Category: Malaysian Chinese

MCA is trying to provoke incidents in Gopeng by-election because the key-plank of its by-election strategy, Mr. Clean, has collapsed in three short days

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Gopeng on Tuesday, 12.5.1987:

MCA is trying to provoke incidents in Gopeng by-election because the key-plank of its by-election strategy, Mr. Clean, has collapsed in three short days

I deplore the attempts by the MCA to provoke incidents in the Gopeng by-election, and I am calling on all DAP leaders, members and supporters to restrain themselves for the rest of the campaign despite the greatest provocation. Continue reading MCA is trying to provoke incidents in Gopeng by-election because the key-plank of its by-election strategy, Mr. Clean, has collapsed in three short days

Call on Bank Negara to freeze or re-freeze the assets of Tan Koon Swan, Kee Yong Wee, Wang Choon Wing, Dr. Tan Tiong Hong and other MCA leaders under Emergency Regulations to protest the interests of 588,000 depositors

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the 588,000 Co-operative Depositors Protest Burning of the ‘Co-operative Snakes’ held in Lawan Kuda padang on Tuesday, 12.5.1987 at 5 pm

Call on Bank Negara to freeze or re-freeze the assets of Tan Koon Swan, Kee Yong Wee, Wang Choon Wing, Dr. Tan Tiong Hong and other MCA leaders under Emergency Regulations to protest the interests of 588,000 depositors

Three important facts have been clearly established nine months after the outbreak of the $1.5 billion Co-operation Finance Scandal, hitting 588,000 co-operative depositors and over half of the Chinese community. Continue reading Call on Bank Negara to freeze or re-freeze the assets of Tan Koon Swan, Kee Yong Wee, Wang Choon Wing, Dr. Tan Tiong Hong and other MCA leaders under Emergency Regulations to protest the interests of 588,000 depositors

MCA must die if the Malaysian Chinese are to live!

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Gopeng Parliamentary by-election ceramah at Kopisan on Saturday, 9.5.1987 at 8.20 p.m.

MCA must die if the Malaysian Chinese are to live!

One of the main MCA arguments why the voters of Gopeng must vote MCA is that the MCA cannot afford to lose another parliamentary seat, as it has only 17 MPs inclusive of Gopeng. Continue reading MCA must die if the Malaysian Chinese are to live!

I am prepared to meet Ling Liong Sik, in public or private, to discuss problems of the people, in particular the Malaysian Chinese

Part II of Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the second series of the nation-wide public protest meetings of 588,000 co-operative depositors held at Wisma Chin Woo, Ipoh on Saturday, 25th April 1987 at 9 p.m.

I am prepared to meet Ling Liong Sik, in public or private, to discuss problems of the people, in particular the Malaysian Chinese

On Monday, MCA President, Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik, asked the DAP to give the MCA a walk-over in Gopeng when he read of my speech in Penang rating the DAP’s chances in Gopeng parliamentary by-election as 45:55. Continue reading I am prepared to meet Ling Liong Sik, in public or private, to discuss problems of the people, in particular the Malaysian Chinese

MCA President, Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik and MCA leaders owe the 5 million Chinese and the Malaysian people an apology for the way they handled the Tan Koon Swan resignation matter

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary- General, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on 28th March 1987

MCA President, Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik and MCA leaders owe the 5 million Chinese and the Malaysian people an apology for the way they handled the Tan Koon Swan resignation matter

MCA President, Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik and the MCA leadership owe the 5 million Chinese and the Malaysian people an apology and explanation for the disgraceful manner in which they handled the Tan Koon Swan matter as they showed no regard to political morality or to the honour and dignity of the Malaysian Chinese and the Malaysian nation as a whole. Continue reading MCA President, Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik and MCA leaders owe the 5 million Chinese and the Malaysian people an apology for the way they handled the Tan Koon Swan resignation matter

DAP Parliamentary Group to meet Bank Negara Governor, Datuk Jaffar Hussein, on the latest co-operative development at Bank Negara tomorrow

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjong and Assemblyman for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, at the meeting of DAP National Co-operatives Finance Scandal Committee held at DAP PJ Hqrs on Wednesday, January 7.1.1987 at 5 p.m.

