Category: Foreign Affairs

DAP calls on the Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, to reconsider and attend the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference in Melbourne, or send the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam in his stead.

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, Sept. 27:

DAP calls on the Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, to reconsider and attend the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference in Melbourne, or send the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam in his stead.

According to press reports, Malaysia will be the only country which will not be represented at the Melbourne Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference by its Prime Minister. Continue reading DAP calls on the Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, to reconsider and attend the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference in Melbourne, or send the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam in his stead.

DAP calls on Malaysian Government to review relations with Soviet Union in view of KGB attempts to sub infiltrate and subvert top government and social circles a in the backdrop of growing Soviet expansionism in the Asia-Pacific region

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Kuching DAP Branch Second Anniversary Dinner held at Kuching Hilltop Restaurant on Wednesday, 5th August 1981 at 7 p.m.

DAP calls on Malaysian Government to review relations with Soviet Union in view of KGB attempts to sub infiltrate and subvert top government and social circles a in the backdrop of growing Soviet expansionism in the Asia-Pacific region

Three days before he was sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s political secretary, Siddiq Mohamed Chouse was detained under the Internal Security Act for being a Soviet KGB spy, and three top Soviet Embassy officials in Kuala Lumpur were expelled for KGB activities. Continue reading DAP calls on Malaysian Government to review relations with Soviet Union in view of KGB attempts to sub infiltrate and subvert top government and social circles a in the backdrop of growing Soviet expansionism in the Asia-Pacific region

Call on new Education Minister, Dr. Sulaiman Daud, to exert pressure on the British government to reduce fees for Malaysian student studying in the United Kingdom.

By Parliamentary Opposition Leaders, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, on Monday, 27.7.81:

Call on new Education Minister, Dr. Sulaiman Daud, to exert pressure on the British government to reduce fees for Malaysian student studying in the United Kingdom.

The drastic increase of school fees for overseas students in the United Kingdom has gravely hit Malaysian student in UK. This is a short-sighted British policy, which will do great harm to the continued close relationship between the two countries and damage the cultural ties established between Britishers and Malaysians because of educational facilities in the UK. Continue reading Call on new Education Minister, Dr. Sulaiman Daud, to exert pressure on the British government to reduce fees for Malaysian student studying in the United Kingdom.

DAP calls for White Paper on Russian Subversion and Infiltration of the higher reaches of Malaysian society and government

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, on Tuesday, July 14, 1981:

DAP calls for White Paper on Russian Subversion and Infiltration of the higher reaches of Malaysian society and government

The detention under the Internal Security Act of the political secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Prime-Minister-to-be, Siddiq Mohamed Ghouse, and the expulsion of three top Soviet Embassy officials for KGB activities have highlighted what has been known or suspected for quite some time: the increasingly spread of the Russian expansionist tentacles in the Asia-Pacific region in keeping with the Russian world-wide designs of imposing Soviet supremacy and mastery. Continue reading DAP calls for White Paper on Russian Subversion and Infiltration of the higher reaches of Malaysian society and government

Call on Prime Minister to declare the government stand and relationship with the Pattani United Liberation Organisation (PULO)

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Titi branch Dinner at Titi, Negri Sembilan, on Saturday, 23rd May 1981 at 8 p.m.

Call on Prime Minister to declare the government stand and relationship with the Pattani United Liberation Organisation (PULO)

Last Thursday, the Home Affairs Minister, Tan Sri Ghazalie Shafie, declared that Malaysia would not take part in any joint border operations with Thai troops against Pattani United Liberation Organisation rebels. Continue reading Call on Prime Minister to declare the government stand and relationship with the Pattani United Liberation Organisation (PULO)

Call on Malaysian Government to show humanity and give priority to enable foreign wives of Malaysians to reside in Malaysia, and not to give them even lower status than illegal immigrants from Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, to the Selangor/Federal Territory DAP State Committee on Tuesday, 19th May 1981 at 7.30 p.m.

