Category: Malacca

DAP calls on Malacca Chief Minister why he is giving all assistance to make the 5,000-People Dinner a success?

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Tuesday, 7th August 1984 at 11 a.m.

DAP calls on Malacca Chief Minister why he is giving all assistance to make the 5,000-People Dinner a success?

The attendance of the 5,000-People Dinner tomorrow night would be an acid test as to whether the Malacca State Government’s plan to level and develop Bukit China could claim to have the support of a section of the Chinese community, so that the State Government could proceed with its Bukit China plan as announced by the Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, in the Malacca State Assembly on July 23. Continue reading DAP calls on Malacca Chief Minister why he is giving all assistance to make the 5,000-People Dinner a success?

Cheng Hoon Teng Temple commended for its firm stand against any government levelling and development of Bukit China, and its boycott of the 5,000-People Dinner on August 8

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, after the sale of ‘Save Bukit China’ T-shirts at Malacca Central Market on Saturday,, 4.8.1984 at 8.30 a.m.

Cheng Hoon Teng Temple commended for its firm stand against any government levelling and development of Bukit China, and its boycott of the 5,000-People Dinner on August 8

The Cheng Hoon Teng Temple Tnco, the trustees of Bukit China, must be commended for its firm stand against any Malacca State Government plan to level and develop Bukit China into a housing commercial centre, and use the earth for land reclamation projects. Continue reading Cheng Hoon Teng Temple commended for its firm stand against any government levelling and development of Bukit China, and its boycott of the 5,000-People Dinner on August 8

Call on Tan Koon Swan to explain why the MCA faction led by his is challenging the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple’s right to oppose Malacca State Government plan to level and develop Bukit China

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the official opening of the new premises of the Rasah DAP Branch at the Rasah New Village, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan on Saturday, 21st July 1984 at 6pm.

Call on Tan Koon Swan to explain why the MCA faction led by his is challenging the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple’s right to oppose Malacca State Government plan to level and develop Bukit China

Chan Teck Chan is the Malacca leader of the Tan Koon Swan faction in the MCA in the power struggle with Neo Yee Pan faction, and he clearly speaks in the name of the Tan Koon Swan faction. Continue reading Call on Tan Koon Swan to explain why the MCA faction led by his is challenging the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple’s right to oppose Malacca State Government plan to level and develop Bukit China

Call on Anwar Ibrahim to declare his stand on the detention of the three PAS Youth leaders under Internal Security Act

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary – General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Socialist Youth National Convention held at DAP National Building , Cheras, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, July 14, at 11a.m.

Call on Anwar Ibrahim to declare his stand on the detention of the three PAS Youth leaders under Internal Security Act

Malaysians must be disturbed by the Segamat statement on Thursday by the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, that there was a possibility that further action would be taken in the next few days or the next one or two months’ against extremist groups. Continue reading Call on Anwar Ibrahim to declare his stand on the detention of the three PAS Youth leaders under Internal Security Act

Call on Datuk Musa Hitam to curb the Malacca Chief Minister from pushing ahead with his plan to develop Bukit China in utter disregard of the wishes of Chinese community to prevent further polarisation

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at DAP PJ Headquarters on Friday, July 13, 1984 at 12 noon

Call on Datuk Musa Hitam to curb the Malacca Chief Minister from pushing ahead with his plan to develop Bukit China in utter disregard of the wishes of Chinese community to prevent further polarisation

Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, yesterday expressed concern over the present trend of segregation and polarization among children in the country and said that if left unchecked, the situation could see seeds being sown towards a confrontation of the races. Continue reading Call on Datuk Musa Hitam to curb the Malacca Chief Minister from pushing ahead with his plan to develop Bukit China in utter disregard of the wishes of Chinese community to prevent further polarisation

Call on Malacca Chinese Chamber of Commerce to clarify press reports that it has agreed to the government’s plan to develop Bukit China as continued silence would be construed agreement

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at DAP PJ Headquarters on Thursday 12.7.1984 at 12 noon

Call on Malacca Chinese Chamber of Commerce to clarify press reports that it has agreed to the government’s plan to develop Bukit China as continued silence would be construed agreement

