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State Committees and Finance

I had asked for new approaches and concepts in organization to better equip the Party for the Eighties. New ideas and approaches should not be confined to Organisation, but must apply to all fields of Party activity.

In F.SG.D. (SG/6/80), I had dwelt on the ‘Responsibility and Challenge of State Committees’. What I said there was only the beginning of new ideas on State Committee’s new responsibilities in the Decade of the Eighties. Continue reading From The SG’s Desk

CAMERONS HIGHLANDS DECLARATION AUGUST 1980

CAMERONS HIGHLANDS DECLARATION AUGUST 1980

Adopted by DAP MPs, State Assemblymen and CEC members at the Sixth DAP MPs and State Assemblymen Seminar held at Cameron Highlands on August 9 and 10

WE, THE DAP CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND STATE ASSEMBLYMEN, MEETING AT CAMERON HIGHLANDS ON AUGUST 9 and 10, RESOLVED TO ADOPT THE FOLLOWING DECLARATION, to be known as CAMERON HIGHLANDS DECLARATION AUGUST 1980 and to be released on August 31 1980 on the occasion of Malaysia’s 23rd National Day: Continue reading CAMERONS HIGHLANDS DECLARATION AUGUST 1980

DAP MPs and State Assemblymen directed to “Buck up” to serve the people and Party to match up to the Challenges of the 80s

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, when speaking at the Tangkak DAP Branch Anniversary Dinner at Tangkak, Johore, on Sunday, 3rd August 1980 at 8 p.m.

DAP MPs and State Assemblymen directed to “Buck up” to serve the people and Party to match up to the Challenges of the 80s

The Party has issued a directive and warning to all DAP MPs and State Assemblymen to “buck up” and do their duty to the people, party and country, as the public standard bearers of DAP. Continue reading DAP MPs and State Assemblymen directed to “Buck up” to serve the people and Party to match up to the Challenges of the 80s

DAP Malacca should aim at attacking 8 Barisan State Assembly seats for the 1983 General Elections

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling. Lim Kit Siang, at the Malacca State Committee meeting at Malacca DAP premises at No.33A Jalan Munshi Abdullah, Malacca, on Sunday, 3rd August 1980 at 10a.m.

DAP Malacca should aim at attacking 8 Barisan State Assembly seats for the 1983 General Elections

It is now more than two years since the last general elections in 1978, and it is time for all State Committees to work out strategy and tactics for the next general elections, as well as the objectives to be aimed at for Project 1983 in each state. Continue reading DAP Malacca should aim at attacking 8 Barisan State Assembly seats for the 1983 General Elections

Call on all State Government in Peninsular Malaysia to explain their delay and reluctance to implement the new system of full-time Executive Councilors

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Malacca DAP Thousand People Dinner held at Pay Fong Chinese Secondary School Hall, Malacca, on Saturday, 2nd August 1980 at 8 pm

Call on all State Government in Peninsular Malaysia to explain their delay and reluctance to implement the new system of full-time Executive Councilors

In June when announcing revision of allowances for Ministers, Members of Parliament, Menteri Besar and Chief Ministers and State Assemblymen, the Finance Minister, Tengku Razaleigh said that with effect from July 1, 1980 State Executive Councilors would become full-time under the new system so that Exco members could not take part in business or professional activities. Continue reading Call on all State Government in Peninsular Malaysia to explain their delay and reluctance to implement the new system of full-time Executive Councilors

Resolutions at the DAP Selangor State Federal Territory Annual Convention held at the Chin Woo Stadium

Resolutions at the DAP Selangor State Federal Territory Annual Convention held at the Chin Woo Stadium, Kuala Lumpur on 1.8.80.

Agriculture

1. That this Convention expresses at deep concern at the ways the Government brushed aside the causes of demonstration by 10,000 paddy farmers in February this year at Alor Star, Kedah. Convention recognises that the causes of discontent and disaffection include the arrogance of administration, the complete lack of dialogues between the paddy farmers and the Government, the rising cost of rice production, the stagnant farm production, many of the farmers are landless tenant farmers who are susceptible to exploitation by the landowners, a paddy farmer today earns at least 20% less than he did five years ago. Continue reading Resolutions at the DAP Selangor State Federal Territory Annual Convention held at the Chin Woo Stadium

Special Assistant to Secretary-General

Special Assistant to Secretary-General

In line with greatly, stepped-up party activism for the Eighties, the Party has created a new post, designated Special Assistant to Secretary-General. This post will be held by Sdr. Tai Sin Piaw with effect from 1.8.1980, and his tasks will be to carry out duties assigned to him by me.

Meeting of State Publicity Secretaries Continue reading Special Assistant to Secretary-General

Let Hundred Flowers Bloom, And Thousand Schools of Thought Contend

Let Hundred Flowers Bloom, And Thousand Schools of Thought Contend

I invite, nay challenge, members and officials to come out with new ideas as to how the Party, at all levels and different fields, could be more effective in our political struggle and achieve better results.

To enable the Party to re-orient ourselves to the Challenges of the Eighties, we must apply fresh thinking to all our problems. But this must not be confined to a handful of leaders. There must be a party-wide ferment of new ideas. Continue reading Let Hundred Flowers Bloom, And Thousand Schools of Thought Contend

DAP appoints Sdr. Tai Sin Piow as Special Assistant to Secretary-General with effect from 1.8.1980

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the inaugural meeting of the DAP Political Education Committee at DAP Hqrs on Sunday, 27th July 1980 at 2.30 pm

DAP appoints Sdr. Tai Sin Piow as Special Assistant to Secretary-General with effect from 1.8.1980

The inauguration of the DAP Political Education Committee marks another milestone in the DAP, as henceforth, political education of party members and cadres to upgrade the political commitment of party members will be a major feature of party activities in the 1980s. Continue reading DAP appoints Sdr. Tai Sin Piow as Special Assistant to Secretary-General with effect from 1.8.1980

DAP MPs and State Assemblymen will meet at Cameron Highlands on August 8, 9 and 10 to adopt a Cameron Highlands Declaration laying down the national challenges of the 1980s and the Party’s responses to them

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Seminar organized by Serdang DAP Branches held at Serdang Bahru new village branch on Sunday, 27th July 1980 at 10 a.m. on the ‘The Political Challenges of the DAP in the 1980s.’

DAP MPs and State Assemblymen will meet at Cameron Highlands on August 8, 9 and 10 to adopt a Cameron Highlands Declaration laying down the national challenges of the 1980s and the Party’s responses to them

The Political Challenges of the DAP in the 1980s are great and many, and will test to the utmost the capability of the DAP to adapt ourselves to new situations without in any way compromising our basic political aims and principles. Continue reading DAP MPs and State Assemblymen will meet at Cameron Highlands on August 8, 9 and 10 to adopt a Cameron Highlands Declaration laying down the national challenges of the 1980s and the Party’s responses to them