Category: UMNO

Information Minister, Datuk Mohamed Rahmat, should ‘rein in before the precipice’ and stop abusing his position as Minister to incite racial feelings or Malaysia will become another Sri Lanka

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 19.10.1987:

Information Minister, Datuk Mohamed Rahmat, should ‘rein in before the precipice’ and stop abusing his position as Minister to incite racial feelings or Malaysia will become another Sri Lanka.

I call on Information Minister, Datuk Mohamed Rahmat, to ‘rein in before the precipice’ and stop abusing his position as Minister to incite racial feelings or Malaysia will become another Sri Lanka. In such an event, as Deputy Prime Minister, Ghaffar Baba, has said: “Kalah jadi abu, menang jadi arang”. Continue reading Information Minister, Datuk Mohamed Rahmat, should ‘rein in before the precipice’ and stop abusing his position as Minister to incite racial feelings or Malaysia will become another Sri Lanka

UMNO party elections for UMNO President, Deputy President, Vice President and Supreme Council members may have to be held once again of the law suit by UMNO members challenging the legality of the April UMNO General Assembly is successful.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung. Lim Kit Siang, at Perak State leadership training course held at Hotel excelsior, Ipoh on Sunday, on 20.9.1987, at 9.40 am.

UMNO party elections for UMNO President, Deputy President, Vice President and Supreme Council members may have to be held once again of the law suit by UMNO members challenging the legality of the April UMNO General Assembly is successful.

In the past few weeks, UMNO politics in the country had entered into a new phase, with the contending forces in UMNO preparing for the possibility of a re-run of the UMNO elections for the top UMNO positions in the near future. Continue reading UMNO party elections for UMNO President, Deputy President, Vice President and Supreme Council members may have to be held once again of the law suit by UMNO members challenging the legality of the April UMNO General Assembly is successful.

DAP calls on Home Ministry to give public reasons every time it bans or withholds from the public a foreign magazine for its articles on Malaysia

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung. Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Tuesday, 8.9.1987:

DAP calls on Home Ministry to give public reasons every time it bans or withholds from the public a foreign magazine for its articles on Malaysia

The DAP welcomes the release to the public the Sept.3 issue of Far Eastern Economic Review, after a two-week study of certain articles” in the issue by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Continue reading DAP calls on Home Ministry to give public reasons every time it bans or withholds from the public a foreign magazine for its articles on Malaysia

Call on UDA to explain whether it is enforcing its claims against Fleet Group, another UMNO investment company, for $300 million compensation for failure to complete the sale of perembe

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung. Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 7.9.1987:

Call on UDA to explain whether it is enforcing its claims against Fleet Group, another UMNO investment company, for $300 million compensation for failure to complete the sale of perembe

In October 1985, Fleet Group – the first UMNO investment company – entered into a contract with UDA to acquire Peremba for $163.9 million. Continue reading Call on UDA to explain whether it is enforcing its claims against Fleet Group, another UMNO investment company, for $300 million compensation for failure to complete the sale of perembe

The $360 million UMNO complex is no excuse or justification for any unethical conduct or conflict or interest in government, or to force the people in the Klang Valley to pay toll after widening of an old highway

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday 29.8.1987

The $360 million UMNO complex is no excuse or justification for any unethical conduct or conflict or interest in government, or to force the people in the Klang Valley to pay toll after widening of an old highway.

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, said in Johore Bahru yesterday that he agreed with the first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, in his weekly ‘As I see it’ column in Monday’s STAR, calling on UMNO not to enter into business but to concentrate on politics. Tunku Abdul Rahman was commenting to UEM, a company controlled by an UMNO holding company, Hatibudi Sdn. Bhd. Continue reading The $360 million UMNO complex is no excuse or justification for any unethical conduct or conflict or interest in government, or to force the people in the Klang Valley to pay toll after widening of an old highway

Call on Dr. Mahathir Mohamed and top UMNO leaders to heed the advice of Tunku Abdul Rahman and withdraw UMNO’s involvement in the North-South Highway (NSH) privatization contract through Hatibudi and UEM to safeguard the good name of leaders of UMNO and government

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the inaugural meeting of the DAP Committee to Oppose Tolls on Federal Highway Route II which will organize the mass signature campaign in Klang Valley to oppose Federal Highway Route II tolls, held in Selangor DAP Hqrs on Monday, 24th August 1987 at 7.30 p.m.

