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Hari Raya Puasa Message

HARI RAYA PUASA message by Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, on 14.9.1977:

Hari Raya Puasa Message

I wish all Muslims in Malaysia Selamat Hari Raya Puasa. Malaysia has been Merdeka for 20 years, and a new generation of Malaysians have grown up, celebrating Hari Raya Puasa without memories of political colonialism.

However, economic colonialism is still all-pervasive in our economy and country, as evident by the dominance and monopoly of foreign capital in Malaysian economy. Continue reading Hari Raya Puasa Message

The Kajang Yoke Hwa Chinese primary school affair:why did Chian Siang Sun allowed the Education Ministry to refuse the permission to build another six classroom?

by Parliament Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, on Friday, 14.10.1977:

The Kajang Yoke Hwa Chinese primary school affair:why did Chian Siang Sun allowed the Education Ministry to refuse the permission to build another six classroom?

The refusal of the Ministry of Education to allow the Kajang Yoke Hwa Chinese primary school to build another six classroom is the latest in an endless series of Ministry of Education actions prejudicial and detrimental to the growth and development of mother-tongue education in Malaysia, as guaranteed by the Malaysian Constitution. Continue reading The Kajang Yoke Hwa Chinese primary school affair:why did Chian Siang Sun allowed the Education Ministry to refuse the permission to build another six classroom?

Call to Malaysians with idealism and conscience to immediately contribute funds for the ‘Campaign to Save to 14-yearold condemned boy’ to enable the immediate mounting of an international campaign to complement the national campaign

Call to Malaysians with idealism and conscience to immediately contribute funds for the ‘Campaign to Save to 14-yearold condemned boy’ to enable the immediate mounting of an international campaign to complement the national campaign

Immediate substantial funds is needed to instantly launch an international campaign to save the 14-year-old condemned boy from the death cell, and I call on Malaysians of idealism and conscience, who would like to see Malaysian society infused with civilized and moral values, to contribute to this Campaign with substantial donations and immediately. Continue reading Call to Malaysians with idealism and conscience to immediately contribute funds for the ‘Campaign to Save to 14-yearold condemned boy’ to enable the immediate mounting of an international campaign to complement the national campaign

DAP to write to President Carter and Japanese and United States human rights organisations to ask them to petition the Prime Minister, Dato Hussein On, during his three week visit to the U.S. and Japan to remove the 14-year-old condemned boy from death cel

Speech by Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at a dinner organised by the Penang Socialist Youth movement of the DAP at Jalan Station, Bukit Mertajam, on Sunday, 11th September 1977 at 7 p.m.

DAP to write to President Carter and Japanese and United States human rights organisations to ask them to petition the Prime Minister, Dato Hussein On, during his three week visit to the U.S. and Japan to remove the 14-year-old condemned boy from death cell

I will write to President Carter to ask him to take up with the Prime Minister, Dato Hussein Onn, and to seek the removal of the 14-year-old condemned boy from the death cell when the Prime Minister visits the United States early next month. Continue reading DAP to write to President Carter and Japanese and United States human rights organisations to ask them to petition the Prime Minister, Dato Hussein On, during his three week visit to the U.S. and Japan to remove the 14-year-old condemned boy from death cel

DAP’s mass signature campaign to get the 14-year-old condemned boy out of the death cell with not only be nation-wide, but also international in character

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at the meeting of the Penang DAP State Sub-Committee held in Penang on Sunday, 11th Sept. 1977 at 10 a.m.

DAP’s mass signature campaign to get the 14-year-old condemned boy out of the death cell with not only be nation-wide, but also international in character

Yesterday, at a press conference in Penang, I announced that the DAP has decided to launch a mass signature campaign to get the 14-year-old condemned boy out of the death cell. Continue reading DAP’s mass signature campaign to get the 14-year-old condemned boy out of the death cell with not only be nation-wide, but also international in character

DAP attacks UMNO, MCA and Gerakan and MIC leaders for diminishing the higher education opportunities of Malaysians in their own country

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, when addressing the Penang DAP Socialist Youth meeting in Penang on Sunday, 11th Sept. 1977 at 3 p.m.

