Category: Foreign Affairs

DAP greatly disappointed by the failure of MCA, Gerakan, MIC and SUPP Ministers and MP to publicity declare their objections the Malaysian-Indonesian agreement to legalize illegal Indonesian immigrants

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, 7.6.1984:

DAP greatly disappointed by the failure of MCA, Gerakan, MIC and SUPP Ministers and MP to publicity declare their objections the Malaysian-Indonesian agreement to legalize illegal Indonesian immigrants.
Last Sunday, at the DAP Malacca Socialist Youth seminar on the Problems and Prospects of Malaysia in the 1990s, I challenged MCA, Gerakan, SUPP and MIC Ministers and MPs to declare within 48 hours whether they dared to join DAP MPs in the July 16 meeting of Parliament to move a joint motion objecting to the Malaysia-Indonesian agreement to legalise illegal Indonesian immigrants. Continue reading DAP greatly disappointed by the failure of MCA, Gerakan, MIC and SUPP Ministers and MP to publicity declare their objections the Malaysian-Indonesian agreement to legalize illegal Indonesian immigrants

Challenge to MCA, Gerakan, MIC and SUPP to state within 48 hours whether they are prepared to join DAP MPs to submit a joint Parliamentary motion to oppose the legalization of illegal Indonesian immigrants

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Sian, at/the public seminar / the opening of on ‘Prospects and Perspectives of Malaysia in the 1990s’ organized by the Malacca DAP Socialist Youth on Sunday, 3rd June 1984 at 10 a.m.

Challenge to MCA, Gerakan, MIC and SUPP to state within 48 hours whether they are prepared to join DAP MPs to submit a joint Parliamentary motion to oppose the legalization of illegal Indonesian immigrants.

For the last few months, while the component Barisan Nasional parties like the MCA, Gerakan, MIC were engaged in an intense, no-holds-barred internal power struggle, the people’s political, economic, educational and cultural rights had suffered the greatest erosion and setbacks. Continue reading Challenge to MCA, Gerakan, MIC and SUPP to state within 48 hours whether they are prepared to join DAP MPs to submit a joint Parliamentary motion to oppose the legalization of illegal Indonesian immigrants

DAP call for a referendum to decide whether the Malaysia-Indonesia agreement to import Indonesian labour should be ratified and implemented

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Mp for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Penang DAP State Committee meeting in Penang on Saturday, 26.5.1984 at 8 p.m.

DAP call for a referendum to decide whether the Malaysia-Indonesia agreement to import Indonesian labour should be ratified and implemented

Friday’s newspapers cafried the repot of Batu Pahat trader, Tan Kian Sing, 39, from Batu Pahat, who was found murdered in his palm oil smallholding near Kuantan, where he had gone for an inspection. His workers, who are illegal Indonesian immigrants, are also missing. Continue reading DAP call for a referendum to decide whether the Malaysia-Indonesia agreement to import Indonesian labour should be ratified and implemented

DAP calls on Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to practice ‘Look Japan’ and follow example of Japanese Cabinet Ministers publicly declaring their assets

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Official Opening and Commemorative Dinner of Tongkang Pechah DAP Branchin Tongkang Pechah, Batu Pahat, on Saturday, 18.2.1984 at 8 p.m.

DAP calls on Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to practice ‘Look Japan’ and follow example of Japanese Cabinet Ministers publicly declaring their assets

The 2M Government came to power with the most number of slogans as compared to previous administrations, like ‘Clean, Efficient and Trustworthy’ Government, ‘Leadership by Example’, ‘Look East’, etc. Continue reading DAP calls on Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to practice ‘Look Japan’ and follow example of Japanese Cabinet Ministers publicly declaring their assets

DAP Calls on Malaysian Government and other ASEAN country to ban all Aeroflot and Soviet Union vessels from the region

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 5.9.83:

DAP Calls on Malaysian Government and other ASEAN country to ban all Aeroflot and Soviet Union vessels from the region in protest against the cold-blooded murder of 269 people on board the South Korean commercial jet