The Cheng Hoon Temple, the trustees of Bukit China, have denied press reports emanating from official government sources that they had agreed to the Malacca State Government’s plans to develop the largest Chinese cemetery outside China. Continue reading Call on Malacca Chinese Chamber of Commerce to clarify press reports that it has agreed to the government’s plan to develop Bukit China as continued silence would be construed agreement

DAP calls on Malacca State Government to withdraw its letter to Cheng Hoon Teng Temple

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Melaka cca 3,000-People 18th Anniversary Dinner, held at Pay Fong Chinese Secondary School Ground on Sunday, 8th July 1984 at 9p.m. on the Special theme: “Can the Chinese in Malaysia preserve Bukit China in face of the Malacca State Government’s plan to level it?”

DAP calls on Malacca State Government to withdraw its letter to Cheng Hoon Teng Temple, rescind its decision to level and develop Bukit China, cancel the $2 million quit rent demand to allow the Chinese community to decide the fate of Bukit China without coercion or duress.

On October 5, 1983, the Malacca State Government wrote to the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple, the trustees of the largest Chinese cemetery outside China – Bukit China – stating its intention to develop the 104 acre burial ground into a housing and business area, and to remove and relocate the 12,500 graves on the hill. Continue reading DAP calls on Malacca State Government to withdraw its letter to Cheng Hoon Teng Temple

Call on all Malaysian Chinese, regardless of state, clan or political affiliation to unite to save bukit China, as all Chinese Cemeteries would face danger if Bukit China could not be preserved

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Malacca DAP State Lion Dance Troupe “ Dotting – the –eye” ceremony for two new lions held at Malacca DAP State premises, Malacca on Thursday, 5th July 1984 at 8p.m.

Call on all Malaysian Chinese, regardless of state, clan or political affiliation to unite to save bukit China, as all Chinese Cemeteries would face danger if Bukit China could not be preserved.

All Malaysian Chinese must unite to save the 500 year-old historic religious and cultural symbol of Chinese Contribution to nation-building represented by Bukit China, which is also a nation heritage for all Malaysians regardless of race and religious. – for failure to do sp would have far-reaching consequences for our rights and that future generations. Continue reading Call on all Malaysian Chinese, regardless of state, clan or political affiliation to unite to save bukit China, as all Chinese Cemeteries would face danger if Bukit China could not be preserved

Call on the two MCA EXCO Members, Datuk Tee Cheng York and Datuk Lim Soo Kiang, to turn up at Bukit China on July 8, to explain to their stand on the levelling and development of Bukit China Malacca

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Tuesday, 3.7.1984:

Call on the two MCA EXCO Members, Datuk Tee Cheng York and Datuk Lim Soo Kiang, to turn up at Bukit China on July 8, to explain to their stand on the levelling and development of Bukit China Malacca

In the whole Bukit China affair, ever since the State Government communicated to the Chang Hoon Teng Temple, the Bukit China trustees, of its intention to level and develop Bukit China last October, the confirmation of by the Chief Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, in the State Assembly in April of the Government’s plan to level and develop Bukit China, the reiteration by the Chief Minister last month to proceed with its plan as originally intended for Bukit China, the two MCA EXCO Members, Datuk Tee Cheng York and Datuk Lim Soo Kiang have been strangely and unusually quiet about the Bukit China issue. Continue reading Call on the two MCA EXCO Members, Datuk Tee Cheng York and Datuk Lim Soo Kiang, to turn up at Bukit China on July 8, to explain to their stand on the levelling and development of Bukit China Malacca

DAP calls on the Police to explain the outcome of its inquiry into the SPTM exam papers leakage

By parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, 23.6.1984:

DAP calls on the Police to explain the outcome of its inquiry into the SPTM exam papers leakage

With the unsatisfactory outcome from the inquiry report of the Malaysian Examinations Council into the 1983 STPM exam papers leakage, the time has come for the Police now to make public the result of its separate investigations into the crime. Continue reading DAP calls on the Police to explain the outcome of its inquiry into the SPTM exam papers leakage