Category: Mandarin Orange Bungle

DAP urges the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee to accept the challenge of Anwar Ibrahim by making their final report public and pledge the support of all Malaysians to defend the committee members for any legal consequences

Press Conference Statement (2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Saturday, 28.12.1985 at 12 noon

DAP urges the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee to accept the challenge of Anwar Ibrahim by making their final report public and pledge the support of all Malaysians to defend the committee members for any legal consequences

The UMNO Youth Leader, Anwar Ibrahim, has come out with a most extraordinary proposal- that the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee should make public its final report on its own, and that the Committee be responsible for its contents. Continue reading DAP urges the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee to accept the challenge of Anwar Ibrahim by making their final report public and pledge the support of all Malaysians to defend the committee members for any legal consequences

DAP calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the functioning of parliamentary democracy for the last 25 years and make recommendations for its improvement in the next 25 years

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Dap Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday, March 26, 1985 on the Motion of Thanks for the Royal Address

DAP calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the functioning of parliamentary democracy for the last 25 years and make recommendations for its improvement in the next 25 years

I rise to support the Motion of Thanks to the Yang di Pertuan Agong for his Gracious Address to both Houses of Parliament yesterday. Continue reading DAP calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the functioning of parliamentary democracy for the last 25 years and make recommendations for its improvement in the next 25 years

Call on DAP members to be more united and disciplined in the face of the new political offensive which had been launched by the Barisan Nasional as a run-up to next general elections

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Opening of the Johore State DAP State Convention held at Kluang DAP Branch premises on Sunday, March 17, 1985 at 10 a.m.

Call on DAP members to be more united and disciplined in the face of the new political offensive which had been launched by the Barisan Nasional as a run-up to next general elections

In the April 1982 General Elections, the Barisan Nasional won a landslide victory with the MCA sooring the greatest ‘political breakthrough for them Malaysian Chinese while the Gerakan, with infusion of certain Tung/Chiau Chung elements, won the most number of parliamentary seats in its history on the platform of ‘Attack into the BN to rectify the BN’. Continue reading Call on DAP members to be more united and disciplined in the face of the new political offensive which had been launched by the Barisan Nasional as a run-up to next general elections

What disciplinary action has been taken against Ministry of Trade and Pernas officials responsible for the Mandarin oranges ‘deviation’?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, l6.2.l985:

What disciplinary action has been taken against Ministry of Trade and Pernas officials responsible for the Mandarin oranges ‘deviation’?

After the meeting of the Associated Chinese Chamber of Commerce delegation and the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, over the Mandarin oranges bungle yesterday, the Deputy Finance Minister, Datuk Dr. Tan Tiong Hong, said that the Swatow Mandarin oranges bungle was created by the ‘adminstrative deivation’ of a few officials. Continue reading What disciplinary action has been taken against Ministry of Trade and Pernas officials responsible for the Mandarin oranges ‘deviation’?

Call on Tan Koon Swan to make clear whether he is backing out of his public debate with me on the Bukit China issue

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Friday, 25.1.1985:

Call on Tan Koon Swan to make clear whether he is backing out of his public debate with me on the Bukit China issue.

On 23rd Nov. 1984, Tan Koon Swan made the public announcement that
he accepted my challenge to him to a public debate on the betrayal of the
historic cultural, religious and political rights of Malaysian Chinese by Continue reading Call on Tan Koon Swan to make clear whether he is backing out of his public debate with me on the Bukit China issue

Chinese Mandarin oranges Bungle of Oo Gin Sun

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday January 21, 1985:

Chinese Mandarin oranges Bungle of Oo Gin Sun

The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Oo Gin Sun, must take full
responsibility for the Chinese Mandarin oranges Bungles. Last weekend,
Oo Gin Sun gave a public assurance that there will be adequate
supply of mandarin oranges at reasonable prices for the Chinese New Year Continue reading Chinese Mandarin oranges Bungle of Oo Gin Sun

Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik is the right target in the Yong Wee Yoke political and immorality

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General, and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Ipoh on Saturday, 19.1.1985:

Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik is the right target in the Yong Wee Yoke political and immorality.

The Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, rejected my challenge
to a public debate to justify the morality and propriety of Yong Wee Yoke’s betrayal of DAP
and the people, by describing my challenge as ‘politically stupid’. He said I had got the
wrong target and that I should challenge the defectors and traitors like Chan Teck Chan
and Yong Wee Yoke to a public debate. Continue reading Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik is the right target in the Yong Wee Yoke political and immorality