Category: MCA

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.

DAP will announce a 15-member National Committee to launch a nation-wide campaign to expose Tan Koon Swan and MCA’s ‘politics-economics’ scandal if the 24-hour ultimatum is ignored

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Sunday, January 26.1.1986:

DAP will announce a 15-member National Committee to launch a nation-wide campaign to expose Tan Koon Swan and MCA’s ‘politics-economics’ scandal if the 24-hour ultimatum is ignored

The DAP will tomorrow announce a 15-member National Committee to launch a nation-wide campaign to expose Tan Koon Swan and MCA’s ‘politics-economics’ scandal if the DAP’s 24-hour ultimatum to the MCA to stop all its baseless, malicious and irresponsible attacks on the DAP and myself for being responsible for Tan Koon Swan’s arrest in Singapore is ignored. Continue reading DAP will announce a 15-member National Committee to launch a nation-wide campaign to expose Tan Koon Swan and MCA’s ‘politics-economics’ scandal if the 24-hour ultimatum is ignored

Final warning to MCA to halt its baseless and irresponsible attacks on DAP for Tan Koon Swan’s arrest in Singapore, or the DAP will launch political counterattacks nation wide

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, January 25, 1986:

Final warning to MCA to halt its baseless and irresponsible attacks on DAP for Tan Koon Swan’s arrest in Singapore, or the DAP will launch political counterattacks nation wide

In its attempt to divert public attention on the reasons for the arrest in Singapore of MCA President, Tan Koon Swan, the MCA has decided to ‘politicise’ the issue, and to work up emotions the MCA members and hopefully among the Malaysian Chinese. Continue reading Final warning to MCA to halt its baseless and irresponsible attacks on DAP for Tan Koon Swan’s arrest in Singapore, or the DAP will launch political counterattacks nation wide

The MCA leaders, branches and members not to bring greater dishonour to the Malaysian Chinese community and nation

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Friday, 24.1.1986:
Advice to MCA leaders, branches and members not to bring greater dishonour to the Malaysian Chinese community and nation by their demonstrations and wild statements

The MCA leaders, branches and members not to bring greater dishonour to the Malaysian Chinese community and nation by their demonstrations and wild statements in connection with the arrest of MCA President, Tan Koon Swan, 45, and being charged in Singapore for six counts of criminal breach of trust over the Pan El crisis.

If the MCA leaders, branches and members could not make distinction between charges involving corporate crimes, leading to a crisis which resulted in the three-day suspension of the Kuala Lumpur and Singapore stook exchanges and billions of dollars of shares losses by the invertors, and politics, then it is a sad reflection on the calibre, quality and standard of the new MCA. Continue reading The MCA leaders, branches and members not to bring greater dishonour to the Malaysian Chinese community and nation

Lim Kit Siang to suggest to Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed tomorrow how the Government could publish the BMF final report without having to bear responsibility for any litigation arising therefrom

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Sunday, January 5, 1986:

Lim Kit Siang to suggest to Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed tomorrow how the Government could publish the BMF final report without having to bear responsibility for any litigation arising therefrom

I have an appointment with the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, in the Prime Minister’s Office tomorrow over the $2.5 billion BMF loans scandal and the Ahmad Nordin BMF Inquiry Committee final report. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang to suggest to Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed tomorrow how the Government could publish the BMF final report without having to bear responsibility for any litigation arising therefrom

Congratulations to the new MCA Ministers and suggest that their first task to collectively propose at their first Cabinet meeting on Wednesday the rectification of the historic wrongs against Lim Lian Geok and Chinese education struggle

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Malacca DAP State Memorial meeting for Chinese educationist, Lim Lian Geok, held at DAP Malacca premises on Sunday, January 5, 1986

Congratulations to the new MCA Ministers and suggest that their first task to collectively propose at their first Cabinet meeting on Wednesday the rectification of the historic wrongs against Lim Lian Geok and Chinese education struggle

I congratulate the new MCA Ministers, and hope that they would dare to speak up in Cabinet to fight for the basic rights of the Malaysians Chinese, and also to redress the wrongs being borne by the Chinese community. Continue reading Congratulations to the new MCA Ministers and suggest that their first task to collectively propose at their first Cabinet meeting on Wednesday the rectification of the historic wrongs against Lim Lian Geok and Chinese education struggle

MCA can never hope to have any effective voice in the government so long as the MCA leadership and Tan Koon Swan in particular is bogged down by the Pan El crisis

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the MP Federal Territory State Committee meeting at Pudu DAP branch premises on Friday, Dec.27,1985 at 8p.m.

MCA can never hope to have any effective voice in the government so long as the MCA leadership and Tan Koon Swan in particular is bogged down by the Pan El crisis

The Tan Koon Swan MCA faction, in the MCA party elections, proclaimed a ‘Programme for Revitalisation’ for the MCA and the Malaysian Chinese community on Nov.21,1985,which pledged that if the Tan faction is elected, the MCA leadership would work towards ‘effective government representation’ in the policy formulation process of the government whether in the Barisan Nasional Supreme Council, the Cabinet or the State Executive Councils. Continue reading MCA can never hope to have any effective voice in the government so long as the MCA leadership and Tan Koon Swan in particular is bogged down by the Pan El crisis

Lim Kit Siang understands that MCA members would be seeking court injunctions to restrain the MCA State Liaison Committee of Perak, Selangor, Federal Territory and Malacca from operating as they are unlawful and illeg

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Rawang DAP Branch 19th Anniversary dinner held at Rawang on Saturday, 21.12.1985 at 8 pm

Lim Kit Siang understands that MCA members would be seeking court injunctions to restrain the MCA State Liaison Committee of Perak, Selangor, Federal Territory and Malacca from operating as they are unlawful and illegal

On 21st November, 1985, as part of the Tan Koon Swan MCA faction’s MCA election manifesto, Tan Koon Swan announced his programme for revitalisisation for the MCA and the Malaysian Community. Continue reading Lim Kit Siang understands that MCA members would be seeking court injunctions to restrain the MCA State Liaison Committee of Perak, Selangor, Federal Territory and Malacca from operating as they are unlawful and illeg

Call on Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman, to clarify report that the central figure of $2.5 billion BMF scandal, Lorraine Esme Osman, had returned openly to Malaysia several times in 1985 without government action

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Seremban on Wednesday, 18.12.1985

Call on Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman, to clarify report that the central figure of $2.5 billion BMF scandal, Lorraine Esme Osman, had returned openly to Malaysia several times in 1985 without government action

When former Bumiputra Malaysia Finance Directors, Lorrain Esme Osman and Datuk Hashim Shamsuddin, were arrested in London on Dec.16, 1985, and held on remand on a warrant from the Hong Kong government, the Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman, claimed credit that this was the result of the close co-operation between between him and his Hong Kong counterpart. Continue reading Call on Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman, to clarify report that the central figure of $2.5 billion BMF scandal, Lorraine Esme Osman, had returned openly to Malaysia several times in 1985 without government action

MCA continues to be the launching stock in its contempt for its own constitution

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Petaling Jaya old town branch committee meeting held in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 1985 at 8 pm

MCA continues to be the launching stock in its contempt for its own constitution

For 22 months, the MCA was the laughing stock in the Malaysian political arena, to the extent that the MIC had become even more respectable than the MCA, and the MIC President could talk louder than the MCA President. Continue reading MCA continues to be the launching stock in its contempt for its own constitution