Call on Malaysian Government to show humanity and give priority to enable foreign wives of Malaysians to reside in Malaysia, and not to give them even lower status than illegal immigrants from Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand

The latest administrative regulations by the Ministry of Home Affairs concerning the residential status of foreign wives of Malaysians have created great hardships, suffering and unhappiness to tens of thousands of Malaysians who are affected. Continue reading Call on Malaysian Government to show humanity and give priority to enable foreign wives of Malaysians to reside in Malaysia, and not to give them even lower status than illegal immigrants from Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand

DAP calls for a special government probe team to be sent to investigate into the working conditions of Malaysian workers in Saudi Arabia

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling on Saturday, May 9, 1981:

DAP calls for a special government probe team to be sent to investigate into the working conditions of Malaysian workers in Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries o protect Malaysian workers from exploitation, oppression and even threats to their very personal safety

Although last month, the Deputy Minister of Labour and Manpower, Datu K. Pathmanaban, gave a assurance to the Senate that Malaysian workers in the Middle East were working under satisfactory conditions, the revelations of working conditions of Malaysians in Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries following the tragic and mysterious death of former Saudi Arabian airlines air hostess, Chathrina Tan Suan Hong, 21, has shown that either Datuk Pathmanaban was deliberately misleading Parliament or he did not know what he was talking about. Continue reading DAP calls for a special government probe team to be sent to investigate into the working conditions of Malaysian workers in Saudi Arabia

DAP calls for government to set up a special Task Force III to check and control the inflow over 100,000 illegal Indonesia immigration into Johore

Speech Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, at the Petaling Jaya DAP branch to celebrate the Party 15th anniversary held at Petaling Jaya Civil Centre on Sunday, 26th January 1981 at 8 p.m.

DAP calls for government to set up a special Task Force III to check and control the inflow over 100,000 illegal Indonesia immigration into Johore

A few years ago, when Vietnamese in their hundreds of thousand sought escape from Vietnam, resulting in large numbers of them landing on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia, the Government set up a Special Task Force III (‘Vietnamese Illegal Immigrants’) to deal with the problem. Malaysians still can remember the announcement at one stage by the Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamed, that if any more Vietnamese refugees land in Malaysia without proper international resettlement arrangements, then Malaysia will adopt the policy ‘shoot to kill’. Continue reading DAP calls for government to set up a special Task Force III to check and control the inflow over 100,000 illegal Indonesia immigration into Johore

Asia-Pacific Socialist Organisation Conference in Sydney

Asia-Pacific Socialist Organisation Conference in Sydney

The DAP will attend the Second Asia-Pacific Socialist Organisation Conference to be held in Sydney on Fed. 6 – 8, 1981. The DAP will be represented by DAP Deputy Secretary-General, Sdr. Lee Lam Thye, and National Organising Secretary,Sdr. P. Patto.

The main themes for the Conference will be:

• Relations Between the Developed and Developing Nation in the Region;
• Future of the Asia-Pacific Socialist Organisation and the Scope for membership. Continue reading Asia-Pacific Socialist Organisation Conference in Sydney

Kit Siang calls on Malaysian authorities to mend fences with Malaysian students in New Zealand

Kit Siang calls on Malaysian authorities to mend fences with Malaysian students in New Zealand

Parliamentary Opposition Leaders and DAP Secretary General, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, has called on the Malaysia High Commission and the Malaysia authorities to mend fence with Malaysia students in New Zealand and to re-establish a relationship of trust and confidence with Malaysian students there.

Mr. Lim said he was surprised to find that the Malaysian High Commission had been banned by the Students’ Union both of the Victoria University of Wellington and the Auckland University. The relationship between the Malaysia High Commission and the Malaysia Student unions with effective representation of the majority of Malaysian students in the various New Zealand universities were also very strained if not ruptured. Continue reading Kit Siang calls on Malaysian authorities to mend fences with Malaysian students in New Zealand