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Ghaffar Baba might as well be appointed Acting MCA President if the MCA ad hoc committee is to run MCA

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the national meeting of DAP State Organising Secretaries held at DAP Hqrs in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, August 25th 1985 at 10 a.m.

Ghaffar Baba might as well be appointed Acting MCA President if the MCA ad hoc committee is to run MCA

The suggestion by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, that the MCA ad hoc committee headed by Ghaffar Baba should now run the A, is most shocking. Continue reading Ghaffar Baba might as well be appointed Acting MCA President if the MCA ad hoc committee is to run MCA

Can MCA restore the dignity, self- respect and honour of the Malaysian Chinese by undemocratic, unprincipled illegal and immoral means?

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, to the Puchong DAP Branch Committee on Thusday, 22nd August 198 at 8 pm.

Can MCA restore the dignity, self- respect and honour of the Malaysian Chinese by undemocratic, unprincipled illegal and immoral means?

The combinations and permutations in the 18—month old MCA power struggle, leading to three MCA factions and two contending Acting ?A Presidents, really bedazzle the eyes of the beholders. Continue reading Can MCA restore the dignity, self- respect and honour of the Malaysian Chinese by undemocratic, unprincipled illegal and immoral means?

What is Gerakan’s stand and role in the UMNO proposal that MCA leave Barisan Nasional until resolution of MCA crisis

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kita Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Tuesday, 13.8.1985 at 12 noon.

What is Gerakan’s stand and role in the UMNO proposal that MCA leave Barisan Nasional until resolution of MCA crisis.

Two nights ago, four major Chinese organisations in Selangor met in Kuala Lumpur to discuss the possibility of MCA being asked to leave Barisan Nasional and its after-effects on the Chinese community. There was also a proposal to take a common public stand declaring that if MCA leave Barisan Nasional, it would not result in a political vacuum which would be disadvantageous to the Chinese community. Continue reading What is Gerakan’s stand and role in the UMNO proposal that MCA leave Barisan Nasional until resolution of MCA crisis

What is Gerakan’s stand and role in the UMNO proposal that MCA leave Barisan Nasional until resolution of MCA crisis.

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kita Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Tuesday, 13.8.1985 at 12 noon.

What is Gerakan’s stand and role in the UMNO proposal that MCA leave Barisan Nasional until resolution of MCA crisis.

Appointment of UMNO leader as Chairman of a MCA committee to decide on internal party matters the most serious ‘political breakthrough’ in Malaysian Chinese politics since Merdeka

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General a nd MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Thousand-People DAP anniversary dinner jointly organised by the Batu Pahat, Pantei and Bandar Panggaram Branches held at Cheng Siew Chinese Primary School Hall, Batu Pahat, on Saturday, 11.5.l985 at 9 pm.

Appointment of UMNO leader as Chairman of a MCA committee to decide on internal party matters the most serious ‘political breakthrough’ in Malaysian Chinese politics since Merdeka!

In the April l982 general elections, when the DAP suffered the most serious electoral defeat in party history, and the MCA scored unprecedented Parliamentary and State Assembly success, the MCA promised that it would deliver the goods of its election promise of a ‘political breakthrough’ for the Malaysian Chinese. Continue reading Appointment of UMNO leader as Chairman of a MCA committee to decide on internal party matters the most serious ‘political breakthrough’ in Malaysian Chinese politics since Merdeka

Malacca Chief Minister’s description of Bukit China as a ‘white elephant’ is highly offensive and hurts the cultural, religious sensitivities and feelings of the Chinese community

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Selangor DAP Save Bukit China Committee meeting held on Tuesday, 25.9.1984 at 8 p.m.

Malacca Chief Minister’s description of Bukit China as a ‘white elephant’ is highly offensive and hurts the cultural, religious sensitivities and feelings of the Chinese community

In the latest issue of ASIAWEEK magazine, the Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, dismissed the Bukit China in Malacca as a ‘white elephant’ declaring: “We can’t have a white elephant right in the middle of town”. Continue reading Malacca Chief Minister’s description of Bukit China as a ‘white elephant’ is highly offensive and hurts the cultural, religious sensitivities and feelings of the Chinese community

The Malaysian Chinese community should unite to plan for the development, not for the commercial purpose of turning it into a housing and commercial centre, but into a tourist, religious, historic and cultural centre after the Malacca State Government had abandoned its plan to forcibly level and develop it

Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a Press Conference in Malacca on Saturday, 25th August 1984 at 11 a.m.

The Malaysian Chinese community should unite to plan for the development, not for the commercial purpose of turning it into a housing and commercial centre, but into a tourist, religious, historic and cultural centre after the Malacca State Government had abandoned its plan to forcibly level and develop it

Yesterday’s inauguration of the weekly Save Bukit China ‘Walk or Jog at Bukit China’ every Friday at 5.30 p.m. and its completion without any police interference is a victory for the principle that the Police have no right to obstruct Malaysian from walking or jogging at Bukit China. Continue reading The Malaysian Chinese community should unite to plan for the development, not for the commercial purpose of turning it into a housing and commercial centre, but into a tourist, religious, historic and cultural centre after the Malacca State Government had abandoned its plan to forcibly level and develop it

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

Neo Yee Pan-Tan Koon Swan fight is a power struggle of personalities and not a policy dispute and whoever wins would bring no political, economic, educational or cultural change or benefits to Malaysia Chinese.

Speech by parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Mp for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the one-day Malacca State DAP Seminar for state and branch leaders help at Tan Kim Hock Restaurant on Sunday, 29.4.1984 at 10.a.m.

Neo Yee Pan-Tan Koon Swan fight is a power struggle of personalities and not a policy dispute and whoever wins would bring no political, economic, educational or cultural change or benefits to Malaysia Chinese.

For the last one year since the political retirement of Datuk Lee San Choon, and the appointment of Datuk Dr. Neo Yee Pan as Acting
MCA president, the Neo Yee Pan-Tan Koon Swan power struggle, and in particular in the last three months, had so dominated public attention that important political and economic developments which would have far-reaching consequences on the people’s rights and that of future generations had been relegated to peripheral position. Continue reading Neo Yee Pan-Tan Koon Swan fight is a power struggle of personalities and not a policy dispute and whoever wins would bring no political, economic, educational or cultural change or benefits to Malaysia Chinese.

Call on Malaysian Chinese to regard themselves completely as Malaysians whose loyalty is second to none and who are determined to assert and defend their citizenships rights in a multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-cultural and multi-religious nation.

1982 Chinese New Year message by Opposition Leader and DAP Secretary-General, Lim Kit Siang issued on 23rd January 1982

Call on Malaysian Chinese to regard themselves completely as Malaysians whose loyalty is second to none and who are determined to assert and defend their citizenships rights in a multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-cultural and multi-religious nation.

The 1982 Chinese New Year, of the Dog, is a year of great test and challenge for the Malaysian Chinese which would have far-reaching consequences for the future generations. Continue reading Call on Malaysian Chinese to regard themselves completely as Malaysians whose loyalty is second to none and who are determined to assert and defend their citizenships rights in a multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-cultural and multi-religious nation.