Category: Coalition Politics

Call on Dr. Tan Tiong Hong to condemn and dissociate himself from the Wanita MCA house-to-house campaign to scare the voters of a May 13 incident if the DAP wins Raub by-election

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Raub by-election ceramah at Sungei Lui New Village on Sunday, 29th May 1983 at 8 pm.

Call on Dr. Tan Tiong Hong to condemn and dissociate himself from the Wanita MCA house-to-house campaign to scare the voters of a May 13 incident if the DAP wins Raub by-election.

It is now a traditional MCA election or by-election practice to bring out all the weapons of smear, scare or threat tactics during the last week of the election campaign. Continue reading Call on Dr. Tan Tiong Hong to condemn and dissociate himself from the Wanita MCA house-to-house campaign to scare the voters of a May 13 incident if the DAP wins Raub by-election

Call on MCA, Gerakan and SUPP Ministers to form a ‘three-in-one’ union in Cabinet to demand for the Cabinet review and modification of the three government principles of Malaysian culture building.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Pulau Sebang DAP Branch Annual General Meeting held at Pulau Sebang, Malacca, on Sunday, 3rd April 1983 at 8 p.m.

Call on MCA, Gerakan and SUPP Ministers to form a ‘three-in-one’ union in Cabinet to demand for the Cabinet review and modification of the three government principles of Malaysian culture building.

The Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, at the official opening of the Meeting of the Malay World 1982 held in Malacca on 18th and 19th December 1982 reiterated the Barisan Nasional government’s commitment to the three principles of building a Malaysian culture, namely : Continue reading Call on MCA, Gerakan and SUPP Ministers to form a ‘three-in-one’ union in Cabinet to demand for the Cabinet review and modification of the three government principles of Malaysian culture building.

Lee San Choon, having led the five million Chinese up the garden path with his Seremban victory, had absconded from his responsibility when he is unable to give meaning and content to the MCA’s ‘political breakthrough’

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a meeting of DAP Branches in Seremban Parliamentary Constituency at Temiang DAP Branch premises, Seremban, on Tuesday, 29.3.1983 at 8 p.m.

Lee San Choon, having led the five million Chinese up the garden path with his Seremban victory, had absconded from his responsibility when he is unable to give meaning and content to the MCA’s ‘political breakthrough’

Datuk Lee San Choon’s resignation as MCA President and Cabinet Minister is still the subject of speculation and discussion as to whether Datuk Lee resigned voluntarily, and if so why, or whether he was forced out by external forces. Continue reading Lee San Choon, having led the five million Chinese up the garden path with his Seremban victory, had absconded from his responsibility when he is unable to give meaning and content to the MCA’s ‘political breakthrough’

Nine DAP MPs jointly condemn Gerakan MP for Tanjong

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka , Lim Kit Siang at a joint press conference of 9 DAP MPs at Parliament House on Tuesday, 15.3.1983 at 2 p.m

Nine DAP MPs jointly condemn Gerakan MP for Tanjong, Dr. Koh Tsu Koon, and the SUPP MP for Lambir, Dr. George Chan , for their role as ‘executioners’ to kill the DAP motion in parliament yesterday to repeal Clause 21(2) of the 1961 Education Act to preserve Chinese primary schools in perpetuity and to give financial parity from government funds.

This Press Conference has been called for the nine DAP Members of Parliament to condemn in the strongest possible terms the Gerakan MP for Tanjong, Dr. Koh Tsu Koon , and the SUPP MP for Lambir , Dr. George Chan , for their ‘executioner’ s role to kill the DAP motion in Parliament yesterday to repeal Clause 21(2) of the 1961 ( Education Act to perpetuate the existence of Chinese primary Continue reading Nine DAP MPs jointly condemn Gerakan MP for Tanjong

Call on MCA, Gerakan, SUPP and Berjaya Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries and MPs who are prepared to support a parliamentary motion to affirm that the lion dance is part of Malaysian culture to contact me or make public their position within the next 48 hours

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the official opening of the Chamek DAP Branch at Chamek New Village, Johore, on Sunday, Nov. 21, 1982 at 6 p.m.