DAP attacks UMNO, MCA and Gerakan and MIC leaders for diminishing the higher education opportunities of Malaysians in their own country

One of the most divisive issue in the country today is the diminished higher education opportunities for Malaysian students – especially non-Malays. Continue reading DAP attacks UMNO, MCA and Gerakan and MIC leaders for diminishing the higher education opportunities of Malaysians in their own country

DAP to move a vote of no confidence against Dato Lee San Choon for depriving workers of their legal rights to retrenchment and retirement benefits

Speech by Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at the inauguration of the Penang DAP Labour Bureau in Penang on Saturday, 10th Sept. 1977 at 8 p.m.

DAP to move a vote of no confidence against Dato Lee San Choon for depriving workers of their legal rights to retrenchment and retirement benefits

The employers in Malaysia are very powerful and can get the Minister of Labour and the Ministry of Labour official to serve their interests.

In July last year, the Minister of Labour, Dato Lee San Choon, introduces the Employment (Amendment) Bill which, among other things, abolished the limited rights of workers to retrenchment and retirement benefits. Continue reading DAP to move a vote of no confidence against Dato Lee San Choon for depriving workers of their legal rights to retrenchment and retirement benefits

DAP to become an even more broadly-based political movement to present the National Front with a serious challenge at both the national and state elections in the next general elections

Speech by Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at the official opening of the Penang State DAP promises at Tanjong Tokong, Penang, on Saturday 10th Sept. 1977 at 3 p.m.

DAP to become an even more broadly-based political movement to present the National Front with a serious challenge at both the national and state elections in the next general elections

I expect the Prime Minister, Dato Hussein Onn, to call for a general elections next March or April. Even the most optimistic Barisan Nasional political and election strategists do not believe that they could hold their 1974 parliamentary and State Assembly seats. Continue reading DAP to become an even more broadly-based political movement to present the National Front with a serious challenge at both the national and state elections in the next general elections

Call to Malaysia Fancy Plywood and Veneer Company to immediately pay out to its 460 workers half-monthly salary for every month of cessation of work to enable the workers to pay fitrah and tide over the Hari Raya period

by Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, on Friday, 9th Sept. 1977:

Call to Malaysia Fancy Plywood and Veneer Company to immediately pay out to its 460 workers half-monthly salary for every month of cessation of work to enable the workers to pay fitrah and tide over the Hari Raya period

Two days ago, I dispute the claim by the Malaysia Fancy Plywood and Veneer Company that it was making heavy losses. My challenge to the company to open its accounts for public inspection and examination to prove that it was making heavy losses have not been taken up.

The public can therefore judge for themselves the truth or otherwise of this statement. Continue reading Call to Malaysia Fancy Plywood and Veneer Company to immediately pay out to its 460 workers half-monthly salary for every month of cessation of work to enable the workers to pay fitrah and tide over the Hari Raya period

Lim Kit Siang writes to MCA President, Dato Lee San Choon and Gerakan President, Dr.lim Chong Eu, inviting them to a public debate or a series of public debates on the future of Chinese primary schools and Chinese education

Speech by Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, to a joint meeting of DAP Branches in the Kinta Valley held at the DAP Perak premises at Jalan Kampar, Ipoh on Friday, 9th Sept. 1977

Lim Kit Siang writes to MCA President, Dato Lee San Choon and Gerakan President, Dr.lim Chong Eu, inviting them to a public debate or a series of public debates on the future of Chinese primary schools and Chinese education. I have also suggested that this public debate or series of public debates on the future of Chinese primary schools and Chinese education, which could be held in Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, or any other place, should be organised and chaired by the Thung Chung and Chiau Chong.

My letter to Dato Lee San Choon and Dr. Lim Chong Eu reads: Continue reading Lim Kit Siang writes to MCA President, Dato Lee San Choon and Gerakan President, Dr.lim Chong Eu, inviting them to a public debate or a series of public debates on the future of Chinese primary schools and Chinese education