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Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at a tea-party at Hotel Malaya, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 20th July 1980 for representatives of organizations to discuss ways to put an effective stop to strident demands for the closure of Chinese and Tamil primary schools

DAP proposes the formation of a National Action Committee to defend the constitutional position of Chinese and Tamil primary schools comprising representatives from organizations concerned and committed to the concept that Chinese and Tamil primary schools should be an integral and eternal part of the national education system

This tea party had been organized for representatives of political parties and organizations which had all along expressed concern and commitment to the concept that Chinese and Tamil primary schools should be an integral and eternal part of the national education system to discuss and find ways to put an immediate and effective step to the recent growing strident demands for the closure of Chinese and Tamil primary schools, and to work out concrete steps to defend the constitutional position of Chinese and Tamil primary schools in accordance with the Constitutional guarantees in the country. Continue reading DAP proposes the formation of a National Action Committee to defend the constitutional position of Chinese and Tamil primary schools

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, to the DAP National Publicity Committee meeting at DAP Hqrs on Monday, 14th July 1980 at 8pm

The Suhaimi Affair: A test case of the impartiality of law enforcement agencies in Malaysia

The DAP, through Sdr. Lee Lam Thye and Sdr. M. Kuppusamy, have lodged police reports against the UMNO Youth leader, Haji Suhaimi Kamarrudin, and an UMNO Kelantan Delegate, Haji Jalani Jafaar, for offences against the Sedition Act 1948 as revised in 1970 in calling for the implementation of Clause 21(2) of the Education Act 1961 and the closure of Chinese and Tamil primary schools. Continue reading The Suhaimi Affair: A test case of the impartiality of law enforcement agencies in Malaysia

Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at a Press Conference in Kuala Lumpur at 63D Jalan Sultan, KL on Friday, 11th July 1980 at 12 noon

Lim Kit Siang invites political parties and organizations to tea party on Sunday, 20th July 1980, in Kuala Lumpur to discuss measures to completely stamp out extremist calls for the closure of Chinese and Tamil primary schools

In response to Mr. Loot Ting Yu’s suggestion that the DAP should seek to consult as widely as possible political parties and organizations on the fundamental question of Clause 21(2) of the Education Act 1961 which concern the whole future of survival or death of Chinese and Tamil primary schools, I have decided to invite political parties and organizations concerned about the existence of Clause 21(2) of the 1961 Education Act to a tea party in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 20th July 1980, to discuss measures to stamp out completely extremist calls for the closure of Chinese and Tamil primary schools. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang invites political parties and organizations to tea party on Sunday, 20th July 1980, in Kuala Lumpur to discuss measures to completely stamp out extremist calls for the closure of Chinese and Tamil primary schools

(Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Friday, 20th June 1980 when introducing private member’s bill to delete Clause 21(2) of 1961 Education Act)

Repeal of Clause 21(2) of the Education Act 1961 a clear test of Government’s sincerity in accepting Chinese and Tamil primary schools as an integral and eternal part of the national education system

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Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament, Lim Kit Siang, when speaking to the DAP Chinese Education Committee meeting held in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, 1st August 1979 at 6 p.m.

DAP proposes the convening of a national educational convention to discuss ways and means to raise the standards of Chinese primary schools, and also to protect the character of Chinese primary schools from being converted.

Chinese primary schools, which have been swarmed with an unprecedented increase in enrolment demonstrating the desire of Malaysia Chinese to have their children receive mother-tongue education as guaranteed in the Malaysian Constitution, must aim at the ever raising of educational standards in Chinese primary schools and in the expansion of school buildings and classrooms. Continue reading DAP proposes the convening of a national educational convention to discuss ways and means to raise the standards of Chinese primary schools, and also to protect the character of Chinese primary schools from being converted.

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, on Friday, 13th July 1979:

Kit Siang calls on Ministry of Education to take note and resolve the widespread and deep-seated unhappiness and even anger of parents and people in Serdang Lama at the principal of the Kung Min Chinese primary school in Serdang Lama

When I visited Serdang Lama in the course of my constituency tours yesterday, I was shocked to find the widespread and deep-seated unhappiness and even anger of the parents and people of Serdang Lama with the principal of the Kung Min Chinese primary school, to the extent that the people wanted to launch a mass petition to the Education Ministry against the principal. Continue reading Kit Siang calls on Ministry of Education to take note and resolve the widespread and deep-seated unhappiness and even anger of parents and people in Serdang Lama at the principal of the Kung Min Chinese primary school in Serdang Lama