Category: DAP

Lim Kit Siang solemnly and categorically denies rumours and reports that DAP having talks on entering Barisan Nasional

Speech by DAP Secretary-General, Member of Parliament for Petaling and Malacca State Assemblyman for Kubu, Lim Kit Siang, at a dinner given by the supporters and well-wishers of the people of Klang to celebrate the election of Lim Kit Siang and Lee Lam Thye as Members of Parliament and State Assemblyman at Klang on Thursday, 20th Jujly 1978 at 9p.m.

Lim Kit Siang solemnly and categorically denies rumours and reports that DAP having talks on entering Barisan Nasional

The post-election period has been a season of rumours. There was firstly the rumour that the top MCA leader has been put under house arrest. There was the other tumour that the MCA would pull out of the Cabinet. The latest rumour is that the DAP would join the Barisan Nasional. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang solemnly and categorically denies rumours and reports that DAP having talks on entering Barisan Nasional

Call on State Executive Councillors to resign from their profession or business

Speech by DAP Secretary-General, Member of Parliament for Petaling, Malacca State Assemblyman for Kubu, Lim Kit Siang, at a reception to thank election workers at Sungei Siput on Wednesday, 19th July 1978 at 8 p.m.

Call on State Executive Councillors to resign from their profession or business and devote full time to serve the state and people, and to avoid conflict of interests between public and private interests.
New State Governments have been formed in the various states, including Perak. The Perak Mentri Besar has been re-appointed and the Executive Council formed.

I call on all state executive councillors to resign or retire from their professions or business and devote full time to serve the State and people, and to avoid conflict of interests between public and private interests. Continue reading Call on State Executive Councillors to resign from their profession or business

DAP will probably contest the Perlis State Assembly by-election in Titi Tinggi

Speech by DAP Secretary-General, Member of Parliament for PETALING and Malacca State Assemblyman for Kubu, LIM KIT SIANG, at a thanksgiving party for election workers of the Sungei Besi Parliamentary Constituency held at Sungei Besi Branch on Sunday, July 16 at 5 p.m.

DAP will probably contest the Perlis State Assembly by-election in Titi Tinggi

There will be a by-election in the Perlis State Assembly seat of Titi Tinggi soon, as the MCA candidate who was returned unopposed has passed away. The DAP will probably contest the Perlis by-election. This will make the DAP expand the another state in Malaysia, as the DAP had not contested in Perlis before although we have a branch in Kaki Bukit in Perlis. Continue reading DAP will probably contest the Perlis State Assembly by-election in Titi Tinggi

SEA Park market and shops

DAP Parliamentary Candidate for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, this morning visited the SEA Park market and shops to meet electors in the area.

Sdr.Lim asked the voters to continue to support the DAP to represent the people and defend their rights and interests. He said the undemocratic and unfair general elections tactics of the Barisan Nasional, like the ban on public rallies, has made the campaign a very difficult one for the DAP, for it has no means of reaching the people with its message and ideas. Continue reading SEA Park market and shops

Fellow Malaysian Voters of Sandakan and Tawau

An Open Leter to the Voters of Sandakan and Tawau by DAP SECRETARY-GENERAL, LIM KIT SIANG

Fellow Malaysian Voters of Sandakan and Tawau,

Why you should vote for the Rocket

The Democratic Action Party(DAP) fielded five Parliamentary candidates in Sabah on Nomination Day on June 21,but three of our candidates were disqualified on the most flimxy and unjustifiable of grounds. We intend to challenge the disqualification of our three Parliamentary candidates in Gaya, Silam and Ulu Padas, after the general elections by way of an election petition. Continue reading Fellow Malaysian Voters of Sandakan and Tawau

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE VOTERS OF SUNGEI BESI

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE VOTERS OF SUNGEI BESI

By Lim Kit Siang, DAP Secretary-General.

Dears Voters of Sungei Besi,

I am writing this open letter to ask you to vote DAP and the DAP Parliamentary Candidate for the Sungei Besi Parliamentary Constituency.

In this 1978 General Elections, the Barisan Nasional Government has banned public rallies to prevent the DAP from explaining to you what is really happening in the country and from exposing the injustices, inequalities and wrongs committed by the ruling parties. Continue reading AN OPEN LETTER TO THE VOTERS OF SUNGEI BESI

Lim Kit Siang calls on Elections Commission to give fullest publicity that the voting hours on Polling Day ends at 6.30 p.m. and not 8p.m. as previously

Lim Kit Siang calls on Elections Commission to give fullest publicity that the voting hours on Polling Day ends at 6.30 p.m. and not 8p.m. as previously

From my visits with the people, I find that the people still think that the voting hours on Polling Day on July 8 end at 8 p.m., when in fact, the polling hours end at 6.30 p.m. I do not know why the Information Department did not make the fullest publicity of this shorter voting hours – unless the purpose is to let the workers be caught by surprise and to lose their right to vote. This is because workers usually return fro work in the evening, and only go to work after their work. When voting hours ended at 8 p.m., the workers would go and vote after 7p.m. if the 6.30p.m. close to voting on Polling Day is not given the fullest publicity, many workers will find that the polling had closed after they had finished work. As the workers vote for the DAP, the Barisan Nasional would not mind the workers losing their right to vote. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang calls on Elections Commission to give fullest publicity that the voting hours on Polling Day ends at 6.30 p.m. and not 8p.m. as previously

On Fan Yew Teng’s Resignation

By DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang, on Sunday, May 28, 1978;

On Fan Yew Teng’s Resignation

I have not yet received Fan Yew Tang‘s letter of resignation from the Party, apart from press reports.

Fan Yew Tang was one of the DAP leaders victimised and persecuted for leadership in Opposition politics, spending five years from 1975-75 in a section trial which went up twice to the Privy Council, and which ended in conviction with its concomitant consequences of disqualification as a Member of Parliament and State Assemblyman. Continue reading On Fan Yew Teng’s Resignation

1978: A Year of National Destiny

New Year Message by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary General, Lim Kit Siang

1978: A Year of National Destiny

1978 will be a year of great challenge to the people of Malaysia. It might be a decisive year for national destiny if general elections are held in the course of the year.

The country has taken many wrong turnings in nation-building since Merdeka in 1957. As a result, there has accumulated in the country considerable nation disunity, suspicion and distrust. Continue reading 1978: A Year of National Destiny

DAP CEC gives greenlight for contest in the Jempol State Assembly by-election.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary general, Lim Kit Siang, at a Solidarity Dinner organised by the Kuala Pilah DAP branch on Sunday, 27th November, 1977, at 7 p.m. Held at the Community Hall, Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan.
DAP CEC gives greenlight for contest in the Jempol State Assembly by-election.

When I first arrived in Kuala Pilah for the solidarity dinner, I was besieged by party comrades from Negeri Sembilan who asked whether the Party’s Central Executive committee will allow a contest by the DAP in the forthcoming Negeri Sembilan Jempol State Assemblyman for the area, Encik Mohamad Yasin Othman. Continue reading DAP CEC gives greenlight for contest in the Jempol State Assembly by-election.