Category: Culture

DAP calls on all Malaysians to make an open commitment to support the culture policy of integration and to oppose any assimilation approach or policy

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Mp for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Dinner held at Kuala Sipatang, Taiping, on Saturday, 20th August 1983 at 8p.m.

DAP calls on all Malaysians to make an open commitment to support the culture policy of integration and to oppose any assimilation approach or policy

Malaysia has entered a very important political era after the April 1982 General Elections, with far-reaching political, economic, education, cultural and nation-building repercussions. Continue reading DAP calls on all Malaysians to make an open commitment to support the culture policy of integration and to oppose any assimilation approach or policy

Anwar Ibrahim’s Senate statement yesterday should banish whatever doubts the 15 Chinese national organisations and Tung/Chiau Chung

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Me1aka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Bentong, DAP Anniversary Dinner held in Bentong, Pahang, on Saturday, 13th August 1983 at 8 p.m.

Anwar Ibrahim’s Senate statement yesterday should banish whatever doubts the 15 Chinese national organisations and Tung/Chiau Chung should have that the Penang Cultural Memorandum has been rejected by the Ministry of Culture, and should spur them into action to reaffirm support for the Memorandum.

On July 29 in Parliament, the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Anwar Ibrahim, made an important statement in reply to questions by DAP Members of Parliament, making clear, without stating directly, that the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports rejected the Penang Cultural Memorandum of the 15 Chinese national organisations and Tung/Chiau Chung adopted in Penang at the Malaysian Chinese Cultural Congress on March 27. Continue reading Anwar Ibrahim’s Senate statement yesterday should banish whatever doubts the 15 Chinese national organisations and Tung/Chiau Chung

DAP calls on the 15 Chinese National Organisations and Tung/ Chiau Chung to convene another national Cultural Congress following the rejection of their Cultural Memorandum adopted in Penang in March 1983

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary – General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Tanjong Anniversary Dinner held in Penang on Saturday, 6th August 1983 at 8 p.m.

DAP calls on the 15 Chinese National Organisations and Tung/ Chiau Chung to convene another national Cultural Congress following the rejection of their Cultural Memorandum adopted in Penang in March 1983, and to decide on steps to oppose a ‘one language, one culture’ policy.

In March this year, the Malaysian Chinese Cultural Congress was held in Penang which adopted a Cultural Memorandum endorsed by 15 Chinese National Organisations and Tung/ Chiau Chung to urge the Barisan Nasional Government to adopt a multi- cultural policy based on the integration of the various cultures in the country, and for the rejection of the policy of the assimilation of other cultures as advocated by the 1971 National Cultural Congress. Continue reading DAP calls on the 15 Chinese National Organisations and Tung/ Chiau Chung to convene another national Cultural Congress following the rejection of their Cultural Memorandum adopted in Penang in March 1983

DAP deplores the off-handed rejection of the National Culture Memorandum of the 15 Chinese national organizations of March by the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports even without consideration by the Cabinet

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary – General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Malacca DAP State Thousand- People Dinner thanks-giving reception for dinner arganisers and workers, held at Capital Restaurant, Malacca on Saturday, 30th July 1983 at 8 p.m.

DAP deplores the off-handed rejection of the National Culture Memorandum of the 15 Chinese national organizations of March by the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports even without consideration by the Cabinet.

The DAP deplores the off-handed rejection of the Memorandum on National Culture adopted by 15 Chinese national organizations, including the Tung/ Chiau, Chung, in Penang in March by the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Encik Anwar Ibrahim, even without consideration by the Cabinet, on the ground that the memorandum’s policy proposals on the basic of Malaysian culture violate and contradict the National Culture Policy of the government. Continue reading DAP deplores the off-handed rejection of the National Culture Memorandum of the 15 Chinese national organizations of March by the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports even without consideration by the Cabinet

The power of the Raub Declaration has achieved its first result: the withdrawal of the Bandaraya requirement that Bahasa Malaysia on signboards and advertisements must be at least double the size of Chinese and other letterings.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary – General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Sungei Besi DAP Branch Anniversary Dinner held at Mak Yee Restaurant, Wisma Shaw, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 2nd July 1983 at 8 p.m.

The power of the Raub Declaration has achieved its first result: the withdrawal of the Bandaraya requirement that Bahasa Malaysia on signboards and advertisements must be at least double the size of Chinese and other letterings.

After the MCA’s April 1982 General Elections ‘breakthrough’ and ‘great victory’, Malaysian Chinese found that their constitutional rights and interests came under sustained attack on a whole variety of directions. The MCA, despite its great and unprecedented general elections victory at the expense of the DAP, was not only unable to regain the rights lost from 1957 to 1982, instead since April 1982, even more rights and interests of the Malaysian Chinese faced erosion. Continue reading The power of the Raub Declaration has achieved its first result: the withdrawal of the Bandaraya requirement that Bahasa Malaysia on signboards and advertisements must be at least double the size of Chinese and other letterings.

