Category: Elections

Charge about the ‘unholy alliance between DAP and PMIP’ sheer fabrication!

Press Statement by DAP Organising Secretary and Parliamentary Candidate for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, on 23rd April 1969:

Lim Kit Siang describes Tun Tan Siew Sin’s charge about the ‘unholy alliance between DAP and PMIP’ as ‘sheer fabrication’!

Tun Tan Siew Sin’s charge that the DAP and the PMIP have reached an ‘unholy Alliance’ to fight the Alliance Party is sheer fabrication and a figment of Tun Tan’s overheated imagination.

The DAP has absolutely nothing in common with the PMIP, and we will not touch them with a barge-pole.

The DAP stands for a multi-racial, multi-lingual and multi-cultural Malaysia, while the PMIP stands for a Malay and Islamic Malaysia.
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DAP’s three-Point Plan to save Malacca from the fate of a Dead City

Speech by DAP Organising Secretary and Parliamentary Candidate for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at the 6th DAP Public Rally at Bachang Chew Loy, Malacca, on Tuesday, 22nd April 1969:

As a result of a decade of Alliance neglect and lack of foresight, Malacca is fast becoming a Dead City.

Unemployment in Malacca has worsened, with thousands of Malacca youths roaming the streets with Senior Cambridge and Senior Middle Three certificates, or even with Nanyang and Formosan University degrees and qualifications – without jobs.

Stevedores at quayside are lying idle without work. Businessman and shops in the town centre report less and less business.

And now, with the Terendak Camp to be closed down by the beginning of next year, Malacca will enter a serious economic crisis which she is entirely unprepared to meet and resolve by a decade of Alliance incompetence, negligence and failures.
Ten years ago, far-sighted people were talking of the need to have a port in Malacca, an industrial estate and to develop the tourist potential of the oldest Sultanate in Malaysia, to rejuvenate Malacca economy and life. Continue reading DAP’s three-Point Plan to save Malacca from the fate of a Dead City

The DAP is not an anti-Malay party: it is a pro-Malaysian party

Speech by DAP Organising Secretary and Parliamentary Candidate for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP Public Rally at Bukit Rambai on April 18, 1969 at 10 p.m.:

The Alliance and the MCA used to accuse the DAP of being anti-Malay because they claim we dare not contest in predominantly Malay constituency.

But in this general elections, we are contesting in several predominantly Malay constituencies, one of which is Bukit Rambai State Constituency in Malacca. This thoroughly exposes the mischief and malice of Alliance and MCA accusations.
What shocks me is that Tun Tan Siew Sin, the MCA President, should condemn the DAP for Contesting in a predominantly Malay constituency. Tun Tan said the DAP should not have fielded a candidate.

If Tun Tan Siew Sin is right, then he himself should never have run away from Bandar Melaka Parliamentary constituency to Melaka Tengah Parliamentary constituency, and rely on UMNO’s Malay votes to get him elected. Tun Tan should fight in Bandar Melaka, the town of his birth, and let the voters of Bandar Melaka decide whether his own claim is true, that he is the leader of Malaysian Chinese.

But Tun Tan Siew Sin dares not to do this, because he knows very well that if he had contested in Bandar Melaka Parliamentary constituency, he would not be able to retain his deposit even. Continue reading The DAP is not an anti-Malay party: it is a pro-Malaysian party

Malaysian Chinese may lose their citizenship if they vote the opposition party?

Statement by DAP Organising Secretary and Parliamentary Candidate for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, on 18th April 1969:

Lim Kit Siang condemns Mr. Koh Kim Leng for declaring that the Malaysian Chinese may lose their citizenship if they vote the opposition party

My attention has just been drawn to a speech by the Alliance Candidate for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Koh Kim Leng, at an Alliance public rally at Hereen Street on 14th April 1969.

Mr. Koh said that if the people vote for the opposition party, then the Chinese may lose their citizenship in Malaysia. Mr. Koh Kim Leng went on to warn the Chinese that they must realize who have controls and posses the guns and knives, implying that it is the Malays who have the military power in the country.

