Category: Malacca

Call on Tan Koon Swan not to be a ‘political fugitive’ and attend the Sept. 9 meeting to hear the evidence of the close collaboration between his MCA faction and Malacca Chief Minister on the Bukit China leveling issue

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Mp for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Negri Sembilan Save Bukit China Committee meeting held at Temiang DAP Branch, Seremban on Thursday, 6th Sept. 1984 at 7.30 p.m.

Call on Tan Koon Swan not to be a ‘political fugitive’ and attend the Sept. 9 meeting to hear the evidence of the close collaboration between his MCA faction and Malacca Chief Minister on the Bukit China leveling issue

I have specially arranged for a meeting to be held at the Malacca DAP premises on Sept. 9 night at 8 p.m. to produce evidence to disprove the denial by Tan Koon Swan that his MCA Malacca and develop 80 per cent of Bukit China, in utter disregard of the historic, religious, cultural, political and citizenship rights of the Chinese Community. Continue reading Call on Tan Koon Swan not to be a ‘political fugitive’ and attend the Sept. 9 meeting to hear the evidence of the close collaboration between his MCA faction and Malacca Chief Minister on the Bukit China leveling issue

DAP challenges Dr. Lim Chong Eu and Dr. Lim Keng Yaik to a public debate on the Bukit China issue

Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, on the occasion of the launching of ‘walk or Jog to Save Bukit China’ in Penang on Sunday, 2nd Sept. 1984 at 8 p.m.

DAP challenges Dr. Lim Chong Eu and Dr. Lim Keng Yaik to a public debate on the Bukit China issue

I have come to launch off the first nation-wide ‘walk or Jog to Save Bukit China’ event, with the participants wearing the Save Bukit China T-shirt, to be held outside Malacca, which has three objectives: Continue reading DAP challenges Dr. Lim Chong Eu and Dr. Lim Keng Yaik to a public debate on the Bukit China issue

Call on Malacca Chief Minister not to give one version for local people and a different version for international consumption on Bukit China

Speech by Parlaimentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the end of the DAP Socialist Youth ‘Save Bukit China’ KL-Malacca Cyclethon at Bukit China, Malacca, on Sunday, 2nd Sept. 1984 at 5 p.m.

Call on Malacca Chief Minister not to give one version for local people and a different version for international consumption on Bukit China

I call on the Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, to be consistent, and not to give one yersion for the local people and a different version for international consumption on the Bukit China issue. Continue reading Call on Malacca Chief Minister not to give one version for local people and a different version for international consumption on Bukit China

DAP deplores the Bukit China stand of the Gerakan Chief Minister, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, which tantamounts to encouraging the Malacca Chief Minister to disregard the views of Chinese organisations and individuals outside Malacca

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Tuesday, 28th August 1984 at 10.30 a.m.

DAP deplores the Bukit China stand of the Gerakan Chief Minister, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, which tantamounts to encouraging the Malacca Chief Minister to disregard the views of Chinese organisations and individuals outside Malacca

I have called this press conference to specially express the DAP’s shock and anger at the stand taken by the Penang Gerakan Chief Minister, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, on the Bukit China issue. Continue reading DAP deplores the Bukit China stand of the Gerakan Chief Minister, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, which tantamounts to encouraging the Malacca Chief Minister to disregard the views of Chinese organisations and individuals outside Malacca

Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, should not make Cheng Hoon Teng trustees as the ‘scape-goats’

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Selangor Save Bukit China Public Ceramah held at Hokkien Huay Kuan, Klang on Saturday, 25th August 1984 at 8 p.m.

Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, should not make Cheng Hoon Teng trustees as the ‘scape-goats’ for the Bukit China issue, but admit it is because of his indifference to the historic, religious and cultural sensitivities of the people, in particular the Malaysian Chinese

A few hours ago, a friend who had just flown in from Singapore told me that the Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, had told the latest issue of the Far Eastern Economic Review that the Bukit China issue and controversy was the result mainly of the ‘about-face’ of the Cheng Hoon Teng trustees. Continue reading Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, should not make Cheng Hoon Teng trustees as the ‘scape-goats’

DAP deplore Malacca State Government action in writing to Cheng Hoon Teng Temple on the Chief Minister’s ‘optionless’ three-proposals to level and develop Bukit China

Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, on the occasion of the inaugural Weekly ‘Walk or Jog to Save Bukit China’ every Friday held at Bukit China, Malacca on Friday, 24th August 1984 at 5.30 p.m.