Call on MCA Central Executive Committee to declare its stand on Datuk Harun Idris’ proposal for Constitutional amendment that the country’s Prime Minister must always be a Muslim Malay.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and NP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Pulau Sebang DAP Branch anniversary dinner held at Pulau Sebang, Malacca, on Saturday, 30.4.1983 at 8 pm.

Call on MCA Central Executive Committee to declare its stand on Datuk Harun Idris’ proposal for Constitutional amendment that the country’s Prime Minister must always be a Muslim Malay.

The MCA had claimed a great breakthrough for Chinese political rights as a result of its resounding 1982 general elections results. The people had expected the MCA to deliver the goods of such political breakthrough in terms of the restoration of the lost political, economic, educational, social and cultural rights over since Merdeka in 1977. However, instead of the restoration of the lost rights, the last 12 months have seen even more remaining rights being taken away. Continue reading Call on MCA Central Executive Committee to declare its stand on Datuk Harun Idris’ proposal for Constitutional amendment that the country’s Prime Minister must always be a Muslim Malay.

DAP will protest strongly in the October meeting of Parliament against the appointment of a Deputy Education Minister who is committed to the implementation of Clause 21(2) of the 1961 Education Act convert Chinese and Tamil primary schools into national primary schools

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP 1,000-People Serdang Bahru Branch dinner at the Serdang Bahru new village community hall to mark the Party 15th Anniversary on Saturday, 15th August 11981 at 8pm

DAP will protest strongly in the October meeting of Parliament against the appointment of a Deputy Education Minister who is committed to the implementation of Clause 21(2) of the 1961 Education Act convert Chinese and Tamil primary schools into national primary schools

New Straits Times of Tuesday, August 11, 1981, reported that the UMNO Youth leader, Datuk Haji Suhaimi bin Datuk Kamaruddin, had declared that he would not change his stand on the National Education Policy from what he had said in the past, especially with regard to Clause 21(2) of the 1961 Education Act. Continue reading DAP will protest strongly in the October meeting of Parliament against the appointment of a Deputy Education Minister who is committed to the implementation of Clause 21(2) of the 1961 Education Act convert Chinese and Tamil primary schools into national primary schools

Malaysian Chinese – Indispensable Partner and Shaper of Malaysia’s Destiny

Extracts of paper submitted by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, to the DAP National Chinese Education Seminar in Port Dickson on Sunday, 21st June 1981 at 9 a.m. on “The Future of the Malaysian Chinese”

Malaysian Chinese – Indispensable Partner and Shaper of Malaysia’s Destiny

There has recently been considerable soul-searching among the Malaysian Chinese about their place and future in Malaysia. Some, particularly the professionals like doctors, have despaired, sold their practice uprooted their families and emigrated. The overwhelming majority, however, cannot and would not emigrate. They have either to secure their rightful and honourable place in Malaysia by exercising their rights and accepting their responsibilities as Malaysian citizens, or be treated as being less than equal. Continue reading Malaysian Chinese – Indispensable Partner and Shaper of Malaysia’s Destiny

DAP’s task in the 1980s is to fight for the legitimate and proper place of Chinese education in Malaysia without fear of repression and to convince all Malaysians that this is neither chauvinist nor communist in character

Speech Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the inaugural meeting of the DAP Education Bureau Chinese education committee at DAP PJ Headquarters on Monday, 9th Feb. 1981 at 5.30 p.m.

DAP’s task in the 1980s is to fight for the legitimate and proper place of Chinese education in Malaysia without fear of repression and to convince all Malaysians that this is neither chauvinist nor communist in character

Last week, former New Straits Times managing editor, Samad Ismail, went on television for the second time prior to his release from detention and said among other things, that “In Malaysia, the demand for Chinese rights to education, the language and cultural issues, were exploited by the Communists to cause racial tension.” Continue reading DAP’s task in the 1980s is to fight for the legitimate and proper place of Chinese education in Malaysia without fear of repression and to convince all Malaysians that this is neither chauvinist nor communist in character

Call on Malaysians who are concerned about the preservation of Chinese and Tamil primary schools

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Third meeting of the DAP National Publicity Committee in DAP HQ on Friday, 25th July 1980 at 6 pm

Call on Malaysians who are concerned about the preservation of Chinese and Tamil primary schools as guaranteed by the Constitution should get themselves registered as voters from August 25 onwards

The Voters’ Registration exercise this year will begin on August 25 and will last for 42 days. During the previous general elections, substantial numbers of Malaysian youths found that although they wanted to vote for the DAP, they could not cast their ballot because they have not been registered as voters. Continue reading Call on Malaysians who are concerned about the preservation of Chinese and Tamil primary schools