Category: Coalition Politics

Beware of ‘Projects Section’ of Special Branch

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, when addressing the Serdang Branches’ Liaison Committee held at Kuchai DAP Branch on Friday, 30th June 1972 at 7p.m.

Beware of ‘Projects Section’ of Special Branch

The Special Branch of the Government has a special unit known as ‘Projects Section’ which has the responsibility to think up and implement projects to infiltrate Opposition parties and create internal party dissensions to split and wreck them. Continue reading Beware of ‘Projects Section’ of Special Branch

Lim Kit Siang replies to Tun Ismail

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, when speaking to the Batu Pahat DAP Branch representatives on Saturday, June 24, 1972 at 7 p.m.

Lim Kit Siang replies to Tun Ismail

Tun Ismail, when speaking at the joint opening of UMNO Youth and Wanita annual delegates conference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, has predicted the self-disintegration of DAP. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang replies to Tun Ismail

Those Alliance lies in Ulu Selangor

DAP Secretary-General, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, today issued the following statement in reply to the speech by the Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, at a Alliance public rally in Ulu Selangor yesterday:

Those Alliance lies in Ulu Selangor

Tun Abdul Razak, at a Ulu Selangor by-election rally yesterday, questioned the loyalty of DAP leaders.

He alleged that DAP leaders, when attending the recent Asia-Pacific Socialist Bureau conference in Singapore, had spread rumours that there would be chaos in Malaysia. Continue reading Those Alliance lies in Ulu Selangor

An MCA plot exposed

Statement by DAP Secretary-General, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at a press conference held in Ipoh on Saturday, May 20, 1972 at 10.30 a.m.

An MCA plot exposed

Last night, I attended a meeting of members and supporters of the Sitiawan DAP Branch at Pekan Gurney and received an unqualified reaffirmation from our members and supporters in their dedication and commitment to the cause of the DAP for a democratic socialist, a genuine multi-racial Malaysian Malaysia. Continue reading An MCA plot exposed

Call to crusade for a Malaysian Malaysia until eventual victory

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, when speaking to DAP members, election workers and supporters for the Ulu Selangor by-election at the DAP Kuala Kubu Bahru by-election head office on the night of Nomination, 18th May 1972 at 7.30 p.m.

Call to crusade for a Malaysian Malaysia until eventual victory

The Ulu Selangor Parliamentary seat has traditionally been regarded as a safe seat for the MCA.

This is why in the previous general elections, this seat has always been reserved for the pawns and puppets like Tan Sri Ong Yoke Lin and Tan Sri Khaw Kai Boh who would have been decisively defeated if they had stood in other areas. Continue reading Call to crusade for a Malaysian Malaysia until eventual victory

DAP – the only genuine people’s party in Perak

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, when inaugurating the protem committee of the Simpang Pulai DAP Branch in Perak on Friday, 5th May 1972 at 7.30 p.m. The Simpang Pulai DAP Branch is the fourth branch to be set up in the Ipoh-Menglembu area since the coalition.

DAP – the only genuine people’s party in Perak

When Dato S.P. Seenivasagam was sworn in as the seventh member of the Perak State Executive Council on April 28, leaders of both the Perak Alliance and the PPP spoke of “a new chapter” in the history of the State. Continue reading DAP – the only genuine people’s party in Perak

DAP call on Government to restore to trade union officials the right to hold office in political parties

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at a May Day tea-party organized by the Malacca State DAP Labour Bureau held at its premises at 33A Jalan Munshi Abdullah on 1st May 1972 at 7.30 p.m.

DAP call on Government to restore to trade union officials the right to hold office in political parties

If the trade unions and workers are to liberate themselves from the host of restrictive and oppressive labour laws, which is one of the basic causes of labour weakness and exploitation in the country, then the trade unions and workers must work towards setting more pro-labour Members of Parliament elected. Continue reading DAP call on Government to restore to trade union officials the right to hold office in political parties

DAP not forming any coalition in Selangor

Statement by DAP Secretary-general and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at a Press Conference in Ipoh on Monday, 17th April, 1972 at 11.00a.m.

DAP not forming any coalition in Selangor

For the last two days, I have been touring the Batu Gajah Parliamentary constituency. This is part of my nation-wide tour of all DAP Parliamentary and State Assembly constituencies to firstly, see for myself the constituency work and service of our DAP Members of Parliament and State Assemblymen, and secondly, to meet a cross-section of the people on the ground to get their views about the problems of the people and country. Continue reading DAP not forming any coalition in Selangor

Alliance-PPP Coalition in Perak.

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at the Papan DAP Branch in Batu Gajah Parliamentary Constituency on Sunday, 16th April 1972 at 7 p.m.

Alliance-PPP Coalition in Perak.

We read in today’s papers Tun Abdul Razak announcement that the Alliance and the People’s Progressive Party have agreed to form a coalition Government in Perak.

It is said that this coalition between the Alliance and the PPP is in the interest of national solidarity and unity. Continue reading Alliance-PPP Coalition in Perak.

The full political circle of Dr. Lim Chong Eu

Speech by DAP Secretary-General, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, when speaking to party members in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, 20th Feb. 1972 at 8 p.m.

The full political circle of Dr. Lim Chong Eu

The Year of the Rat marks the completion of another full cycle of the Chinese calendar. It also marks the completion of a full circle in the political career of Dr. Lim Chong Eu of Penang.

Thirteen years ago, in 1959, Dr. Lim Chong Eu resigned as President of MCA, spurned an offer to be the Chief Minister of Penang, purportedly over a set of political beliefs and principles. Continue reading The full political circle of Dr. Lim Chong Eu