DAP deplore Malacca State Government action in writing to Cheng Hoon Teng Temple on the Chief Minister’s ‘optionless’ three-proposals to level and develop Bukit China

The DAP deplores the Malacca State Government’s action in writing to Cheng Hoon Teng Temple on the Malacca Chief Minister’s ‘optionless’ three proposals to level and develop 80 per cent of Bukit China and turn it into a housing commercial centre. Continue reading DAP deplore Malacca State Government action in writing to Cheng Hoon Teng Temple on the Chief Minister’s ‘optionless’ three-proposals to level and develop Bukit China

DAP offers to halt the ‘Save Bukit China’ campaign immediately once the Malacca State Chief Minister renounces the State Government’s plan to forcibly level and develop Bukit China

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the National Conference of national state officials of ‘Save Bukit China’ DAP Committees held in Malacca on Sunday, 19.8.1984 at 11 a.m.

DAP offers to halt the ‘Save Bukit China’ campaign immediately once the Malacca State Chief Minister renounces the State Government’s plan to forcibly level and develop Bukit China, and fully respect the Chinese community’s decision on whether and how to develop

The DAP has been accused by many quarters, including the Gerakan Penang State Chief Minister, Dr. Lim Chong Eu and the Gerakn President, Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, of arousing ‘racial feelings’ in the Save Bukit China campaign, but nobody dared to point a finger at the Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, for trampling on the sensitivities of the people, and in particular the Chinese community, in wanting to forcibly level and develop Bukit China. Continue reading DAP offers to halt the ‘Save Bukit China’ campaign immediately once the Malacca State Chief Minister renounces the State Government’s plan to forcibly level and develop Bukit China

Bukit China is not a Chinese issue, but an issue for all Malaysians who cherish their national heritage

Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, when launching the 200,000 ‘Save Bukit China’ Mass Signature Campaign in Johore at the Batu Pahat Central Market on Tuesday, 14.8.1984 at 8 a.m.

Bukit China is not a Chinese issue, but an issue for all Malaysians who cherish their national heritage

I am here to launch the 200,000 ‘Save Bukit China’ Mass Signature Campaign in Johore, the seventh state after Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Federal Territory, Penang, Perak and Selangor. Continue reading Bukit China is not a Chinese issue, but an issue for all Malaysians who cherish their national heritage

Warning to Dr. Lim Chong Eu and Gerakan not to put obstacles to block the people’s campaign to save Bukit China from destruction

Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the launching of the 200,000 ‘Save Bukit China’ Mass Signature Campaign in Penang on Saturday, August 11, 1984 at 7.30 p.m.

Warning to Dr. Lim Chong Eu and Gerakan not to put obstacles to block the people’s campaign to save Bukit China from destruction

I am here to launch the 200,00 ‘Save Bukit China’ Mass Signature Campaign in Penang – the fourth state after Malacca, Negri Sembilan and Federal Territory. Continue reading Warning to Dr. Lim Chong Eu and Gerakan not to put obstacles to block the people’s campaign to save Bukit China from destruction

DAP exposes Tan Koon Swan faction’s new slogan of ‘Oppose Levelling Bukit China’ as really meaning ‘Levelling 80% of Bukit China’

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the ‘Save Bukit China’ Public Ceramah held at Seremban Town Hall on Friday, 10th August 1984 at 8 p.m.

DAP exposes Tan Koon Swan faction’s new slogan of ‘Oppose Levelling Bukit China’ as really meaning ‘Levelling 80% of Bukit China’

Two nights ago, in Malacca, Tan Koon Swan faction of MCA organised a dinner where they sent out 7,000 tickets, but could only get 3,000 people after mobilising the nation-wide Tan Koon Swan MCA faction forces throughout the country, with the majority of the crowd estimated at some 70 per cent coming from outside Malacca; and some 95 per cent of them members of the Tan Koon Swan faction. Continue reading DAP exposes Tan Koon Swan faction’s new slogan of ‘Oppose Levelling Bukit China’ as really meaning ‘Levelling 80% of Bukit China’