Racial Polarisation

Racial Polarisation – What is the solution

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the forum organised by PUSPITA (University of Malya Non-Hostelite Students’ Union) at Dewan Tunku Chancellor, University of Malaya on Saturday, 24.11.1984 at 8 p.m. on ‘Polarisasi Kaum-Dimanakah penyelesaiannya?

Racial Polarisation – What is the solution

On 13th July 1984, the press reported a speech by the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, in Segamat who expressed concern over the present trend of segregation and polarisation among children if unchecked could spark off a confrontation of the races in the future. Continue reading Racial Polarisation – What is the solution

Racial polarisation is the greatest threat to the well-being and stability of Malaysia

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Sungei Buloh DAP branch anniversary dinner held at Sungei Buloh, Selangor, on Saturday, 18.8.1984 at 8 p.m

Racial polarisation is the greatest threat to the well-being and stability of Malaysia

Since the early 1970s, DAP MPs inside and outside Parliament had spoken of the dangers of growing racial polarisation in Malaysia, but at that time, the government leaders had not taken the DAP seriously. Continue reading Racial polarisation is the greatest threat to the well-being and stability of Malaysia

DAP calls on Government to enlist the help and co-operation of all political parties and groups to arrest the worsening racial polarisation as it could not solve it alone since its polices had been the great cause of the racial trend

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the official opening of the Penang DAP State Convention hela at Town House Hotel, Penang on Sunday, 12.8.1984 at 10a.m.

DAP calls on Government to enlist the help and co-operation of all political parties and groups to arrest the worsening racial polarisation as it could not solve it alone since its polices had been the great cause of the racial trend

A month ago, the Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, expressed concern over the present trend of worsening racial polarisation to the extent that even children have racial sentiments. Continue reading DAP calls on Government to enlist the help and co-operation of all political parties and groups to arrest the worsening racial polarisation as it could not solve it alone since its polices had been the great cause of the racial trend

The Dangerous Eighties for Malaysia with the rise of forces of extremism and chauvinism which reject Malaysia as a multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-cultural and multi-religious nation

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Peraling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on the Royal Address on Tuesday, March 9, 1982

The Dangerous Eighties for Malaysia with the rise of forces of extremism and chauvinism which reject Malaysia as a multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-cultural and multi-religious nation.
As Malaysia completes our first quarter century as an independent and sovereign nation, the people of Malaysia are still seeking a national consensus on which a united Malaysian nation could be founded. Continue reading The Dangerous Eighties for Malaysia with the rise of forces of extremism and chauvinism which reject Malaysia as a multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-cultural and multi-religious nation

(Speech by the Parliamentary Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat during the debate on the Royal Address on October 13, 1978)

His Majesty, in his Royal Address, called upon the people of all ethnic origins to join hands in support of the noble efforts of the Prime Minister in his task of forging a sense of solidarity among Malaysians. As the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong said: “Emphasis on ethnic, religious, cultural and political differences should not be done on such a scale as to destroy national unity. The spirit of tolerance should continuously be maintained.”

Unfortunately, His Majesty’s advice has not been heeded by Hon’ble Members in this House itself during the debates of the past few days. We hear the voices of intolerance, of rejection that Malaysia is a multi-racial society; we hear voices of extremism and racialism, completely insensitive to the legitimate hopes and aspirations of the various communities in the country. Continue reading Racial polarisation