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Athi Nahappan Report on Local Authorities

Press Statement by DAP Secretary-General & Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang on10th December 1971

Athi Nahappan Report on Local Authorities

The DAP welcomes the recommendation of the Athi Nahappan Report for the continuation of the system of elected local government in Malaysia.

We regret that the Government, despite its knowledge of the Athi Nahappan Report recommendation since December 1968, should decide to flagrantly disregard the Report’s recommendation and set its mind on abolishing elected Municipal, town and local councils. Continue reading Athi Nahappan Report on Local Authorities

Lowering of Voting Age from 21 to 18

Adjournment speech by DAP Member of Parliament, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Ra’ayat on 10th December, 1971

Lowering of Voting Age from 21 to 18

Early this year, Parliament passed a law, ‘The Age of Majority Act’, reducing the legal Age from 21 to 18 years. If young men or girls of 18 years are to treated for serious civil purposes as mature people and be able to own property, to enter into contractual obligations and rights, then the case is strengthened that they should have the vote as well. People ought to have the right to vote and to have a say about the way in which their lives are governed and in which the country is being run – at the age at which society expects them to assume adult social responsibilities. When there is war or national emergency the young men of 18 are conscripted to service and many serve without conscription. It is clearly a strong argument that if you can expect a young man of 18 to die in the defence of the country, then he should be given the right to help decide in the shaping of the country for which he is being asked to die. Continue reading Lowering of Voting Age from 21 to 18

PERNAS

Speech by DAP Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at the Dewan Ra’ayat during the debate on the Second Supplementary Development Estimates for 1971 on Thursday, 9th December 1971

PERNAS

One result of the government ban on the import of China-made goods through other countries which came into effect on 21st October 1971 is the general increase in the prices of China-made goods by about 15 per cent. Continue reading PERNAS

Contract labour system

Adjournment speech by DAP Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at the Dewan Ra’ayat on Thursday, 9th December 1971

Contract labour system

The problem of contract labour in Malaysia has become so acute that is has forced the Minister of Labour to recently to take cognizance of it, and to state his concern over a tendency among some employers to replace permanent workers with contract labour under the guise of reorganisation of work-force and cutting costs. Continue reading Contract labour system

Recognition of Nanyang and Formosan University degrees and qualifications by government

Adjournment Speech by DAP Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at the Dewan Ra’ayat on Wednesday, 8th December 1971

Recognition of Nanyang and Formosan University degrees and qualifications by government

Malaysia suffers from an acute shortage of qualified manpower. We are short of teachers, doctors, engineers, agricultural specialists, technicians and administrators.

The First Malaysia Plan in 1965 gave some interesting data. It said that in 1965, 30 per cent of jobs in the private sector which require more than a secondary education are either vacant or filled by non-Malaysians as no qualified Malaysians are available to fill them. In the public services, recruitment succeeded in filling only 70% of the 3,500 vacancies in government departments. Continue reading Recognition of Nanyang and Formosan University degrees and qualifications by government

Mr.Lim Kit Siang propose to introduce three motions and five adjournment speeches

Press Statement by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, 3rd December 1971

DAP Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, has served notice that he proposes to introduce three motions and five adjournment speeches at the forthcoming session of Parliament beginning on December 8.

The three motions Mr. Lim has tabled are:

1. That this House Continue reading Mr.Lim Kit Siang propose to introduce three motions and five adjournment speeches

71 Questions for Written Answer by Mr. Lim Kit Siang

Press Statement by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, 2nd December 1971

71 Questions for Written Answer by Mr. Lim Kit Siang

The following are the 71 questions for written answers which DAP Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, has submitted for the forthcoming session of Parliament beginning on December 8. Mr. Lim submitted a total of 100 questions, 29 of which are for oral answer. The 29 questions for oral answers were released yesterday.

Written Question Continue reading 71 Questions for Written Answer by Mr. Lim Kit Siang

Question by Mr.Lim Kit Siang for the session of Parliament

Press Statement by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, 8th December 1971

The DAP member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, has submitted 100 questions, 29 for oral and 71 for written answers, for the forthcoming session of Parliament beginning on 8th December, 1971

His 29 oral questions are as follows:

1. To ask the Prime Minister to state the conditions on which the Malaysian government will establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China. Continue reading Question by Mr.Lim Kit Siang for the session of Parliament

Lim Kit Siang to raise problems of Chinese Education in Parliament next month

DAP Malacca State Organising Secretary, Mr. Lim Kit Siang issued the following statement:

Lim Kit Siang to raise problems of Chinese Education in Parliament next month

The DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, will raise the problem of Chinese Education in Parliament which begins sitting on December 8.

Mr. Lim has submitted 100 question, 29 foe oral and 71 for written reply. He has also submitted three Motions and five adjournment speeches. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang to raise problems of Chinese Education in Parliament next month

DAP calls on Government to liberalise trade with China

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at DAP public rally at Kluang, Johore on Thursday, 11th November 1971 at 9 p.m.

DAP calls on Government to liberalise trade with China

I call on the Malaysian Government to liberalise trade with China so that the trade will benefit the large masses of the people, and not the monopoly of a handful of people, who will be able to make great wealth at the cost of the people and country.

The people, who have suffered from so many hardships lately with the fail in rubber prices, the increase in the cost of essential commodities, had hoped that with the trade with China, they would be able to get cheaper goods. Continue reading DAP calls on Government to liberalise trade with China