Category: Foreign Affairs

DAP MPs and SAs to hold second seminar in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday

The DAP is holding a second seminar of DAP Members of Parliament and State Assemblymen in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday to discuss the many political, social and economic problems that have arisen, especially in Post-Vietnam Malaysia. The MPs and SAs will discuss among other things, the political developments in Sabah, the political repercussions of the formation of the new communist government in Indo-China, the role of DAP MPs and SAs in their discharge of duties to serve the people, party and country.

DAP urges a full scale review of Government policies as a consequent of post Indo China development.

With the Communist vioteries in IndoChina the rest of the South Fast Asian countries are still readjusting to the historic change and calculatirif the impact these developments have on their internal and external policies.

It would be a grave error for the policy-makers of South East Asia to react to the IndoChinese development militarily.

There is a danger that one consequence of post Vietnam development in the rest of SEA is a greater diversion of Government funds for defense and military purposes. This will not only hold back development effertsand allow the wide gap between the haves and the haves-not to grow, but will be a shortsighted and self-defeating reaction. Continue reading DAP urges a full scale review of Government policies as a consequent of post Indo China development.

DAP calls on the Barisan National Government to honour its General Election pledge to give a fair deal to the 300,000 stateless persons in Malaysia.

During the 1974 General Election campaign leaders made capital of Tun Razak’s trip to Peking and his meetings with Communist Chinese leaders like Mae Tze- Tung and Premier Cheu En Lai and promised that the 300,000 stateless persons in Malaysia would ne given a fair and just deal by the Government.

The people were made to believe that at long last; holders of red identity cards who fulfilled all the conditions for Malaysian citizenship would be able to become Malaysian citizens and become fully part of the country. Continue reading DAP calls on the Barisan National Government to honour its General Election pledge to give a fair deal to the 300,000 stateless persons in Malaysia.

Stateless problem of red identity holders

1974 also saw the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China, a goal advocated by the DAP since our formation in 1966. It is our hope that with the exchange of ambassadors between Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China, the Malaysian Government would immediate act to resolve the problem of stateless of 300,000 persons of Chinese origin in Malaysia, and confer citizenship to all those with the requisite citizenship qualifications.

Speech by Sdr. Lim Kit Siang, DAP Secretary General and MP for Kota Melaka, at a May Day reception organised by the Malacca DAP Labour Bureau at its premises at 33A Jalan Munshi Abdullah, Malacca, at 8 p.m. on 1.5.1975

Communist successes in Indo-China and why Malaysian Government must reform labour laws

Malaysian workers celebrate May Day this year against a backdrop of great historical changes and development, not only in Indo-China – with the recent fall of Phnom Penh and the triumph of the GRUNK of Cambodia and the total collapse and surrender of the Saigon regime to the provisional revolutionary government of Vietnam – but also the whole of South East Asia. Continue reading Communist successes in Indo-China and why Malaysian Government must reform labour laws

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP Public Rally at Pagoh, Johore on Saturday, 22nd June 1974 at 8 p.m.

DAP calls on the government to immediately settle the problem of the 300,000 stateless persons of Chinese origin without waiting for the exchange of ambassadors between Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China

Before Tun Razak made his six-day visit to the People’s Republic of China, Mr. Michael Chen, the Minister of Special Functions, said that the problem of the 300,000 stateless persons of Chinese origin have been satisfactorily resolved in the diplomatic negotiations between Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China. Continue reading DAP calls on the government to immediately settle the problem of the 300,000 stateless persons of Chinese origin without waiting for the exchange of ambassadors between Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Penang State DAP Dinner at Fortuna Restaurant, Penang on Saturday, 8th June 1974 at 8 p.m.

1. DAP calls on Tun Razak to offer the 300,000 stateless persons of Chinese origin a clear choice of either opting for Malaysian citizenship or Chinese nationality

There are people who think that with the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and China, and the signing of the Peking communique between Tun Razak an Premier Zhou En Lai, the problem of the 300,000 persons of Chinese origin in Malaysia have been settled. They think that holders of red identity cards can now change them into blue ones, become citizens and get jobs. Continue reading DAP calls on Tun Razak to offer the 300,000 stateless persons of Chinese origin a clear choice of either opting for Malaysian citizenship or Chinese nationality