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Call on Malaysian Government to immediately grant provisional registration to some 50 Malaysian graduates from medical colleges in India and Taiwan so that they can work as housemen in Malaysian hospitals

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, on Tuesday, 11th Oct. 1977:

Call on Malaysian Government to immediately grant provisional registration to some 50 Malaysian graduates from medical colleges in India and Taiwan so that they can work as housemen in Malaysian hospitals

There are now some 50 Malaysian graduates of Indian and Taiwan medical colleges who have been denied provisional registration and cannot begin their housemanship. The Ministry of Health claims that they come from Unscheduled Medical Colleges, and have therefore to sit for Qualifying Examination for Doctors set by the Ministry of Health, before they are permitted provisional registration to enable to do their housemanship. Continue reading Call on Malaysian Government to immediately grant provisional registration to some 50 Malaysian graduates from medical colleges in India and Taiwan so that they can work as housemen in Malaysian hospitals

From the SG’s Desk

November 2 – One Full Year of Detention of Sdr. Chian Heng Kai and Sdr. Chan Kok Kit

In three weeks time, our comrades Sdr. Chain Heng Kai and Sdr. Chan Kok Kit would have served their full year of detention without trial, matyrs to the cause of the DAP and the people of Malaysia.

The award of the Nobel Peace Prize 1977 to Amnesty International should give us all an added boost to our determination to continue to fight for human rights for Malaysian citizens. Continue reading From the SG’s Desk

DAP calls for Senate reforms by implementing Clause 45(4) (b) of the Malaysian Constitution to have direct elections for Senators

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, when addressing a seminar organised by the Butterworth DAP Branch at Butterworth on Sunday, 9th Oct. 1977 at 10 a.m.

DAP calls for Senate reforms by implementing Clause 45(4) (b) of the Malaysian Constitution to have direct elections for Senators

The British Labour Party, at its recent annual conference, has passed a resolution demanding the abolition of the House of Lords.

Malaysians must also be thinking as to whether the Senate, the Upper House of Parliament. is serving any useful purpose or whether it should be scrapped. Continue reading DAP calls for Senate reforms by implementing Clause 45(4) (b) of the Malaysian Constitution to have direct elections for Senators

Challenge to Lee San Choon to declare his personal stand as a Member of the Pardons Board on the case of the 14-year-old condemned

ADDITIONAL extracts of speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at the Paya Terubong DAP Branch first anniversary dinner at Air Hitam, Penang, on Sunday, 9th Oct. 1977 at 8 p.m.

Challenge to Lee San Choon to declare his personal stand as a Member of the Pardons Board on the case of the 14-year-old condemned

Without the support of the MCA Ministers and Members of Parliament, there would be no Essential (Security Cases) Amendment Regulations 1975 under the Internal Security Act, and the case of the 14-year-old Penang Form One boy condemned to death for unlawful possession of a pistol and ammunition would never occur. Continue reading Challenge to Lee San Choon to declare his personal stand as a Member of the Pardons Board on the case of the 14-year-old condemned

DAP to move a motion in Parliament to uphold the Constitutional use of Chinese or Tamil as media of instruction in primary, secondary and university educational levels

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, when speaking at the Paya Terubong DAP branch anniversary dinner held in Penang on Sunday, 9th October 1977 at 8 p.m.

DAP to move a motion in Parliament to uphold the Constitutional use of Chinese or Tamil as media of instruction in primary, secondary and university educational levels

On 23rd September 1977, I wrote a letter to all MCA, I wrote a letter to all MCA, Gerakan and MIC Members of Parliament to ask them whether they are prepared to join in an effect in the forthcoming meeting of Parliament to declare categorically and unequivocally the Constitutional and nationalist position of Chinese and Tamil education and schools in Malaysia. Continue reading DAP to move a motion in Parliament to uphold the Constitutional use of Chinese or Tamil as media of instruction in primary, secondary and university educational levels

Is it true that the Cabinet Education Review Committee under Dr. Mahathir Mohamed has decided to shelve its report

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, to members of the Alor Star DAP Branch in Alor Star on Saturday m 8th Oct. 1977 at 7.30 p.m.

Is it true that the Cabinet Education Review Committee under Dr. Mahathir Mohamed has decided to shelve its report until after the next general elections?

When Dr. Mahathir Mohamed was first brought into the Cabinet after the August 1974 General Elections as Education Minister, the then Prime Minister Tun Razak, also announced the setting up of a Cabinet Education Review Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. Mahathir. Continue reading Is it true that the Cabinet Education Review Committee under Dr. Mahathir Mohamed has decided to shelve its report

DAP to expand throughout the country to give people of Malaysia an opportunity to build a new Malaysia where there is no racial, economic and political injustices

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition London and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, to members of the Kaki Bukit DAP Protem Committee held at Kaki Bukit, Perlis, on Saturday, 8th Oct. 1977 at 3.30 p.m.

DAP to expand throughout the country to give people of Malaysia an opportunity to build a new Malaysia where there is no racial, economic and political injustices

The DAP will open its first branch in Perlis when the application for registration of the Kaki Bukit DAP Branch is registered, and I look forward to more branches in Perlis being set up. Continue reading DAP to expand throughout the country to give people of Malaysia an opportunity to build a new Malaysia where there is no racial, economic and political injustices

Politics of Leisure and Laziness is not the Politics of DAP

Politics of Leisure and Laziness is not the Politics of DAP

The DAP has brought into Malaysian politics a style which is marked by dynamism, activism and action. We have always been in the forefront in the championing of the rights of the people, and to fight injustices and wrongs perpertrated by the authorities that be.

The Politics of Leisure and Laziness is not the Politics of the DAP. It is vital and imperative that all DAP leaders and members should maintain the DAP style of politics. Continue reading Politics of Leisure and Laziness is not the Politics of DAP

DAP shocked by President Carter’s praise of Malaysia as “Model for human rights”

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, when speaking to members of DAP Branches in the Menglembu Parliamentary Constituency at a meeting held at Pasir Pinji DAP Branch on Friday, 7th Oct. 1977 at 8 p.m.

DAP shocked by President Carter’s praise of Malaysia as “Model for human rights” – and demands clarification from President Carter or American Government

Last week, Radio and Television Malaysia gave prominent time to a report that President Carter had described Malaysia as a “model for human rights for other countries.”

This was carried also in several newspapers, quoting Bernama as the source. Continue reading DAP shocked by President Carter’s praise of Malaysia as “Model for human rights”