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Role of State Sub-Committees

Role of State Sub-Committees

I attach a copy of a circular to all DAP MPs/SAs.

I am very concerned about the standard of constituency service of our MPs/SAs, I am equally concerned about the lack of supervision and direction on this very important matter by the State Sub-Committees.

The State Sub-Committee is the highest party organ in the state, and one of its important tasks should be to see to the faithful performance of constituency services by our MPs/SAs in the state. Unfortunately, this aspect of the duties of the State Sub-Committee has been gravely neglected. Continue reading Role of State Sub-Committees

Call to government to release Second Malaysia Plan to MPs and to give them ample time to study the Plan before Parliamentary debate

Extracts of Closing speech by DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, at the two-day DAP MPs’ seminar on Economic Development in Malaysia” held on Klang on 19th and 20th June 1971

Call to government to release Second Malaysia Plan to MPs and to give them ample time to study the Plan before Parliamentary debate
Parliament is to meet in two weeks time to debate and approve the Second Malaysia Five-Year Plan, which will play down the economic future of the country for the next five years,

But till today, Members of Parliament have not received copies of the Second Five-Year Plan. Continue reading Call to government to release Second Malaysia Plan to MPs and to give them ample time to study the Plan before Parliamentary debate

Usul Jawatan Kuasa Tertinggi DAP

Usul Jawatan Kuasa Tertinggi DAP

Jawatan Kuasa Tertinggi DAP mengutok keputusan Parlimen yang tidak adil yang telah meluchutkan Fan Yew Teng sa-bagai Ahili Parlimen Kampar, bilamana ia telah merayu kapada Mahkamah Tinggi kerana kesalahan-nya di-bawah Akta Menghasut.

Ambil Perhatian yang bila Ahli Parlimen kawasan Kuala Selangor, Raha Nong Chik bin Raja Ishak, de-denda $2,500 kerana kesalahan-nya di-bawak Akta Sharikat 1965, yang meluchutkan-nya dari menjadi Ahli Parlimen, Parlimen tidak pun mengambil tindakan untok meluchutkan jawatan-nya samasa ia merayu atas keputusa tersebut. Continue reading Usul Jawatan Kuasa Tertinggi DAP

Fragmentation of the Suffolk Estate, Sitiawan

The Member of Parliament fro Bandar Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, today issued the following statement:

Fragmentation of the Suffolk Estate, Sitiawan

The Minister of Labour, Tan Sri V Manikavasagam, has many times, inside and outside Parliament, declared that the Alliance Government is opposed to fragmentation of estates because of its adverse social effects in creating unemployment and causing hardships and suffering to estate workers. Un-fortunately, these words do not seem to be accompanied by deeds.

I refer to the illegal fragmentation of the twice-sold Suffolk Estate near Sitiawan. When the 1,158-acre estate, which originally employed 243 workers, was first sold in 1969, 157 workers were retrenched while some resigned. Continue reading Fragmentation of the Suffolk Estate, Sitiawan

A Challenge to Tun Tan Siew Sin

Challenge to Tun Tan Siew Sin

When prices of essential commodities and ordinary consumer items are one after another going up, increasing the burden and hardships of the housewives and the common man, all that the Minister of Finance, Tun Tan Siew Sin, can do is to give a verbal assurance that there is no danger of inflation in te country in a big way.

What has Tun Tan Siew Sin got to say about the chain increase of prices of consumer items and essential goods, like salt, sugar, cooking oil, bread, meat, milk, petrol, etc. Continue reading A Challenge to Tun Tan Siew Sin

DAP calls for a permanent consumers’ watchdog committee to check unreasonable price increases of commodities

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

DAP calls for a permanent consumers’ watchdog committee to check unreasonable price increases of commodities

The increase in the price of petrol and diesel is the latest in a series of increases in the prices of basic essential and consumer items, which had included salt, sugar, bread, cooking oil, soap, meat. Continue reading DAP calls for a permanent consumers’ watchdog committee to check unreasonable price increases of commodities

Socialist International Council Conference in Helsinki

Speech by Secretary-General of Democratic Action Party, Lim Kit Siang, at the Socialist International Council Conference in Helsinki on May 25, 1971

First of all, I wish to take this opportunity to personally, as well as on behalf of my party, to thank the Socialist International, the International General Secretary, Comrade Janistchek, and the sister parties of the international for their close concern and deep interest over my detention by the Malaysian feudal-compradore Alliance government immediately after the 1969 general elections on May 10, which saw my party, the Democratic Action Party, standing for the cause of democratic socialism, emerged as the strongest opposition party in the Malaysian Parliament and with the most number of elected State Assemblymen in the country.

It was a source of great comfort and encouragement to me during the 17 months I was under arbitrary detention without the benefit of an open trial, to know that outside the four walls of the detention camp, I had not only the support and solidarity of millions of Malaysians, but also of the Socialist International and its affiliated parties. Continue reading Socialist International Council Conference in Helsinki

Bekok State by-election in Johore

Bekok State by-election in Johore

The Bekok state by-election campaign is a week-old. We stand an even chance of winning the state seat if we can concentrate our national manpower and resources in the constituency.

The stakes involves in Bekok are not merely local or even of State interest. They are of great national importance and significance, both for us in the DAP and for the Alliance, and in particular the MCA.

If we win in Bekok, it will mean a vindication and endorsement of our party stand in post-May 13 Malaysia and in Parliament over the Constitution Amendment Bill. Continue reading Bekok State by-election in Johore

DAP Calls for more sympathetic approach by Minister of Education

MCE Failures: DAP Calls for more sympathetic approach by Minister of Education

The DAP is shocked at the unsympathetic and inflexible attitude shown by the Minister of Education, Inche Hussein Onn, towards the 7,500 failures in last year’s MCE Examination because of failure in the compulsory Bahasa Malaysia paper.

Inche Hussein Onn has refused to allow those who would have qualified to proceed to Form Six if they had passed the Bahasa Malaysia paper to enter From Six with the proviso that they repeat the MCE Bahasa Malaysia paper at the end of the year.

All that Inche Hussein Onn would undertake is to ‘do his best’ to retain them in Fifth Form classes ‘if enough places were available’. Continue reading DAP Calls for more sympathetic approach by Minister of Education

Goodwill Mission to China

Goodwill Mission to China

The DAP proposes that Malaysia send a goodwill mission to China to promote goodwill and friendship between the peoples of the two countries.

This will be a positive and concrete step towards the normalisation of relationship between China and Malaysia.

This will be mission should comprise representatives from all political parties and a cross-section of Malaysians from all walks of life, such as workers, farmers, teachers, doctors, educationists, scientists, etc. Continue reading Goodwill Mission to China