Category: MCA

What games is the MCA Central Committee up to in producing two stands, telling Chinese press that it ‘endorses’ while the Bahasa Malaysia and English press that it merely ‘appreciates’ the conditional resignations of the eight Selangor MCA Assemblymen?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary – General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 30th Nov. 1989:

What games is the MCA Central Committee up to in producing two stands, telling Chinese press that it ‘endorses’ while the Bahasa Malaysia and English press that it merely ‘appreciates’ the conditional resignations of the eight Selangor MCA Assemblymen?

After reading today’s newspaper about the three – paragraph statement issued by the MCA President, Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik, after the three – hour meeting of the MCA leadership as to what game it is up to. Continue reading What games is the MCA Central Committee up to in producing two stands, telling Chinese press that it ‘endorses’ while the Bahasa Malaysia and English press that it merely ‘appreciates’ the conditional resignations of the eight Selangor MCA Assemblymen?

The eight Selangor MCA Assemblymen should be sacked, and the people who should resign are Ling Liong Sik, Lee Kim Sai and other MCA Ministers who had claimed that the Selangor Islamic Administration Enactment controversy had been resolved

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary – General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 1989:

The eight Selangor MCA Assemblymen should be sacked, and the people who should resign are Ling Liong Sik, Lee Kim Sai and other MCA Ministers who had claimed that the Selangor Islamic Administration Enactment controversy had been resolved
The second time that the eight Selangor MCA Assemblymen have threatened resignation has been aptly described by one newspaper headline today as “Eight Assemblymen produces new trick”, although this is not completely correct. For now, it is not the right MCA Selangor Assemblymen who are producing this new trick, it is the MCA itself which has come out with this new trick. Continue reading The eight Selangor MCA Assemblymen should be sacked, and the people who should resign are Ling Liong Sik, Lee Kim Sai and other MCA Ministers who had claimed that the Selangor Islamic Administration Enactment controversy had been resolved

MCA cannot suppress its numerous political, corporate and co – operative scandals running into billions of ringgit by clownish behavior of a frightened MCA MP in Parliament

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, 15.11.1989:

MCA cannot suppress its numerous political, corporate and co – operative scandals running into billions of ringgit by clownish behavior of a frightened MCA MP in Parliament

MCA played a most odd and peculiar role Parliament yesterday when I moved a motion to cut the salary of the Director – General of the Anti – Corruption Agency to highlight public dissatisfaction at the rampant corruption, breach of trust and abuse or power in high political circles. Continue reading MCA cannot suppress its numerous political, corporate and co – operative scandals running into billions of ringgit by clownish behavior of a frightened MCA MP in Parliament

Cabinet position on ARE a big MCA ‘let down’ to the people in Bukit Merah and surrounding areas

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, June 18, 1987:

Cabinet position on ARE a big MCA ‘let down’ to the people in Bukit Merah and surrounding areas

The Cabinet position yesterday on the Asian Rare Earth (ARE) factory in Ipoh is a big MCA let-down to the people of Bukit Merah and the surrounding areas. Continue reading Cabinet position on ARE a big MCA ‘let down’ to the people in Bukit Merah and surrounding areas

Call on Lee Kim Sai to resign as Cabinet Minister if he betrays the MCA Gopeng by-election pledge of full cash refund to depositors by agreeing to Radifah Aziz’s proposal that not all the refund be by cash

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, to a meeting of Selangor DAP branch leaders held at No. 77, Jalan 20/9, Paramount Garden, PJ on Sunday, June 14 at 8 p.m

Call on Lee Kim Sai to resign as Cabinet Minister if he betrays the MCA Gopeng by-election pledge of full cash refund to depositors by agreeing to Radifah Aziz’s proposal that not all the refund be by cash

After Friday’s MCA Central Committee meeting, MCA Deputy President, Datuk Lee Kim Sai, said for the first time that the 588,000 co-operative depositors will not get full cash refund in its Gopeng by-election promise of ‘dollar-for-dollar’ refund by March 1989. Continue reading Call on Lee Kim Sai to resign as Cabinet Minister if he betrays the MCA Gopeng by-election pledge of full cash refund to depositors by agreeing to Radifah Aziz’s proposal that not all the refund be by cash

Has the MCA leadership backed down from its Gopeng by-election pledge of full cash refund to co-operative depositors by March 1989 as a result of UMNO Youth threats and pressures?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Saturday, 13.6.1987:

Has the MCA leadership backed down from its Gopeng by-election pledge of full cash refund to co-operative depositors by March 1989 as a result of UMNO Youth threats and pressures?

The MCA Central Committee had a two-hour meeting on the $1.5 billion co-operative finance issue yesterday, at the end of which, the MCA Deputy President, Datuk Lee Kim Sai, announced that the MCA Central Committee had renewed its mandate to the four MCA Ministers to “continue with efforts to resolve the DTC issue.” Continue reading Has the MCA leadership backed down from its Gopeng by-election pledge of full cash refund to co-operative depositors by March 1989 as a result of UMNO Youth threats and pressures?

Is MCA banking down from its Gopeng by-election pledge of ‘dollar-for-dollar’ cash refund to co-operative depositors by early 1989 even before raising it in Cabinet?

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Tuesday, June 2, 1987:

Is MCA banking down from its Gopeng by-election pledge of ‘dollar-for-dollar’ cash refund to co-operative depositors by early 1989 even before raising it in Cabinet?

The response of the MCA Deputy President, Datuk Lee Kim Sai, to the statement by UMNO Vice President, Anwar Ibrahim that the Cabinet will not bow to threats or ultimatums on the $1.5 billion co-operative finance issue is most pathethie and disappointing. Continue reading Is MCA banking down from its Gopeng by-election pledge of ‘dollar-for-dollar’ cash refund to co-operative depositors by early 1989 even before raising it in Cabinet?

DAP letting out a long line to catch big fish, to focus public attention on the lack of political ethics, morality, integrity and principles of the MCA and its leaders

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lm Kit Siang, at a DAP Gopeng Parliamentary ceramah in Gopeng on Wednesday, 13.5.1987 at 8.30 p.m.

DAP letting out a long line to catch big fish, to focus public attention on the lack of political ethics, morality, integrity and principles of the MCA and its leaders

The MCA had planned long and hard for the Gopeng by-election strategy, and in order to parry the DAP’s anticipated attacks on the scandal-ridden MCA and its leader, have decided on two tactics to be used in Gopeng. Continue reading DAP letting out a long line to catch big fish, to focus public attention on the lack of political ethics, morality, integrity and principles of the MCA and its leaders

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

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!