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MALAYSIAN EXAMNIATION COUNCIL has set STPM Accounting Paper 1 not accordance with regulations and syllabus

MALAYSIAN EXAMNIATION COUNCIL has set STPM Accounting Paper 1 not accordance with regulations and syllabus

I have received complaints from STPM Accounting candidates that the Malaysian Examination Council have set the STPM Accounting Paper I not in accordance with the regulation and the syllabus, putting many candidates at a great disadvantage and creating a gross injustice. Continue reading MALAYSIAN EXAMNIATION COUNCIL has set STPM Accounting Paper 1 not accordance with regulations and syllabus

Ten DAP MPs send protest cable to Prime Minister at use of his book, “The Malay Dilemma’ for the STPM General Paper, seeking his assurance that there would be no recurrence in future

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, Nov. 29, 1985:

Ten DAP MPs send protest cable to Prime Minister at use of his book, “The Malay Dilemma’ for the STPM General Paper, seeking his assurance that there would be no recurrence in future

The ten DAP MPs have today sent a protest cable to the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, at the use of his books, ‘The Malay Dilemma’ for the STPM General Paper question this year, and seeking his intervention and assurance that there would be no recurrence in future. Continue reading Ten DAP MPs send protest cable to Prime Minister at use of his book, “The Malay Dilemma’ for the STPM General Paper, seeking his assurance that there would be no recurrence in future

Syed Barakbar should not think Malaysians are ‘children’ to accept his poor attempt to justify the STPM General Paper question based on an extract from Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir’s ‘The Malay Dilemma’

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Thursday, 28.11.1985:

Syed Barakbar should not think Malaysians are ‘children’ to accept his poor attempt to justify the STPM General Paper question based on an extract from Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir’s ‘The Malay Dilemma’

The Malaysian Examination Council (MEC) Secretary-General, Syed Abu Bakar Barakhbar, should not think Malaysians are ‘children’ who would accept his poor attempt to justify the STPM General Paper question based on an extract from Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed’s ‘The Malay Dilemma’. Continue reading Syed Barakbar should not think Malaysians are ‘children’ to accept his poor attempt to justify the STPM General Paper question based on an extract from Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir’s ‘The Malay Dilemma’

Will the Malaysian Examinations Council set a STPM General Paper question next year based on my book ‘Time Bombs in Malaysia’ or ‘The Dangerous Eighties’?

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya Hqrs on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 1985 at 12 noon

Will the Malaysian Examinations Council set a STPM General Paper question next year based on my book ‘Time Bombs in Malaysia’ or ‘The Dangerous Eighties’?

After my motion to adjourn the Dewan Rakyat on a matter of definite, urgent public importance to debate the use of an extract from the book by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, ‘The Malay Dilemma’, to set of the Malaysian Examinations Council defended the STPM question. Continue reading Will the Malaysian Examinations Council set a STPM General Paper question next year based on my book ‘Time Bombs in Malaysia’ or ‘The Dangerous Eighties’?

Challenge to the Tan Koon Swan – Ling Liong Sik new MCA leadership to declare their stand on the use of Dr. Mahathir’s ‘The Malay Dilemma’ to disseminate the ‘assimilation’ theory and idea in schools among student

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Monday, Nov.25. 1985 at 11.30 am

Challenge to the Tan Koon Swan – Ling Liong Sik new MCA leadership to declare their stand on the use of Dr. Mahathir’s ‘The Malay Dilemma’ to disseminate the ‘assimilation’ theory and idea in schools among students

I congratulate Tan Koon Swan and Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik on their being elected as the new President and Deputy President of MCA, and their faction’s clean sweep in the weekend’s MCA elections, whether for the MCA Central Committee, Youth or Wanita positions. Continue reading Challenge to the Tan Koon Swan – Ling Liong Sik new MCA leadership to declare their stand on the use of Dr. Mahathir’s ‘The Malay Dilemma’ to disseminate the ‘assimilation’ theory and idea in schools among student