Call on Dr. Mahathir Mohamed and top UMNO leaders to heed the advice of Tunku Abdul Rahman and withdraw UMNO’s involvement in the North-South Highway (NSH) privatization contract through Hatibudi and UEM to safeguard the good name of leaders of UMNO and government

Malaysia’s elder statesman, Tunku Abdul Rahman, has again offered words of wisdom when he wrote on the North-South Highway (NSH) privatization contract in his weekly column, ‘As I See It’ in the Star today. Continue reading Call on Dr. Mahathir Mohamed and top UMNO leaders to heed the advice of Tunku Abdul Rahman and withdraw UMNO’s involvement in the North-South Highway (NSH) privatization contract through Hatibudi and UEM to safeguard the good name of leaders of UMNO and government

DAP calls for an All-Party Closed Conference of top leaders to check the worsening race relations in Malaysia

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Penang Medical Practitioners Society’s Fellowship Dinner at Ferringhi Beach Hotel on Sunday, 23-8-1987 at 8p.m. on “Problems of Integration in Multi-racial Malaysia and their Solutions”

DAP calls for an All-Party Closed Conference of top leaders to check the worsening race relations in Malaysia

Your topic, “Problem of Integration in Multi-racial Malaysia and their Solutions” could not have been more topical or more apt at this moment of our national life, for two reasons: Continue reading DAP calls for an All-Party Closed Conference of top leaders to check the worsening race relations in Malaysia

Najib should not put the blame on others when the UMNO Youth and some UMNO leaders have primarily been responsible for the recent spate of incidents hurting the sensitivities and self-respect of the other races, languages and cultures

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Tuesday, in Penang on Tuesday, 18.8.1987:

Najib should not put the blame on others when the UMNO Youth and some UMNO leaders have primarily been responsible for the recent spate of incidents hurting the sensitivities and self-respect of the other races, languages and cultures

UMNO Youth Acting President, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak, said UMNO Youth had ‘lost its patience’ and could ‘no longer contain its anger’ at the “challenge to Malay rights, dominance, dignity and sovereignty”. Continue reading Najib should not put the blame on others when the UMNO Youth and some UMNO leaders have primarily been responsible for the recent spate of incidents hurting the sensitivities and self-respect of the other races, languages and cultures

DAP calls on Datuk Samy Vellu to make public the variations of terms to the UEM contract on North-South Highway for the public to study for at least a week before any signing of the contract

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the launching of the book, ‘The North-South Highway Scandal’ at DAP PJ on Wednesday, August 12, 1987 at 12 noon.

DAP calls on Datuk Samy Vellu to make public the variations of terms to the UEM contract on North-South Highway for the public to study for at least a week before any signing of the contract.

This is to launch the new DAP publication, ‘The North-South Highway Scandal’ in English, to be followed by Bahasa Malaysia and Mandarin shortly. The purpose of this publication, which features six of my speeches and statements on the North-South Highway (NSH) tender of United Engineers Malaysia (UEM), is to create and sustain public awareness and interest in this issue, which has such a far-reaching implication to Malaysians for the next 25 years. Continue reading DAP calls on Datuk Samy Vellu to make public the variations of terms to the UEM contract on North-South Highway for the public to study for at least a week before any signing of the contract

The 100% increase in highway toll is most unreasonable and unjustifiable as the government is already collection $1.2 billion as road tax, licence fee and petrol duty from motorists

Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the demonstration at Ayer Keroh Highway toll plaza on Thursday, 13.8.1987 at 8.30 a.m. to protest against the 100% increase in highway toll rate

The 100% increase in highway toll is most unreasonable and unjustifiable as the government is already collection $1.2 billion as road tax, licence fee and petrol duty from motorists.

The four-state protest and demonstration by the DAP this morning is to highlight the injustice of the government imposing 100% increase in highway toll rate with effect from today for four important reasons: Continue reading The 100% increase in highway toll is most unreasonable and unjustifiable as the government is already collection $1.2 billion as road tax, licence fee and petrol duty from motorists