Four days after the despicable and dastardly Soviet Union crime against humanity in shooting down an unarmed commercial South Korean jet and killing in cold-blood the 269 people on board, the Soviet Union is still not prepared to acknowledge its responsibility and to tender an unconditional apology to the victims, their nations and to humanity as a whole. Continue reading DAP Calls on Malaysian Government and other ASEAN country to ban all Aeroflot and Soviet Union vessels from the region

DAP calls on all nations with citizens on the South Korean jumbo jet shot down by the Russians to regard the heinous crime of unprecedented barbarity as an act of hostility against them

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, Sept. 4, 1983:

DAP calls on all nations with citizens on the South Korean jumbo jet shot down by the Russians to regard the heinous crime of unprecedented barbarity as an act of hostility against them, and to review their diplomatic relations with Soviet Union as well as to form an international action committee to demand appropriate repatatory action.

The Soviet shooting of a civilian Korean Air Lines jumbo jet with 269 people on board is a most heinous crime of unprecedented barbarity, and must be condemned by the international community with one voice to protect the sanctity of lives in international travel. Continue reading DAP calls on all nations with citizens on the South Korean jumbo jet shot down by the Russians to regard the heinous crime of unprecedented barbarity as an act of hostility against them

Call on Government leaders not to blindly transplant Japanese systems like the in-house unions under the ‘Look East’ policy without first understanding the real reasons for the Japanese economic miracle

1983 May Day Message by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, on 30.4.1983

Call on Government leaders not to blindly transplant Japanese systems like the in-house unions under the ‘Look East’ policy without first understanding the real reasons for the Japanese economic miracle

The 1983 May Day is probably the most important Labour Day since its official recognition as a public holiday in honour of the contribution of Malaysian workers to national development and progress. This is because the powers-that-be now seek to restructure the labour movement which would have far-reaching consequences for the role and place of labour in Malaysia in the coming decades. Continue reading Call on Government leaders not to blindly transplant Japanese systems like the in-house unions under the ‘Look East’ policy without first understanding the real reasons for the Japanese economic miracle

DAP condemns Israel and the Phalangists for the massacre of Palestinians in Beirut refugee camps

Press Statement by DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1982:

DAP condemns Israel and the Phalangists for the massacre of Palestinians in Beirut refugee camps

The world has been revolted by the massacre of Palestinians in Beirut refugee camps by the Christian Phalangists. Israel cannot disclaim responsibility for the genocidal massacres of Palestinians as Beirut was completely under their military control during the massacres. Continue reading DAP condemns Israel and the Phalangists for the massacre of Palestinians in Beirut refugee camps

Call on all ISA condemned families to urgently contact the DAP so that a national campaign to save the lives of the condemned could be launched

Press Conference Statement by DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at PJ DAP Headquarters on Friday, August 13, 1982 at 2 p.m.

Call on all ISA condemned families to urgently contact the DAP so that a national campaign to save the lives of the condemned could be launched

The Kuala Lumpur High Court yesterday struck off the application on behalf of five ISA condemned convicts for a stay of execution of the mandatory death penalty, dismissing the argument that the mandatory death sentence is unconstitutional. Continue reading Call on all ISA condemned families to urgently contact the DAP so that a national campaign to save the lives of the condemned could be launched

Call on the Dr. Mahathir government to ‘Look and Follow Japan’ in greatly expanding local university places and allowing the establishment of private universities

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling , Lim Kit Siang, at the Thousand-People Dinner organised by the Batu Pahat DAP Branch held on Saturday, 20th March 1982 at 7.30 pm.

Call on the Dr. Mahathir government to ‘Look and Follow Japan’ in greatly expanding local university places and allowing the establishment of private universities

The Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, has asked Malaysians to ‘Look East’ and to emulate the work ethics of the Japanese, which had enabled Japan to rise from the ashes of destruction in 1945 to become the modern economic miracle. Continue reading Call on the Dr. Mahathir government to ‘Look and Follow Japan’ in greatly expanding local university places and allowing the establishment of private universities