DAP protest cable to Education Minister for the use of Bahasa Malaysia as medium of instruction in 3M teaching seminar for Chinese primary school teachers and subjects

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Wednesday, 20.11.1985:

DAP protest cable to Education Minister for the use of Bahasa Malaysia as medium of instruction in 3M teaching seminar for Chinese primary school teachers and subjects

I have sent a cable to the Education Minister, Datuk Abdullah Badawi, to protest in the strongest terms possible against the use of Bahasa Malaysia as medium of instruction in 3M teaching seminar in Malacca for Chinese primary school teachers and subjects. Continue reading DAP protest cable to Education Minister for the use of Bahasa Malaysia as medium of instruction in 3M teaching seminar for Chinese primary school teachers and subjects

DAP commends Abdullah Badawi’s statement that the government will hot ban students from going abroad for studies as ‘good sense prevailing’

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, Nov 19, 1985:

DAP commends Abdullah Badawi’s statement that the government will hot ban students from going abroad for studies as ‘good sense prevailing’

DAP commends the Education Minister, Datuk Abdullah Badawi, for his statement that the government has no intention of banning students from going abroad for studies, Good sense has prevailed, for any such ban will do great harm to the country and the nation-building efforts as well. Continue reading DAP commends Abdullah Badawi’s statement that the government will hot ban students from going abroad for studies as ‘good sense prevailing’

DAP surprised by the ‘about-turn’ of the Tung/Chiau Chung on the integrated schools programme after their meeting with the Education Minister

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Mp for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, Nov. 9, 1985:

DAP surprised by the ‘about-turn’ of the Tung/Chiau Chung on the integrated schools programme after their meeting with the Education Minister, Datuk Abdullah Badawi, especially as after the meeting, the Education Minister made it clear that apart from the change of name from ‘integrated schools programme’ to ‘Programme for the integration of students for unity’, the programme remains basically the same.

The ordinary Malaysians must have been thoroughly confused, because for several weeks the Tung Chiau Chung had been calling for full public awareness of the implications of the integrated school programme, about the government’s long-term objective to convert Chinese primary schools into national primary schools, about the relentless attempt to undermine the character and status of Chinese primary schools by administrative and other methods, and the ubiquitous presence of Clause 21(2) of the 1961 Education Act which empowers the Education Minister to convert Chinese primary schools into national primary schools when he deems it fit. Continue reading DAP surprised by the ‘about-turn’ of the Tung/Chiau Chung on the integrated schools programme after their meeting with the Education Minister

Why is the Education Minister keeping mum on the Universities crisis and in particular the USM academicians’ controversy?

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Friday, Oct. 29, 1985:

Why is the Education Minister keeping mum on the Universities crisis and in particular the USM academicians’ controversy?

The Education Minister, Datuk Abdullah Ahamd Badawi, was very quick in his intervention and comment on the DKM’s cancellation of the talk on hadith by former PSBN Chairman, Kassim Ahamd, declaring that Kassim Ahmad should have been allowed to deliver his talk at the UKM. Continue reading Why is the Education Minister keeping mum on the Universities crisis and in particular the USM academicians’ controversy?

Call on Education Minister, Datuk Abdullah Badawi, to intervene in the ‘crisis of confidence’ in the Universiti Sains Malaysia administration among academicians and students to prevent a sharp decline in the university’s academic standards

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 12.9.1985;

Call on Education Minister, Datuk Abdullah Badawi, to intervene in the ‘crisis of confidence’ in the Universiti Sains Malaysia administration among academicians and students to prevent a sharp decline in the university’s academic standards.

I was in Penang last weekend, and from my discussions with the Universiti Sains Malaysia lecturers, academic staff and students, it is clear that there is a crisis of confidence in the Universiti Sains Malaysia administration, and in particular the Vice Chancellor, Datuk Musa Mohamed, among academid staff and students. Continue reading Call on Education Minister, Datuk Abdullah Badawi, to intervene in the ‘crisis of confidence’ in the Universiti Sains Malaysia administration among academicians and students to prevent a sharp decline in the university’s academic standards