Category: Education

Liong Sik and other MCA leaders are now very busy denying that TAR College would change its recruitment policy

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, 9th October 1991:

Liong Sik and other MCA leaders are now very busy denying that TAR College would change its recruitment policy

In the last three days, the MCA national leaders, from its President. Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik, downwards had been very busy denying that following the speech by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, at the Tunku Abdul Rahman College convocation last Saturday, TAR College would change its student recruitment policy or that it would introduce a quota system for non-Chinese students. Continue reading Liong Sik and other MCA leaders are now very busy denying that TAR College would change its recruitment policy

It is most disgraceful and dishonourable that the MCA leadership dare not tell Dr. Mahathir in Cabinet and Government the reasons why non-Chinese students do not want to study in TAR, but dare only do so in Chinese newspapers

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, October 7, 1991:

It is most disgraceful and dishonourable that the MCA leadership dare not tell Dr. Mahathir in Cabinet and Government the reasons why non-Chinese students do not want to study in TAR, but dare only do so in Chinese newspapers

It is most disgraceful and dishonourable that the top MCA leadership dare not tell the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, in Cabinet and Government the reasons why non-Chinese students do not want to study in Tunku Abdul Rahman College (TAR), but dare only do so in the Chinese newspapers. Continue reading It is most disgraceful and dishonourable that the MCA leadership dare not tell Dr. Mahathir in Cabinet and Government the reasons why non-Chinese students do not want to study in TAR, but dare only do so in Chinese newspapers

Eleven Chinese Primary schools and 28 Tamil primary schools were closed down in the past 10 years

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Buloh Kasap DAP Branch dinner to commemorate the 25th DAP Anniversary at Buloh Kasap, Segamat, on Friday, 4th October 1991 at 9 am

Eleven Chinese Primary schools and 28 Tamil primary schools were closed down in the past 10 years

I have just received an answer to a parliamentary question which I asked in the June/July meeting of Parliament and find that in the past 10 years, 11 Chinese primary schools and 28 Tamil primary schools were closed down because of shortage of pupils. Continue reading Eleven Chinese Primary schools and 28 Tamil primary schools were closed down in the past 10 years

Challenge to Dr. Ibrahim Saad to deny that he had opposed a flexible 3M system to provide quality education to allow it to be completed between five to seven years because of extremist communalist position

Press Conference Statement (2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at Penang DAP Hqrs on Friday, 12th July 1991 at 11.30 a.m

Challenge to Dr. Ibrahim Saad to deny that he had opposed a flexible 3M system to provide quality education to allow it to be completed between five to seven years because of extremist communalist position

Bernama reported that “Änwar Takes Kit Siang To Task” during the continuation of my speech on the Sixth Malaysia Plan in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday, and this Bernama report was given full prominence by the three television channels through the Beritex service. Continue reading Challenge to Dr. Ibrahim Saad to deny that he had opposed a flexible 3M system to provide quality education to allow it to be completed between five to seven years because of extremist communalist position

DAP calls on two Ministers, five Deputy Ministers, two Parliamentary Secretary and MPs from Barisan Nasional who were NECC members to resign because they voted in Parliament against the NECC proposal for a Royal Commission to monitor the implementation of the new government economic policy

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, on the Sixth Malaysia Plan in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday, 10th July 1991

DAP calls on two Ministers, five Deputy Ministers, two Parliamentary Secretary and MPs from Barisan Nasional who were NECC members to resign because they voted in Parliament against the NECC proposal for a Royal Commission to monitor the implementation of the new government economic policy

I commend the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, for taking note of our protests in the debate on the Second Outline Perspective Plan and the National Development Policy last month that MPs from all political parties were not given adequate time to study the government’s plan before the parliamentary debate. Continue reading DAP calls on two Ministers, five Deputy Ministers, two Parliamentary Secretary and MPs from Barisan Nasional who were NECC members to resign because they voted in Parliament against the NECC proposal for a Royal Commission to monitor the implementation of the new government economic policy

All Chinese and Tamil primary school pupils who pass the UPSR national school Bahasa Malaysia paper should be exempted from Remove Class and promoted directly to From One if they get passes in other subjects

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, June 15, 1991:

All Chinese and Tamil primary school pupils who pass the UPSR national school Bahasa Malaysia paper should be exempted from Remove Class and promoted directly to From One if they get passes in other subjects

The Education Ministry has announced that Chinese and Tamil primary school Std.IV pupils can now opt to sit for the Bahasa Malaysia paper offered in the national schools (SK/SRK) in the Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR). Continue reading All Chinese and Tamil primary school pupils who pass the UPSR national school Bahasa Malaysia paper should be exempted from Remove Class and promoted directly to From One if they get passes in other subjects

Has the Education Ministry discovered that there is no such thing as a ‘Bahasa Malaysia’ 34 years after Merdeka?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, 21st May 1991:

Has the Education Ministry discovered that there is no such thing as a ‘Bahasa Malaysia’ 34 years after Merdeka?

Deputy Education Minister, Dr. Fong Chan Onn, said yesterday that the Ministry of Education is considering changing the subject of Bahasa Malaysia in all secondary and primary schools into Bahasa Melayu. Continue reading Has the Education Ministry discovered that there is no such thing as a ‘Bahasa Malaysia’ 34 years after Merdeka?

Call on Anwar Ibrahim to stop ‘politicising’ the Education Act 1990 and his attacks on Dong Jiao Zhong

By Parliamentary opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 24th September 1990:

Call on Anwar Ibrahim to stop ‘politicising’ the Education Act 1990 and his attacks on Dong Jiao Zhong

Education Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, should stop ‘poliiticising’ the education Act 1990 Continue reading Call on Anwar Ibrahim to stop ‘politicising’ the Education Act 1990 and his attacks on Dong Jiao Zhong

Call on Dr. Mahathir to set up a Cabinet Committee to implement the resolutions adopted by the Federation of Malaysian Hokkien Association annual meeting

Press Conference Statement (2) by Parliamentary opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang , in Penang on Wednesday, 18.9.1990 at 11.30 a.m.

Call on Dr. Mahathir to set up a Cabinet Committee to implement the resolutions adopted by the Federation of Malaysian Hokkien Association annual meeting.

When he declared open the Federation of Malaysian Hokkien Association annual meeting on Monday, the Prime Minster, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, pledged that the Government would co-operate closely with the Federation as the Government takes the views of the Federation seriously. Continue reading Call on Dr. Mahathir to set up a Cabinet Committee to implement the resolutions adopted by the Federation of Malaysian Hokkien Association annual meeting

The boycott by MCA, Gerakan and SUPP of the Education Bill Seminar yesterday show that these parties are turning their back against the Chinese community and regard themselves as answerable only to UMNO and not to the Chinese voters

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Malacca DAP Welcome Ceramah for the 27 Chinese educationists and human rights activist for their entry into the DAP held at Pay Fong Chinese Independent Secondary School hall on Monday, 3rd September 1990 at 8 p.m.

The boycott by MCA, Gerakan and SUPP of the Education Bill Seminar yesterday show that these parties are turning their back against the Chinese community and regard themselves as answerable only to UMNO and not to the Chinese voters

The boycott by the MCA, Gerakan and SUPP of the Education Bill Seminar held at the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall in Kuala Lumpur yesterday represented a major policy shift by these three political parties. The seminar was jointly organised by the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, Dong Jiao Zhong and Sin Chew Jit Poh. Continue reading The boycott by MCA, Gerakan and SUPP of the Education Bill Seminar yesterday show that these parties are turning their back against the Chinese community and regard themselves as answerable only to UMNO and not to the Chinese voters