Category: MCA

Tan Koon Swan is not fit to enter the Malaysian Cabinet because of his involvement in the Pan E1 crisis

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Puchong Liaison Committee meeting held in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 5.12.1985 at 8.30 p.m.

Tan Koon Swan is not fit to enter the Malaysian Cabinet because of his involvement in the Pan E1 crisis which led to the three-day closure of the Malaysian and Singapore stock exchange and the 20-30% drop in share prices on its re-opening.

The newly-elected MCA President, Tan Koon Swan, is clearly not qualified to enter the Malaysian Cabinet because of his involvement in the Pan El crisis which led to the three-day suspension of the Malaysian and Singapore Stock Exchanges, and the 20-30% fall in the share prices on its re-opening today. Continue reading Tan Koon Swan is not fit to enter the Malaysian Cabinet because of his involvement in the Pan E1 crisis

The sacking of Neo Yee Pan from Cabinet shows that UMNO has the reserve power to interfere in MCA affairs to the extent of deciding who is to be the MCA President

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, to the Petaling Jaya Old Town Branch Committee members at DAP PJ Hqrs on Thursday, Sept 26. 1985 at 8.30 p.m.

The sacking of Neo Yee Pan from Cabinet shows that UMNO has the reserve power to interfere in MCA affairs to the extent of deciding who is to be the MCA President

Under the guidance of Ghaffar Baba, the MCA ‘three kingdom’ power struggle has entered the new phase of branch, divisional and national elections. According to initial reports, the Tan faction is having the upper hand, followed by Neo, faction, with the Mak faction with hardly any base or support. Continue reading The sacking of Neo Yee Pan from Cabinet shows that UMNO has the reserve power to interfere in MCA affairs to the extent of deciding who is to be the MCA President

Gerakan is greedy for MCA’s Ministerial and Deputy Ministerial posts although its policies and principles are the same as MCA’s

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Nibong Tebal Branch Solidarity Dinner held at Pai Teik Union School, Nibong Tebal, on Friday, 6.9.1985 at 8pm

Gerakan is greedy for MCA’s Ministerial and Deputy Ministerial posts although its policies and principles are the same as MCA’s

The day after the MCA was given three months’ grace by the Barisan Nasional Supreme Council on August 17, 1985 to solve its ‘Three Kingdom’ power struggle, the Gerakan President, Dr. Lim Keng Yaik showed the Gerakan’s impatience and greediness for the MCA’s Ministerial and Deputy Ministerial’ posts. Continue reading Gerakan is greedy for MCA’s Ministerial and Deputy Ministerial posts although its policies and principles are the same as MCA’s

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?

If Neo Yee Pan had appointed Tan Koon Swan instead of Mak Hon Kam as Acting Deputy MCA President, he may not be sacked from the Cabinet today.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, to the Petaling Jaya DAP Branch Committee in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, 18th August 1985 at 8.30 p.m.

If Neo Yee Pan had appointed Tan Koon Swan instead of Mak Hon Kam as Acting Deputy MCA President, he may not be sacked from the Cabinet today.

The latest developments in the MCA power struggle and crisis, leading to the sacking of Neo Yee Pan from the Cabinet, the emergence of three factions and two contendinq Acting MCA Presidents, would have made a good video series in the best traditions of the masters of Chinese ‘fighting stories’ like Koo Lon or Kim Yong. This is because the twists and turns, the unsuspected treacheries and betrayals, which made the Chinese ‘fighting stories’ bestsellers are all to be found ir the MCA power—struggle saga. The latest MCA development bring to mind the famous Koo Long saying that’ your best friend is your most terrible enemy! Continue reading If Neo Yee Pan had appointed Tan Koon Swan instead of Mak Hon Kam as Acting Deputy MCA President, he may not be sacked from the Cabinet today.

Is Tan Koon Swan faction instigating UMNO to ask MCA to leave Barisan Nasional as a leverage in MCA power struggle?

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP Perak Dinner held at Fong Lim Restaurant, Ipoh on Friday, August 9, 1985 at 8 pm

Is Tan Koon Swan faction instigating UMNO to ask MCA to leave Barisan Nasional as a leverage in MCA power struggle?

With the approach of the Barisan Nasional Supreme Council meeting on August 17, called specifically to deal with the PICA crisis as if it is a naughty boy which must be disciplined by the elders for its errant ways, the question that is making the newspaper headlines is whether MCA would be asked to leave Barisan Nasional and rejoin the coalition after it had solved its party crisis. Continue reading Is Tan Koon Swan faction instigating UMNO to ask MCA to leave Barisan Nasional as a leverage in MCA power struggle?

Dr. Mahathir’s Bukit Mertajam speech heralds the end of MCA’s right to choose its own leaders or decide its own future

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

Dr. Mahathir’s Bukit Mertajam speech heralds the end of MCA’s right to choose its own leaders or decide its own future

The Bukit Mertajam speech by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, yesterday is very significant, for it henalds the end of MCA’s the end of MCA’s right to choose its own leaders or decide its own future. Continue reading Dr. Mahathir’s Bukit Mertajam speech heralds the end of MCA’s right to choose its own leaders or decide its own future

MCA-Gerakan ‘Joint Council’ the New Savior of Chinese rights?

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Slang,
at DAP PJ Hgrs on Tuesday, 2.4.l985 at 12.30 pm

MCA-Gerakan ‘Joint Council’ the New Savior of Chinese rights?

The establishment of the MCA-Gerakan Joint Council, after the blaze of publicity these past weeks after a bout of meetings, dinners and lunches, has given rise to two impressions: Continue reading MCA-Gerakan ‘Joint Council’ the New Savior of Chinese rights?

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