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DAP appoints Sdr. Tai Sin Piow as Special Assistant to Secretary-General with effect from 1.8.1980

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the inaugural meeting of the DAP Political Education Committee at DAP Hqrs on Sunday, 27th July 1980 at 2.30 pm

DAP appoints Sdr. Tai Sin Piow as Special Assistant to Secretary-General with effect from 1.8.1980

The inauguration of the DAP Political Education Committee marks another milestone in the DAP, as henceforth, political education of party members and cadres to upgrade the political commitment of party members will be a major feature of party activities in the 1980s. Continue reading DAP appoints Sdr. Tai Sin Piow as Special Assistant to Secretary-General with effect from 1.8.1980

DAP MPs and State Assemblymen will meet at Cameron Highlands on August 8, 9 and 10 to adopt a Cameron Highlands Declaration laying down the national challenges of the 1980s and the Party’s responses to them

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Seminar organized by Serdang DAP Branches held at Serdang Bahru new village branch on Sunday, 27th July 1980 at 10 a.m. on the ‘The Political Challenges of the DAP in the 1980s.’

DAP MPs and State Assemblymen will meet at Cameron Highlands on August 8, 9 and 10 to adopt a Cameron Highlands Declaration laying down the national challenges of the 1980s and the Party’s responses to them

The Political Challenges of the DAP in the 1980s are great and many, and will test to the utmost the capability of the DAP to adapt ourselves to new situations without in any way compromising our basic political aims and principles. Continue reading DAP MPs and State Assemblymen will meet at Cameron Highlands on August 8, 9 and 10 to adopt a Cameron Highlands Declaration laying down the national challenges of the 1980s and the Party’s responses to them

DAP calls for greatly expanded places for non-Malay students to study in Form Six to prepare them for university education

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, to the Selangor/Federal Territory DAP State Committee at Jalan Sultan DAP Premises, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, 26th July 1980 at 5 pm

DAP calls for greatly expanded places for non-Malay students to study in Form Six to prepare them for university education

Public attention has so far been focused on the inadequacy of places in the five local universities especially for non-Malay students to pursue higher studies. However, equally important in determining the intake of university students is the situation of intake for Form Six places from MCE/SPM Students. Continue reading DAP calls for greatly expanded places for non-Malay students to study in Form Six to prepare them for university education

Lim Kit Siang proposes the formation of Concerned Citizens Committees (CCCs), transcending politics, race, religion, to involve Malaysians in mass participation to protect and safeguard their basic rights as citizens

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, at the 23rd Annual General Meeting and Presidential Installation Dinner of the Apex Club of Kuala Lumpur held at Shepherd’s Inn, Lorong University ‘C’, Section 16, Petanling Jaya on Saturday, 26th July 1980 at 7.3 0pm

Lim Kit Siang proposes the formation of Concerned Citizens Committees (CCCs), transcending politics, race, religion, to involve Malaysians in mass participation to protect and safeguard their basic rights as citizens

I commend the Apex Club of Kuala Lumpur for the community services it had rendered in the last 23 years. It outs into practice the universal teachings of all the great religions about compassion, equality, justice, brotherhood and love. It is service clubs like the Apex Clubs which contribute to making Malaysians become aware of their larger responsibilities as self-willed human beings to rise above their daily pre-occupation with self-interest and help in the betterment of the human community. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang proposes the formation of Concerned Citizens Committees (CCCs), transcending politics, race, religion, to involve Malaysians in mass participation to protect and safeguard their basic rights as citizens

Call on Malaysians who are concerned about the preservation of Chinese and Tamil primary schools

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Third meeting of the DAP National Publicity Committee in DAP HQ on Friday, 25th July 1980 at 6 pm

Call on Malaysians who are concerned about the preservation of Chinese and Tamil primary schools as guaranteed by the Constitution should get themselves registered as voters from August 25 onwards

The Voters’ Registration exercise this year will begin on August 25 and will last for 42 days. During the previous general elections, substantial numbers of Malaysian youths found that although they wanted to vote for the DAP, they could not cast their ballot because they have not been registered as voters. Continue reading Call on Malaysians who are concerned about the preservation of Chinese and Tamil primary schools

A Weekend of Note

A Weekend of Note

This had been a noteworthy weekend. On Saturday night, the Bemban new village DAP Branch was opened in Batu Gajah, followed by a successful dinner attended by some 400 villagers.

On Sunday morning, we hosted a tea-party attended by representatives of organizations concerned about the future of Chinese and Tamil primary schools and summarized public opinion on the matter in the Resolutions adopted unanimously by all representatives which: Continue reading A Weekend of Note

DAP proposes the formation of a National Action Committee to defend the constitutional position of Chinese and Tamil primary schools

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at a tea-party at Hotel Malaya, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 20th July 1980 for representatives of organizations to discuss ways to put an effective stop to strident demands for the closure of Chinese and Tamil primary schools

DAP proposes the formation of a National Action Committee to defend the constitutional position of Chinese and Tamil primary schools comprising representatives from organizations concerned and committed to the concept that Chinese and Tamil primary schools should be an integral and eternal part of the national education system

This tea party had been organized for representatives of political parties and organizations which had all along expressed concern and commitment to the concept that Chinese and Tamil primary schools should be an integral and eternal part of the national education system to discuss and find ways to put an immediate and effective step to the recent growing strident demands for the closure of Chinese and Tamil primary schools, and to work out concrete steps to defend the constitutional position of Chinese and Tamil primary schools in accordance with the Constitutional guarantees in the country. Continue reading DAP proposes the formation of a National Action Committee to defend the constitutional position of Chinese and Tamil primary schools

DAP to form a Bureau of Religious and Cultural Affairs to promote greater inter-religious understanding and contribute to the development of cultural pluralism in Malaysia

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, when launching a series of Perak State DAP-organised political talks at the Perak State premises on Friday, 18th July 1980 at 8pm

DAP to form a Bureau of Religious and Cultural Affairs to promote greater inter-religious understanding and contribute to the development of cultural pluralism in Malaysia

I congratulate Perak State Committee for organizing a series of political talks aimed at a deeper understanding of important issues and questions directly bearing on nation building in Malaysia. Continue reading DAP to form a Bureau of Religious and Cultural Affairs to promote greater inter-religious understanding and contribute to the development of cultural pluralism in Malaysia

From the SG’s Desk

State Committees and Finance

I had asked for new approaches and concepts in organization to better equip the Party for the Eighties. New ideas and approaches should not be confined to Organisation, but must apply to all fields of Party activity.

In F.SG.D. (SG/6/80), I had dwelt on the ‘Responsibility and Challenge of State Committees’. What I said there was only the beginning of new ideas on State Committee’s new responsibilities in the Decade of the Eighties. Continue reading From the SG’s Desk

The Suhaimi Affair: A test case of the impartiality of law enforcement agencies in Malaysia

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, to the DAP National Publicity Committee meeting at DAP Hqrs on Monday, 14th July 1980 at 8pm

The Suhaimi Affair: A test case of the impartiality of law enforcement agencies in Malaysia

The DAP, through Sdr. Lee Lam Thye and Sdr. M. Kuppusamy, have lodged police reports against the UMNO Youth leader, Haji Suhaimi Kamarrudin, and an UMNO Kelantan Delegate, Haji Jalani Jafaar, for offences against the Sedition Act 1948 as revised in 1970 in calling for the implementation of Clause 21(2) of the Education Act 1961 and the closure of Chinese and Tamil primary schools. Continue reading The Suhaimi Affair: A test case of the impartiality of law enforcement agencies in Malaysia