a
Revolving Loan Fund for Malaysian students in Australia to help them tide over financial difficulties, including those created by the imposition of university fees.

Mr. Lim said he would meet Datuk Musa on his return to Malaysia to discuss this and other matters affecting Malaysian students in Australia. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang to raise with Datuk Musa the establishment of a Contingency Loan Fund to help Malaysian students in Australia

Lim Kit Siang call on Malaysian students to make the best use of their educational opportunity in Australia and return to serve and build up Malaysia

Lim Kit Siang call on Malaysian students to make the best use of their educational opportunity in Australia and return to serve and build up Malaysia

Parliamentary Opposition Leaders, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, has called on Malaysian students in Australia to work hard and to make the best use of their education opportunities in Australia so that they could return on completion of their studies and help build up Malaysia.

Mr. Lim said Malaysian students in Australia are in a sense fortunate and must not forget their responsibility to return to Malaysia to create a more just and equal, multi-racial Malaysia, and stamp out all form of extremism and chauvinism. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang call on Malaysian students to make the best use of their educational opportunity in Australia and return to serve and build up Malaysia

Australian Government assures Lim Kit Siang that there would be no decrease of student intake into Australia from Malaysia

Australian Government assures Lim Kit Siang that there would be no decrease of student intake into Australia from Malaysia

Australian Foreign Minister, Mr. Andrew Peacock, has assured Malaysia Parliamentary Opposition leaders, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, that Australia would not decrease intake of Malaysian student into Australia for higher studies.

Mr. Peacock assured Mr. Lim, that the Australia Government would continue the educational programme to provide higher educational opportunities for Malaysian students in Australia. Continue reading Australian Government assures Lim Kit Siang that there would be no decrease of student intake into Australia from Malaysia

DAP calls for land reforms in Kelantan to ensure that the landless in Kelantan can own their own land and houses to give them a stake in the future of the state and country.

Speech Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Kota Bahru DAP Branch first anniversary dinner held at Restaurant Kesia in Kota Bahru on Friday, 5th September 1980 at 8pm.

DAP calls for land reforms in Kelantan to ensure that the landless in Kelantan can own their own land and houses to give them a stake in the future of the state and country.

Rural poverty in Kelantan, Trengganu, Kedah and Perlis is most acute in Peninsular Malaysia, and one of the major causes of rural poverty is landlessness. Continue reading DAP calls for land reforms in Kelantan to ensure that the landless in Kelantan can own their own land and houses to give them a stake in the future of the state and country.

Lim Kit Siang welcome Police assurance of action on case of assault of 20-year-old girl by police detective in public in Bakri New Village, Muar

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, on Thursday, September 4, 1980:

Lim Kit Siang welcome Police assurance of action on case of assault of 20-year-old girl by police detective in public in Bakri New Village, Muar

I welcome the statement by Chief Public Relation Officer at the Police Headquarters in Bukit Aman in Kuala Lumpur, Supt. Abdul Rahim bin Haji Hamid, that the Police would take action against a detective and two constable if allegation that they assault a 20-year-old girl, Hau Seok Chin, in Bakri New Village, Muar, Johore, August 26 are true. This was reported in the National Echo today. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang welcome Police assurance of action on case of assault of 20-year-old girl by police detective in public in Bakri New Village, Muar

DAP calls for the strict principle of merit to be applied in staffing medical school and hospitals to ensure high medical standard in Malaysia

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, when inaugurating the protem committee of the Kemaman DAP Branch in Kemaman, Trengganu, on Thursday, 4th September 1980 at 5p.m.

DAP calls for the strict principle of merit to be applied in staffing medical school and hospitals to ensure high medical standard in Malaysia.

Meritocracy has been a much-abused word in Malaysia recently. Those who insist on merit are accused of having ulterior motive to perpetuate long-standing injustices and imbalances in education and economic fields, for instance. Continue reading DAP calls for the strict principle of merit to be applied in staffing medical school and hospitals to ensure high medical standard in Malaysia

DAP announces postponement of proposed Batu Caves Day on September 7

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, on Wednesday, 3rd September 1980:

DAP announces postponement of proposed Batu Caves Day on September 7

At the Press Conference in Kuala Lumpur on August 15, when I announced the formation of a DAP Save Batu Caves Action Committee under the Chairmanship holding of Batu caves Day on September 7, 1980 (coming Sunday), where Malaysian of all faith and races congregate at Batu Caves to demonstrate, by their presence, their concern for the 440 million year old national heritage and the religious shrine for 800,000 Hindus. Continue reading DAP announces postponement of proposed Batu Caves Day on September 7