Call on MCA, Gerakan, SUPP and Berjaya Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries and MPs who are prepared to support a parliamentary motion to affirm that the lion dance is part of Malaysian culture to contact me or make public their position within the next 48 hours

As a result of the MCA’s ‘breakthrough’ in the April general elections, another development most adverse to the basic political, economic, educational, social and cultural rights of Malaysian Chinese had happened. Last Friday, the Acting Culture, Youth and Sports Minister, Adib Adam, declared in Parliament that the lion dance could not be accepted as part of Malaysian culture because it is not accepted by all racial groups in the country. Continue reading Call on MCA, Gerakan, SUPP and Berjaya Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries and MPs who are prepared to support a parliamentary motion to affirm that the lion dance is part of Malaysian culture to contact me or make public their position within the next 48 hours

The harm the Tung Chiau Chung has caused to the DAP in the 1982 general elections is not only by their last-minute joining of Gerakan and Barisan, but by their preparedness to tell lies and character-assassinate DAP leaders

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Kepong DAP thanksgiving party to DAP Kepong election workers held at Kepong on Wednesday, 5.5.1982 at 8 p.m.

The harm the Tung Chiau Chung has caused to the DAP in the 1982 general elections is not only by their last-minute joining of Gerakan and Barisan, but by their preparedness to tell lies and character-assassinate DAP leaders

I thank the people of Kepong for their support of the DAP and the election of Dr. Tan Seng Giaw as their Member of Parliament, despite the high-powered and multi-million dollar campaign to distort what was a battle between the DAP and the Barisan Nasional into a battle between the DAP and Tung Chiau Chung. Continue reading The harm the Tung Chiau Chung has caused to the DAP in the 1982 general elections is not only by their last-minute joining of Gerakan and Barisan, but by their preparedness to tell lies and character-assassinate DAP leaders

Call on UMNO, MCA, Gerakan and other Barisan Nasional component parties to disband their ‘dirty tricks department’ and to conduct a clean, honest and fair general election campaign

Speech by Parliamentary Oppostion Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Secretary/ Federal Territory election seminar held in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, March 28 at 7 p.m.

Call on UMNO, MCA, Gerakan and other Barisan Nasional component parties to disband their ‘dirty tricks department’ and to conduct a clean, honest and fair general election campaign.

From pass experience, the Barisan Nasional component parties like UMNO, MCA, Gerakan and others would set up a ‘dirty tricks department’ during every general elections to mastermind under handed campaigns aimed at smearing the reputation of Opposition parties and their leaders. Continue reading Call on UMNO, MCA, Gerakan and other Barisan Nasional component parties to disband their ‘dirty tricks department’ and to conduct a clean, honest and fair general election campaign

DAP to expose the MCA and Gerakan’s ‘five steps backward, two steps forward’ political role in the 1982 general elections

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Chinese Rocket Weekly inaugural issue ceremony held at Transport Workers’ Union Hall on Saturday, 27.3.1982 at 3 pm.

DAP to expose the MCA and Gerakan’s ‘five steps backward, two steps forward’ political role in the 1982 general elections

The inaugural appearance of the first issue of the new Chinese- language Rocket Weekly on the eve of the 1982 general elections is most significant, for it would help to pierce the ever-growing Barisan control and ownership of local newspapers in the country. Continue reading DAP to expose the MCA and Gerakan’s ‘five steps backward, two steps forward’ political role in the 1982 general elections

Call on the 2M government not to indirect assist the communists by giving them material to strengthen their argument that parliamentary democracy is a farce

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, at the DAP Batu Arang Dinner held at Batu Arang, Selangor, on Saturday, March 27, 1982 at 8 pm
Call on the 2M government not to indirect assist the communists by giving them material to strengthen their argument that parliamentary democracy is a farce.

In Alor Star yesterday, the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, said that issues raised by the DAP and PAS may indirectly assist the communists. Continue reading Call on the 2M government not to indirect assist the communists by giving them material to strengthen their argument that parliamentary democracy is a farce

Chan Teck Chan to sour-up Malaysia-Singapore relations on the ever of the Prime Minister’s official visit to Singapore

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, on Sunday, 13th December 1981

Call on the Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, and Foreign Minister, Tan Sri Ghazalie Shafie, to make seriously the attempt by Chan Teck Chan to sour-up Malaysia-Singapore relations on the ever of the Prime Minister’s official visit to Singapore

I call on the Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, and Foreign Minister, Tan Sri Ghazalie Shafie, to take seriously the attempt by Barisan MP, Chan Teck Chan, to sour up Malaysia-Singapore relations on the eve of the Prime Minister’s first official visit to Singapore next week. Continue reading Chan Teck Chan to sour-up Malaysia-Singapore relations on the ever of the Prime Minister’s official visit to Singapore