I condemn in the strongest possible terms such irresponsible statement by an irresponsible politician. It is a downright threat to Malaysian Chinese in Malacca that if they do not vote for him and his MCA colleagues elsewhere, the Chinese will lose their citizenship and may even be slaughtered by the Malays. Continue reading Malaysian Chinese may lose their citizenship if they vote the opposition party?

ACA to investigate into the case of the Missing $10,000 grant to Pay Nam Chinese School

Statement by DAP Organising Secretary and Parliamentary Candidate for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at a Press Conference at 5, Jonker Street, Malacca on Thursday, 17th April 1969 at 9.30a.m.

Before and during every general election, Alliance and MCA leaders went around the country and announced that they were or going to give money for temples, schools, community halls, etc. in an attempt to buy votes with public funds.

But whether these monies were actually given out, nobody knows. I want to mention one case in Malacca in 1964 general elections.

The Finance Minister, Tun Tan Siew Sin, announced in the press before the 1964 general elections that he had $645,850 for distribution to 47 schools. This was reported in the local press, and also in Sin Chew Jit Poh of March 2, 1964. One of the schools which were listed to have received $10,000 was the Pay Nam Chinese School in Pantai Belimbing.

But the $10,000 was never distributed. Former member of the Pay Nam School Board of Management came and saw me yesterday, and complained that they did not receive the money, and that although they saw Tun Tan Siew Sin and Dato Tang Cheng Swee after the general elections for the money, they were unsuccessful. They complained bitterly that some of their village people even thought that the School Board of Management had pocketed the $10,000 themselves. Continue reading ACA to investigate into the case of the Missing $10,000 grant to Pay Nam Chinese School

The Alliance $100,000 Alliances campaign to buy votes

Statement by DAP Organising Secretary and Parliamentary Candidate for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at a Press Conference on Monday 14th April 1969 at 9.45 p.m.

The Alliance has started its campaign to buy votes in Bandar Melaka. From reliable sources, I understand that the Alliance and the MCA have set aside $100,000 for this purpose, allocating $20,000 for each state constituency for Bandar Melaka.
Many voters have been offered $10 to vote for the Alliance, with the promise that if the Alliance wins, they will be given another $10. This is clearly meant as an incentive for them to vote for the Alliance to get another $10.

For areas which are known to be pro-DAP, the Alliance operators are offering $20 in exchange for their identity cards, which the Alliance people say will be returned to the owners after polling day. The intention was to prevent them for voting the DAP on May 10.

I must warn voters of Bandar Melaka never to allow Alliance agents to take away their identity cards. This is because if the Alliance loses on May 10, despite their $100,000 spent on buying votes, they may get so angry and frustrated and desperate, that they are likely to burn and destroy all the identity cards in their possession. This will cause untold hardship and in convenience who give up their identity cards for $20.

The Alliance are directing their attack on women voters, believing that they could more easily deceived. Continue reading The Alliance $100,000 Alliances campaign to buy votes

Koh Kim Leng is one of the architects to suppress and destroy Chinese language and education in Malaysia

Speech by DAP Organising Secretary and Parliamentary Candidate for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at the third DAP General Elections Public Rally in Malacca at Long Chan Bros. (Pengkalan Rama Pantai) Malacca on Sunday, 13th April 1969 at 9p.m.

At the first Malacca DAP Public Rally at Bandar Hilir Padang on 8th April 1969, I asked the Alliance Parliamentary Candidate for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Koh Kim Leng, ten questions so that the people and voters will have an opportunity to hear his views on ten important issues concerning our country, our future and our children’s future.

But till today, five days later, he has not answered these questions. Mr. Koh Kim Leng has not answered these questions because he supports wholeheartedly the Alliance policy of dividing Malaysians into bumiputras and non-bumiputras, the classification of Malaysians of non-Malay origin, including his own children, as second-class citizens, the elimination of Chinese language, education and culture, and the whole range of Alliance racial policies in every sphere.

In fact, tonight I ACCUSE MR. KOH KIM LENG AS ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THE ALLIANCE POLICY TO SUPPRESS AND DESTROY CHINESE LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA.

