Category: Education

Lim Kit Siang to make an adjournment speech on the Malam Kebudayaan Chun Lei in Parliament later this month

DAP Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, today issued the following statement:

Lim Kit Siang to make an adjournment speech on the Malam Kebudayaan Chun Lei in Parliament later this month

I have given notice to Parliament to make an adjournment speech in two weeks’ time on the Malam Kebudayaan Chun Lei, which the police refused to permit performance in Kuala Lumpur in April and May in aid of Chinese Independent Chinese Secondary Schools without valid reasons. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang to make an adjournment speech on the Malam Kebudayaan Chun Lei in Parliament later this month

Low intake of Indian students into Malaysian universities: DAP wants immediate Cabinet action to rectify the imbalance

DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, today issued the following statement:

Low intake of Indian students into Malaysian universities: DAP wants immediate Cabinet action to rectify the imbalance

The DAP regrets that although three weeks have passed since the issue of the low intake of Indian students into the Malaysian universities have been raised by the University of Malaya Tamil Language Society, the Ministry of Education and the Cabinet has taken no action to fully rectify the imbalance. Continue reading Low intake of Indian students into Malaysian universities: DAP wants immediate Cabinet action to rectify the imbalance

DAP calls on the government to provide free secondary and university education to all students whose parents earn less than $500 a month

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP Public Rally at Teluk Anson on Sunday, 16th June 1974 at 9 p.m.

1. DAP calls on the government to provide free secondary and university education to all students whose parents earn less than $500 a month

Education, whether the primary, secondary, or university education, should be made freely accessible to the people who can benefit from Poverty should not be a barrier or obstacle to a student continuing or doing well in his secondary or university studies, as it is very much so today. Continue reading DAP calls on the government to provide free secondary and university education to all students whose parents earn less than $500 a month

If the DAP captures the Perak, Penang or any other State government, Nantah and Formosan graduates will be employed on the State, City Council, Municipal, Town Council levels at par with graduates from Malaysian universities

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a fund-raising tea party at Ipoh which organised by Perak DAP Chinese Education sub-committee in aid of Chinese Independent Secondary Schools on Sunday, 26th May 1974 at 10 a.m.

1. If the DAP captures the Perak, Penang or any other State government, Nantah and Formosan graduates will be employed on the State, City Council, Municipal, Town Council levels at par with graduates from Malaysian universities

For over a decade, the problem of the recognition of the degrees and diplomas of over 10,000 Malaysians who graduated from Nantah and Formosan universities and colleges have remained an outstanding problem. Continue reading If the DAP captures the Perak, Penang or any other State government, Nantah and Formosan graduates will be employed on the State, City Council, Municipal, Town Council levels at par with graduates from Malaysian universities

DAP proposes the signing of a friendship treaty between Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China during Tun Razak’s six-day visit to China

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP Public Rally at Gopeng on Sunday, 26th May 1974 at 9 p.m.

1. DAP proposes the signing of a friendship treaty between Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China during Tun Razak’s six-day visit to China

With the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China during Tun Razak six-day State Visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese Premier Chou En Lai beginning on Tuesday, an important milestone has been reached in our country’s foreign policy. Continue reading DAP proposes the signing of a friendship treaty between Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China during Tun Razak’s six-day visit to China

A new era in Malaysia’s foreign relations when diplomatic relationship is established with the People’s Republic of China

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP Public Rally at Kanthan Baru New Village in Perak on Saturday, 18th May 1974 at 8 p.m.

1. A new era in Malaysia’s foreign relations when diplomatic relationship is established with the People’s Republic of China

A new era in Malaysia’s foreign relations will begin when in the next few days, Malaysia and China establishes diplomatic relationship ending the close to two decades of enmity and hostility between Malaysia and the super power in Asia.A new era in Malaysia’s foreign relations when diplomatic relationship is established with the People’s Republic of China Continue reading A new era in Malaysia’s foreign relations when diplomatic relationship is established with the People’s Republic of China

Detention of three more officials of the Chun Lei Cultural Night: Lim Kit Siang writes to Ghazalie Shafie expressing concern<

Detention of three more officials of the Chun Lei Cultural Night: Lim Kit Siang writes to Ghazalie Shafie expressing concern

I have written to the Minister of Home Affairs, Tan Sri Ghazalie Shafie, expressing concern at the arrest of three more official of the Chun Lei Cultural Night, in aid of the Chinese Independent Secondary Schools.

My letter to the Minister reads: Continue reading Detention of three more officials of the Chun Lei Cultural Night: Lim Kit Siang writes to Ghazalie Shafie expressing concern<

Amendment of 1961 Education act to remove from the Education Minister the power to convert Chinese and Tamil secondary schools is the only way to secure preservation of these schools

Speech by DAP Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Committee Room No.2, Parliament House, on Friday, 26th April 1974 at 4 p.m. when convening a meeting of Members of Parliament to form a Parliamentary Group to campaign for the preservation of Chinese and Tamil primary schools

Amendment of 1961 Education act to remove from the Education Minister the power to convert Chinese and Tamil secondary schools is the only way to secure preservation of these schools

In replying to my speech in the Dewan Rakyat last week calling for clear government assurance that the Chinese and Tamil primary schools would not be abolished, the Minister of Education, Tuan Haji Mohamed Ya’acob, said on Monday that it was “not the intention of the government to close National Type Chinese Schools or Tamil Schools.” Continue reading Amendment of 1961 Education act to remove from the Education Minister the power to convert Chinese and Tamil secondary schools is the only way to secure preservation of these schools

Call for the establishment of more universities in Malaysia to give higher education opportunities to non-Malay students

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and member of parliament for Bandar Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a Public Rally in Kampong Koh, Sitiawan, on Saturday, 20th April 1974 at 9 p.m.

1. Call for the establishment of more universities in Malaysia to give higher education opportunities to non-Malay students

Malaysia has at preset five institutes of higher learning. For the 1973 academic year, the intake of students by these five institutions are as follows: Continue reading Call for the establishment of more universities in Malaysia to give higher education opportunities to non-Malay students

DAP shocked by Education Ministry ruling that priority for retention in Form Five will be given to students who fail badly in the MCE examination

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a Public Rally in Bentong on Sunday, 14th April 1974 at 9 p.m.

1. DAP shocked by Education Ministry ruling that priority for retention in Form Five will be given to students who fail badly in the MCE examination

The DAP is shocked at the Education Ministry ruling that preference for retention in Form Five would be given to students who did in the MCE last year.

It is clear that the Ministry’s order of preference for retention of MCE students had not changed, and are as follows: Continue reading DAP shocked by Education Ministry ruling that priority for retention in Form Five will be given to students who fail badly in the MCE examination