Category: Elections

DAP calls on the Education Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, to release the report of the Curriculum Development Centre survey

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at a meeting of Perak DAP MPs and State Assemblymen in Ipoh on Friday, 8th May 1981 at 7 p.m.

DAP calls on the Education Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, to release the report of the Curriculum Development Centre survey on the 3R abilities of primary school students for study and discussion by parents, teachers and the public.

Last month, the Education Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, said that a survey by his Ministry’s Curriculum Development Centre produced the ‘shocking findings’ that an alarming number of primary school students could not read, write and add. Datuk Musa Hitam said that survey resulted in the government’s decision to launch 3M programme for the primary schools in the country. Continue reading DAP calls on the Education Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, to release the report of the Curriculum Development Centre survey

DAP to forma General Elections Committee to prepare for the next general elections which may be held in 15 months’ time

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, when officiating at the opening ceremony of the DAP Branch in Federal Territory on Sunday, 3rd May 1981 at 6.30 p.m.

DAP to forma General Elections Committee to prepare for the next general elections which may be held in 15 months’ time

The DAP will form a General Elections Committee to prepare for the next national general elections which may be held in 15 months’ time. The DAP General Elections Committee will work out the DAP’s national strategy for the next general elections, both on the national and state-by-state basis. Continue reading DAP to forma General Elections Committee to prepare for the next general elections which may be held in 15 months’ time

DAP CEC has not commissioned or authorised anyone to ‘mediate’ or ‘settle the matter of the expulsion of the Gang of Three in Penang

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Tuesday, 10th March 1981 at 11.30 a.m.

DAP CEC has not commissioned or authorised anyone to ‘mediate’ or ‘settle the matter of the expulsion of the Gang of Three in Penang as there is nothing to mediate or settle with regard to flagrant and systematic flouting of party discipline.

The lifting of the suspension of the Bagan Ajam and Telok Bahang Branch, following that of Bukit Mertajam and Paya Terubong Branches, mark yet another step in the restoration of party discipline and cohesive in Penang, to rebuild the DAP into an effective and powerful political force in the state. Continue reading DAP CEC has not commissioned or authorised anyone to ‘mediate’ or ‘settle the matter of the expulsion of the Gang of Three in Penang

DAP to contest about 8 seats in the Sabah State General Election

Speech Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the official opening of the Rasa DAP Branch and the Rasa DAP Branch Dinner at Rasa New Village on Sunday, 22nd Feb. 1981 at 7 pm

DAP to contest about 8 seats in the Sabah State General Election

The DAP will contest about 8 seats in the Sabah State General Election. This will be another opportunity for the DAP to seek to widen and deepen Malaysian support throughout the country for the long-term, national political struggle for a Malaysian Malaysia, where every Malaysian citizen, regardless of race, language, culture or religion, whether in Sabah, Sarawak or Peninsular Malaysia, will enjoy equal citizenship rights as a Malaysia. Continue reading DAP to contest about 8 seats in the Sabah State General Election

DAP calls for elections to District and Municipal Council to replace appointed Councillors who have failed to provide efficient and responsive local government service whether in Serdang Bahru or throughout the country

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, when speaking to the Petaling DAP Liaison Committee meeting at Serdang Bahru new village on Tuesday, 17th Feb. 1981 at 8p.m.

DAP calls for elections to District and Municipal Council to replace appointed Councillors who have failed to provide efficient and responsive local government service whether in Serdang Bahru or throughout the country

When local government elections were first suspended in 1965, the reason given by the Government was because of the security situation created by the Indonesian Confrontation. But Indonesian Confrontation ended in 1966, and although 15 years have passed, there has been no restoration of local government elections. Continue reading DAP calls for elections to District and Municipal Council to replace appointed Councillors who have failed to provide efficient and responsive local government service whether in Serdang Bahru or throughout the country

Beware of the Barisan and MCA stepped-up campaign to discredit and destroy the DAP through a organised and systematic campaign of smear, lies and malice

Beware of the Barisan and MCA stepped-up campaign to discredit and destroy the DAP through a organised and systematic campaign of smear, lies and malice

I had hope that after the Party Annual Conference in Seremban on Dec, 21, the Party will be able to get on with its work to rebuild itself in conjunction with the Party’s 15th Anniversary along lines designed by the Central Executive Committee since the Cameron Highlands Meeting in August 1980, to infuse the Party and the party leaders and member with a new sense of purpose, and to prepare for the next general elections which could be held within 18 to 24 months. Continue reading Beware of the Barisan and MCA stepped-up campaign to discredit and destroy the DAP through a organised and systematic campaign of smear, lies and malice

Call on the voters of Pengkalan Kota to vote the DAP candidate

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leaders and DAP Secretary-General Lim Kit Siang at the Pengkalan Kota state assembly by-election nomination on Thursday, Oct. 30, 1980 at 11.30 a.m

Call on the voters of Pengkalan Kota to vote the DAP candidate to lay down the basis for the DAP’s 1983 Project to capture Penang State Government

This is the second by election the DAP is contesting in Penang since the last general election in 1978, when the DAP won four Parliamentary and five State Assembly seats. Continue reading Call on the voters of Pengkalan Kota to vote the DAP candidate

From the SG’s Desk

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

Party to concentrate on Votes’ Registration Campaign

Party to concentrate on Votes’ Registration Campaign

I understand that the voters’ registration campaign will be held in August this year. In my view, this campaign is of crucial importance as it will determine to a large extent whether we succeed in making the next general elections our most glorious milestone to date.

For all practical purposes, we should consider that we have only two years left to register eligible voters, namely, 1980 and 1981, before the next general elections. Continue reading Party to concentrate on Votes’ Registration Campaign

From the SG’s Desk

Be Ready for Voters’ Registration Campaign in September

In the last three general elections, the Dap found on each occasion that in all the constituencies we contested, we had many supporters who could not vote for us because they are not registered voters. There is no doubt that we would have more elected MPs and State Assemblymen if all our supporters had registered as voters.

Up till now, DAP branches and state committees had not given the voters registration month the importance it deserved. The Party, all down the line from national to state and branch levels, should give serious attention to the voters registration exercise this year, which will be held next month in September. There are of course many difficulties and obstacles in the way of facilitating our maximising registration of eligible voters, but it is up to our resourcefulness and indemnity to overcome these difficulties and obstacles. Continue reading From the SG’s Desk