In 1960, Mr. Koh Kim Leng co-authored with Abdul Rahman Talib to produce notorious and obnoxious Abdul Rahman Talib Education Report, which is today’s the Alliance blueprint to destroy Chinese Language and education in Malaysia. Continue reading Koh Kim Leng is one of the architects to suppress and destroy Chinese language and education in Malaysia

A solemn pledge to the people and voters of Bandar Melaka

Speech by DAP Organising Secretary and Parliamentary Candidate for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at the second DAP General Elections Public Rally in Malacca at Chew Loy ( Hilir Gardens ) on Friday, 11th April 1969 at 9p.m.

I hereby give a solemn pledge to the people and voters of Bandar Melaka, that when elected Member of Parliament for this constituency on May 10, I will live and work in Malacca, to serve the people in Bandar Melaka.

One reason I have been sent here to contest the Bandar Melaka Parliamentary seat by the DAP Central Executive Committee is to mobilize and organise the people of Malacca behind the DAP banner to make Malacca one of the capitals of the Malaysian Malaysia campaign.

This was why I declined the Serdang State Constituency of Selangor, which the CEC offered me, because if I am to stand in Melaka Bandar Parliamentary constituency, I want to devote all my time, energy and effort in Malacca Town. If I were to stand in Serdang State seat in Selangor and the Bandar Melaka Parliamentary seat in Malacca, I will find that I am likely to neglect both, because Selangor and Malacca are separated by about 100 miles.

The Alliance is saying that if elected, I will not be able to serve the people of Bandar Melaka, because I am not from Malacca. Continue reading A solemn pledge to the people and voters of Bandar Melaka

Open Challenge to a public debate in Mandarin to Mr. Lew Sip Hon, whether in Bungsar or Malacca

Speech by DAP Organising Secretary and Parliamentary Candidate for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at a General Elections Public Rally at Sungei Way New Village in Damansara Constituency on 10th April 1969 at 10pm:

Last week, the MCA Maju Ward Chairman and Alliance Parliamentary Candidate for Bungsar, Mr. Lew Sip Hon, boasted that the MCA Maju Ward had “sufficient brainpower to match the brains in the DAP, and that it could match the opposition parties word for word, slogan for slogan and statement for statement.”

Very high-sounding words, but within a week, they prove to be mere empty words.

As Mr. Lew Sip Hon is now posing as the champing of Chinese education, language and culture, I asked him some searching questions at the first national DAP Public Rally at Jalan Mountbatten, Kuala Lumpur, on 6th April 1969, I wanted to know how Mr. Lew could have signed the Aziz Commission Report, which if implemented, will be the final death blow to Chinese education, if he is really concerned about Chinese education. I also wanted to know how Mr. Lew Sip Hon could explain the MCA’s determination to eliminate Chinese education in this country, when in a multi-racial society like Malaysia, there should be room for the different language education streams to develop and grow.

One would have thought that with the ‘sufficient brainpower’ Mr. Lew Sip Hon claims that he has got, he would have accepted my invitation to a public argument on this matter. Continue reading Open Challenge to a public debate in Mandarin to Mr. Lew Sip Hon, whether in Bungsar or Malacca

Ten question for Koh Kim Leng

Speech by DAP Organising Secretary and Parliamentary Candidate for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, at the first DAP General Elections Public Rally at Malacca Padang on 8th April 1969:

We in the DAP believe in the open argument and debate so that the people can judge for themselves which candidate and political party has the best policy and programme in the interest of the people and country.

I propose to conduct the general elections campaign in Malacca in this spirit of open confrontation of ideas and minds.
As Mr. Koh Kim Leng is the Alliance candidate for Bandar Melaka, I for one, and I am sure the voters of Bandar Melaka, would like to know his stand on various public and national issues.

I wish to ask Mr. Koh Kim Leng ten questions tonight to give him an opportunity to explain his stand, and I hope he will have the courtesy and courage to answer my questions. Continue reading Ten question for Koh Kim Leng