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Kerosene price increase: DAP deplores

Kerosene price increase: DAP deplores

Another essential item which concerns the poor in the Kampongs estates and new villages greatly, has gone up in price. The government has again given way to pressure from Big Business at the expense of the consumers.

The government approval for the increase in the price kerosene from 74 cents to 80 cents is an act which is calculated to add to the already insupportable economic hardships of the poor in Malaysia, who constitute the overwhelming majority in this country. Continue reading Kerosene price increase: DAP deplores

DAP proposals to Tun Razak on the eve of his departure for the leaders of the Lahore meeting with Islamic heads of state

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, to the Malacca State Sub-Committee meeting on Monday, 18th February 1974 at 10 a.m.

DAP proposals to Tun Razak on the eve of his departure for the leaders of the Lahore meeting with Islamic heads of state

When the Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, attends the Lahore meeting of Islamic heads of state, he would be meeting the leaders of the Gulf oil-producing states.

I wish to make a proposal to Tun Razak on the eve of his departure for the Lahore meeting. Continue reading DAP proposals to Tun Razak on the eve of his departure for the leaders of the Lahore meeting with Islamic heads of state

Call on political parties, consumer movements and public organisations to form a united front to campaign against another round of oil price increases

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, to the Selangor DAP State Convention held at 63-D Jalan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 17th February 1974 at 10 a.m.

1. Call on political parties, consumer movements and public organisations to form a united front to campaign against another round of oil price increases

Just before Christmas last year, the Alliance government gave in to the pressure of the five international oil companies in Malaysia, Shell, Esso, Caltex, Mobil, and British-Petroluem, and allowed big increases in the prices of petrol, diesel, and fuel oil. Continue reading Call on political parties, consumer movements and public organisations to form a united front to campaign against another round of oil price increases

A third challenge to Dr.Lim Keng Yaik to declare his stand on the future of Chinese education in Malaysia

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP Public Rally at Pusing, Batu Gajah, on Saturday, 16th February, 1974 at 8.00 p.m.

A third challenge to Dr.Lim Keng Yaik to declare his stand on the future of Chinese education in Malaysia

On 19th January at a public rally at Kampar, I called on Dr. Lim Chong Eu and Dr, Lim Keng Yaik of the Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia to declare their stand on Chinese education in Malaysia.

At the DAP public rallies at Kampar and Tanjong Rambutan on January 19 and February 2, I had twice challenged Dr. Lim Keng Yaik and Dr. Lim Chong Eu of Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia to declare their stand on the future of Chinese education in Malaysia. Both they have kept silent with a thousand tongues. Continue reading A third challenge to Dr.Lim Keng Yaik to declare his stand on the future of Chinese education in Malaysia

Call for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into extent of foreign domination of Malaysian economy and their influence on political and economic policy-making in the country

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP Public Rally at Pusing, on Saturday, 16th February, 1974 at 8.00 p.m.

1. Call for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into extent of foreign domination of Malaysian economy and their influence on political and economic policy-making in the country

Last Sunday, the Perak State DAP Convention in Ipoh adopted a Declaration expressing concern and opposition to the domination of the Malaysian economy by foreigners, whose ownership and control of the key sectors of Malaysian economy show that Malaysian wealth and income benefit foreigners more than they do Malaysians. Continue reading Call for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into extent of foreign domination of Malaysian economy and their influence on political and economic policy-making in the country

The Ministry of Labour should not use the red-herring of communist-infiltration of trade unions to divert attention from legitimate grievances

DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, today issued the following statement:

The Ministry of Labour should not use the red-herring of communist-infiltration of trade unions to divert attention from legitimate grievances

The Ministry of Labour and Manpower should not use the red-herring of communist infiltration of trade unions to divert attention from the legitimate grievances of workers in the spate of industrial disputes and strikes in the country. Continue reading The Ministry of Labour should not use the red-herring of communist-infiltration of trade unions to divert attention from legitimate grievances

DAP calls on Minister of Labour, Tan Sri Manickavasagam

DAP calls on Minister of Labour, Tan Sri Manickavasagam, to personally intervene to settle the 17-day Thung Pao strike and the 26-day Ong Yoke Lin strike to protect the legitimate interests and rights of workers

I have today written to the Minister of Labour, Tan Sri V. Manickavasagam, asking him to personally intervene in the 17-day Thung Pao strike and the 26-day Sharikat Ong Yoke Lin strike to reach a settlement which will uphold legitimate rights and interests of the workers.

Yesterday, accompanied by the Chairman of DAP Labour Bureau, Sdr. Lee Lam Thye, who is also Selangor State Assemblyman, and DAP CEC Member, Sdr. Chain Heng Kai, I visited the Sharikat Ong Yoke Lin strikes. It is clear that this is another case of anti-union management which do not want to see workers organised into a union to more effective represent workers’ interests. Continue reading DAP calls on Minister of Labour, Tan Sri Manickavasagam

Lim Kit Siang to take up with the Prime minister, Tun Razak, the case of 14-year-old Lok Kim Eng, of Batu Pahat, who had been taken away from her parents’ home without the parents’ permission

Lim Kit Siang to take up with the Prime minister, Tun Razak, the case of 14-year-old Lok Kim Eng, of Batu Pahat, who had been taken away from her parents’ home without the parents’ permission

On 20th December 1973, I raised in Parliament the case of Lok Kim Eng, 14, daughter of Lok Wan Fah of Banang Estate, Batu Pahat, who since October 31, 1973, had been taken away from parents’ home without the parents’ permission.

The girl was taken away from the parents’ house to be converted onto the Islamic religion, without the parents’ consent. This is against the fundamental liberties provided under the Federal Constitution clause 12 which provided for children below 18 years of age, the parents shall decide the religion of the child. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang to take up with the Prime minister, Tun Razak, the case of 14-year-old Lok Kim Eng, of Batu Pahat, who had been taken away from her parents’ home without the parents’ permission

DAP calls on Tun Razak to dissolve Parliament and hold fresh general elections on the expiry of the five-year mandate in May 1974

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at the Perak DAP State Convention held at Jubilee Park Hall, Jalan Brewster, Ipoh, on Sunday, 10th February, 1974 at 10.00 a.m.

1. DAP calls on Tun Razak to dissolve Parliament and hold fresh general elections on the expiry of the five-year mandate in May 1974.

The present government was elected on May 10, 1969 with a mandate to rule the country for a period of five years.

This mandate will expire in three months’ time. The DAP calls on Tun Razak ,to dissolve Parliament and hold fresh general elections so that the Alliance government would not exceed the five-year mandate it has received from the people.
Continue reading DAP calls on Tun Razak to dissolve Parliament and hold fresh general elections on the expiry of the five-year mandate in May 1974

Lim Kit Siang to visit political detainees in Batu Gajah and Taiping

DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, today (9.2.1974) issued the following statement:

Lim Kit Siang to visit political detainees in Batu Gajah and Taiping

After consultation and with agreement of relatives of political detainees in Batu Gajah and Taiping, I have asked the Ministry of Home Affairs for permission to meet some of the leaders of the political detainees in both Batu Gajah and Taiping detention camps to see for myself the actual conditions there. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang to visit political detainees in Batu Gajah and Taiping