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Political Trends – Problems and Prospects

Speech by Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, in the Great Economic Debates organised by the Economics Society of the University of Malays on Saturday, 9th Oct. 1976, at the Dewan Tunku Cansellor at 8.00 p.m.

Political Trends – Problems and Prospects

At the close of our second decade of nationhood, Malaysia is beset with as many complex problems and challenges coming from as many directions that it would be quite foolhardy for anyone to attempt to forecast that Malaysia would be like on the third decade of Independence in 1987, let alone what Malaysia would like be in the year 2001. Continue reading Political Trends – Problems and Prospects

Call on Ministry of Finance to review its tender policies which is wasting taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Ketua Pembangkang, Lim Kit Siang,at the DAP Tenth Anniversary Territory DAP State
Sub-Committee at 63-D, Jalan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 3rd october, 1976 at 8.00 p.m.

Call on Ministry of Finance to review its tender policies which is wasting taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

The government has pleaded its inability to pay as one of the reasons why it needs six months to study at greater depth the Ibrahim Ali report on revision of public employee salaries. Continue reading Call on Ministry of Finance to review its tender policies which is wasting taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year

DAP calls for comprehensive nation-building policy reviews to make Malaysia ann attractive investment country for both foreign and local investors.

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and ketua Pembangkang, Lim Kit Siang, at the anniversary diner of the Jalan Pekeliling DAP Branch held at the Multi-Storey Car Park Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday, 26th September, 1976, at 8.00 p.m.
DAP calls for comprehensive nation-building policy reviews to make Malaysia ann attractive investment country for both foreign and local investors.

A week ago, the Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, said the government was prepared to amend the Industrial Co-ordination Act and the Petroleum Development Act to attract more foreign investment. Continue reading DAP calls for comprehensive nation-building policy reviews to make Malaysia ann attractive investment country for both foreign and local investors.

Government should immediately release to the public the original and revised reports of the Ibrahim Ali Salaries Commission to establish its credibility and good faith

Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, today (16.9.1976) issued the following statement:

Government should immediately release to the public the original and revised reports of the Ibrahim Ali Salaries Commission to establish its credibility and good faith
The CUEPACS Council has confirmed Oct. 19 as the date for the strike by the public service unions and their members if the Government delayed the implementation of the Ibrahim Ali Report. Continue reading Government should immediately release to the public the original and revised reports of the Ibrahim Ali Salaries Commission to establish its credibility and good faith

DAP calls for a 20-fold increase in the development expenditures for the 460 new villages under the Third Malaysia Plan

Speech by DAP Sectary-General and Ketua Pembangkang, Lim Kit Siang, at the Ampang DAP Branch, Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday, 22nd August 1976 at 7.30 p.m.

DAP calls for a 20-fold increase in the development expenditures for the 460 new villages under the Third Malaysia Plan to (i) make up for the neglect of development needs of new villages for one generation and (ii) to bring the new villages fully into the mainstream of national development

The Third Malaysia Plan 1976-1980 provides for only $19 million for development of the 460 new villages for the next five years.

This is a paltry sum as it works out to the ridiculous figure of $10000 per new village per year. Continue reading DAP calls for a 20-fold increase in the development expenditures for the 460 new villages under the Third Malaysia Plan

The $166 million “SPICA M” RMN fast strike craft scandal

Speech by ketua Pembangkang and DAP Sectary-General ,Lim Kit Siang, at the Selangor Guild of Graduates, University of Malaya, lunch on at Horizon Restaurant Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, 21st August 1976 on “Malaysia – Democracy and Nation Building”

The $166 million “SPICA M” RMN fast strike craft scandal

Malaysia is entering her twentieth year of nationhood. This means that the first generation of Malaysians have grown up since Merdeka. The entire school and university-going population are the complete products of the national education policies of the government.

Nation building, by which I mean the creation by government of a cohesive political community characterised by an abiding sense of identity and common consciousness, is not a task which comes within the life seam of any one generation of political leaders. Continue reading The $166 million “SPICA M” RMN fast strike craft scandal

The Malaysian Dilemma

Speech by Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at a forum on “The Role of Malaysian Chinese can play under the Third Malaysia Plan” organised by the Persatuan Mahasiswa Taiwan Normal Universiti, Selangor, at Hotel Equatorial, Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday, 12th August 1976 at 7.30 p.m.

The Malaysian Dilemma

Probably without consciously realising or intending it, the topic of your forum reflects accurately the dilemma of Malaysian Chinese, and in fact, of all non-Malay in Malaysia.

The topic in fact asks two questions which Malaysian Chinese and non-Malays have been asking themselves: Continue reading The Malaysian Dilemma

Review of the award of a $200,000,000 contract for the purchase of FOUR FAST STRIKE MISSILE CRAFT

Opposition Leader writes to Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Datuk Hussein Onn asking for a review of the $200000000 award for the purchase of four FAST STRIKE MISSILE CRAFT for the Royal Malaysian Navy to ensure that only proven and suitable vessels are ordered

I have to-day written to the Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Datuk Hussein Onn, asking for a review of the award of a $200,000,000 contract for the purchase of FOUR FAST STRIKE MISSILE CRAFT. My letter reads:

“YAB Perdana Menteri dan Menteri Pertahanan, Continue reading Review of the award of a $200,000,000 contract for the purchase of FOUR FAST STRIKE MISSILE CRAFT

Ketua Pembangkang calls on Labour Minister, Datuk lee San Choon, to intervene to solve the 10-day Len Omnibus strike and to restore bus services

Statement by Ketua Pembangkang and DAP Member of Parliament, Lim Kit Siang, at a Press Conference at DAP Kuala Lumpur Office, 63-D Jalan Sultan Kuala Lumpur, on Monday, 9th August 1976 at 12 p.m.

Ketua Pembangkang calls on Labour Minister, Datuk lee San Choon, to intervene to solve the 10-day Len Omnibus strike and to restore bus services

The strike by about 400 workers of Len Omnibus Company Bhd. Has entered into its 10th day. However, the Ministry of Labour does not seem to have taken a serious view of this dispute, to solve it and to restore bus services for tens of thousands of commuters from Kuala Lumpur to Tanjong Malim covering are Rawang, Batang Kali, Ulu Yam, Kuala Kubu Baru, Kerling, Rasa, Tanjung Karang, Batang Berjuntai, Kuala Selangor, and surrounding estate and tin mines. Continue reading Ketua Pembangkang calls on Labour Minister, Datuk lee San Choon, to intervene to solve the 10-day Len Omnibus strike and to restore bus services

DAP calls on the Ministry of Education to draw up a master plan under the Third Malaysia Plan

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Ketua Pembangkang, Lim Kit Siang, at the 10th Anniversary Dinner organized by the Kuala Lumpur DAP Branch in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 8th August 1976 at 8 p.m.

DAP calls on the Ministry of Education to draw up a master plan under the Third Malaysia Plan to improve the facilities, build new classes and schools and to raise the standard of education in Chinese and Ta mil primary schools through increased allocations

In recent years, there has been a sharp increase in the enrolment of pupils especially for Chinese primary schools. This marked increase of enrolment in Chinese primary schools, however, has not been accompanied by a corresponding increase in financial allocations for Chinese primary schools to ensure that they have adequate facilities, school places and sufficient number of trained teachers to maintain a high standard of education. Continue reading DAP calls on the Ministry of Education to draw up a master plan under the Third Malaysia Plan