DAP Parliamentary Group to meet Bank Negara Governor, Datuk Jaffar Hussein, on the latest co-operative development at Bank Negara tomorrow

A high-level DAP parliamentary delegation will meet Bank Negara Governor, Datuk Jaffar Hussein, in Bank Negara tomorrow at 4 p.m. to discuss the latest co-operative finance crisis developments. Continue reading DAP Parliamentary Group to meet Bank Negara Governor, Datuk Jaffar Hussein, on the latest co-operative development at Bank Negara tomorrow

DAP Rejects Government Report on 24 Co-operatives proposing liquidation of KOSATU AND SAKAPP and take-over by banks and finance companies involving $600 million loss by the 588,000 depositors

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjung and Assemblyman for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, 11.11.1986:

DAP Rejects Government Report on 24 Co-operatives proposing liquidation of KOSATU AND SAKAPP and take-over by banks and finance companies involving $600 million loss by the 588,000 depositors

DAP rejects the Government Report on the 24 Deposit-Taking Co-operatives tabled in Parliament yesterday, proposing the liquidation of KOSATU AND SAKAPP and take-over by banks and finance companies of other co-operatives involving the loss of $600 million by the 588,000 depositors. Continue reading DAP Rejects Government Report on 24 Co-operatives proposing liquidation of KOSATU AND SAKAPP and take-over by banks and finance companies involving $600 million loss by the 588,000 depositors

DAP calls on Malayan banking to respect the cultural rights and sensitivities of the five million Malaysian Chinese and not be the first bank to close down a Chinese newspaper

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, MP for Tanjung and assemblymen for Kampong Kolam, Lim Kit Siang, after submitting a protest note to Banking Chairman and directors at the Penang Maybank State headquarters on Tuesday, Sept.30, 1986 at 12 noon.

DAP calls on Malayan banking to respect the cultural rights and sensitivities of the five million Malaysian Chinese and not be the first bank to close down a Chinese newspaper.

I have sent a protest to the Chairman and Directory of the Malayan Banking,Penang State headquarters, to require the Malayan Banking that it should respect the cultural rights and sensitivities of the five million Malaysian Chinese, and not be the first bank to close down a Chinese newspaper. Continue reading DAP calls on Malayan banking to respect the cultural rights and sensitivities of the five million Malaysian Chinese and not be the first bank to close down a Chinese newspaper

DAP to launch nation-wide campaign protest against Ng Yee Kuan, Susie Teoh, Tang Yu Fong cases and to defend basic parental rights over their children at the Malacca DAP Ceramah on Monday, June 2, 1986.

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 29th May, 1986:

DAP to launch nation-wide campaign protest against Ng Yee Kuan, Susie Teoh, Tang Yu Fong cases and to defend basic parental rights over their children at the Malacca DAP Ceramah on Monday, June 2, 1986.

The MCA legal bureau chairman, Datuk Kok Wee kiat, said that the MCA may seek to amend the Constitution to clearly affirm the rights of parents to determine their children’s education and religion up to the age of 18. Continue reading DAP to launch nation-wide campaign protest against Ng Yee Kuan, Susie Teoh, Tang Yu Fong cases and to defend basic parental rights over their children at the Malacca DAP Ceramah on Monday, June 2, 1986.

Why didn’t Dr Lim Keng Yaik decline visiting China as a member of the Prime Minister’s mission if he is genuinely concerned about Malay ‘fears’ of ‘excessively strong reaction’ of Malaysian Chinese to Malaysia-China relations

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Malacca State DAP Committee meeting held at Malacca DAP premises in Malacca on Wednesday, 4th December 1985 at 8 p.m.

Why didn’t Dr Lim Keng Yaik decline visiting China as a member of the Prime Minister’s mission if he is genuinely concerned about Malay ‘fears’ of ‘excessively strong reaction’ of Malaysian Chinese to Malaysia-China relations.

If the speech by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri D. Mahathir Mohamed, praising Shi Huangti for his contribution in uniting China ranks as the most controversial statement during the Prime Minister’s China visit, the Gerakan President, Dr. Lim Keng Yait must take the credit for making the most peculiar speech after the China visit. Continue reading Why didn’t Dr Lim Keng Yaik decline visiting China as a member of the Prime Minister’s mission if he is genuinely concerned about Malay ‘fears’ of ‘excessively strong reaction’ of Malaysian Chinese to Malaysia-China relations