Category: University

Merdeka University judgment ‘the biggest setback for Chinese Education in the last 25 years since Merdeka’

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Penang DAP State Thousand-People 16th Anniversary Dinner in Penang on Saturday, 24.7.1982

Merdeka University judgment ‘the biggest setback for Chinese Education in the last 25 years since Merdeka’

Malaysia will be celebrating its 25th National Day Celebrations next month. In these 25 years, Malaysian Chinese had struggled to ensure that in the Malaysian society, Chinese education would have its rightful and proper place. Continue reading Merdeka University judgment ‘the biggest setback for Chinese Education in the last 25 years since Merdeka’

DAP calls for the strict principle of merit to be applied in staffing medical school and hospitals to ensure high medical standard in Malaysia

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, when inaugurating the protem committee of the Kemaman DAP Branch in Kemaman, Trengganu, on Thursday, 4th September 1980 at 5p.m.

DAP calls for the strict principle of merit to be applied in staffing medical school and hospitals to ensure high medical standard in Malaysia.

Meritocracy has been a much-abused word in Malaysia recently. Those who insist on merit are accused of having ulterior motive to perpetuate long-standing injustices and imbalances in education and economic fields, for instance. Continue reading DAP calls for the strict principle of merit to be applied in staffing medical school and hospitals to ensure high medical standard in Malaysia

DAP calls for the abandonment of the 2% University Places Policy and its substitution with a Liberal University Places Policy which will give higher education opportunities for all eligible Malaysian students

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Thousand-People Selangor/Federal Territory DAP Dinner held at Mak Yee Restaurant, Wisma Shaw, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 30th August 1980 at 9p.m

DAP calls for the abandonment of the 2% University Places Policy and its substitution with a Liberal University Places Policy which will give higher education opportunities for all eligible Malaysian students

The diminution and deprivation of higher education opportunities of our children in our own country is the most burning issue which pre-occupy Malaysian parents in the 1970s. Continue reading DAP calls for the abandonment of the 2% University Places Policy and its substitution with a Liberal University Places Policy which will give higher education opportunities for all eligible Malaysian students

Merdeka University Council should consider launching a national campaign to re-petition for government approval for establishment of Merdeka University before the final resort to the Courts

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Semenyih Branch Dinner held at Semenyih, Selangor, on Saturday, 21st July 1979 at 8p.m. to mark the official opening of the Semenyih DAP Branch

Merdeka University Council should consider launching a national campaign to re-petition for government approval for establishment of Merdeka University before the final resort to the Courts

The campaign for the establishment of the Merdeka University, to provide more higher education opportunities for our children when more and more find the doors of university education closed to them, and to give meaning and substance to Article 152 of the Malaysian Constitution, which guarantees mother-tongue education at all levels, had faced great obstavles and many stubborn opponents. Continue reading Merdeka University Council should consider launching a national campaign to re-petition for government approval for establishment of Merdeka University before the final resort to the Courts

DAP welcomes government decision to establish a third medical faculty but wants to know whether its sitting in Kelantan, without teaching hospital and other supporting facilities, would cause delay to its establishment or affect medical standards

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the Sungei Besi Mines DAP Branch in Petaling constituency on Tuesday, 12th July 1979 at 7p.m.

DAP welcomes government decision to establish a third medical faculty but wants to know whether its sitting in Kelantan, without teaching hospital and other supporting facilities, would cause delay to its establishment or affect medical standards

The DAP welcomes the announcement by the Education Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, on the establishment of a third medical faculty in the country. Datuk Musa Hitam said the medical faculty would be sited in Kelantan, and listed three grounds for setting up the faculty there: Continue reading DAP welcomes government decision to establish a third medical faculty but wants to know whether its sitting in Kelantan, without teaching hospital and other supporting facilities, would cause delay to its establishment or affect medical standards

DAP disappointed that the details of the so-called UMNO-MCA Formula for University intake

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, when officially declaring open the Balaikong DAP Branch in Kajang state constituency, Selangor, on Saturday, 7th July 1979 at 6p.m.

DAP disappointed that the details of the so-called UMNO-MCA Formula for University intake not disclosed by Datuk Hussein Onn at UMNO General Assembly as MCA leaders have made people to expect

The greatest disappointment in the speech by the Prime Minister, Datuk Hussein Onn, to the UMNO General Assembly yesterday as UMNO National President is his failure to disclose details of the so-called UMNO-MCA Formula for University intake to redress imbalances in higher educational opportunities. Continue reading DAP disappointed that the details of the so-called UMNO-MCA Formula for University intake

Government ban on Merdeka University 22nd Oct. meeting highly unfair, undemocratic and one – sided

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary – General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in Parliament House on Friday, 20.10.1978 at 3 p.m.

Government ban on Merdeka University 22nd Oct. meeting highly unfair, undemocratic and one – sided

The Government ban on the Oct. 22 meeting of Merdeka University is highly unfair, undemocratic and one – sided.

As the Home Affairs Minister, Tan Sri Ghazalie Shafie, admitted the Oct. 22 meeting called by the Merdeka University Sdn. Bhd. is lawful – but because the Merdeka University authorities intended to proceed with the lawful meeting, the Ministry of Home Affairs has banned it on grounds of ‘public order and national security’. Continue reading Government ban on Merdeka University 22nd Oct. meeting highly unfair, undemocratic and one – sided

(Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary – General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday, 10.10.1978 to introduce a private member’s bill to amend the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 to clearly provide for the establishment of private universities and university colleges)

Standing Order 49 to move a motion to seek leave of the House to introduce a Private Member’s Bill intituled Universities and University Colleges Act (Amendment) 1978 Bill

I rise under Standing Order 49 to move a motion to seek leave of the House to introduce a Private Member’s Bill intituled Universities and University Colleges Act (Amendment) 1978 Bill to clearly provide for the establishment of private universities and university colleges.

Although the University and University Colleges Act 1971 did not specifically prohibit the establishment of private universities, the Act has been interpreted by Government Ministers and National Front leaders as disallowing the establishment of private universities. Continue reading

DAP suggest a million – people signature campaign for the establishment of Merdeka University

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary – General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Bagan Jermal Branch Solidarity Dinner at Gala Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur Hotel, Jalan Bagan Luar, Butterworth on Saturday, 23rd September 1978 at 6.30 pm.

DAP suggest a million – people signature campaign for the establishment of Merdeka University

At the recent UMNO General Assembly, the Education Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam, made the startling announcement that the Barisan Nasional Government rejected the petition for the establishment of Merdeka University to expand higher education opportunities for our children in Malaysia. Continue reading DAP suggest a million – people signature campaign for the establishment of Merdeka University

Call on Datuk Lee San Choon and Dr. Lim Chong Eu to explain to the Malaysian public why they support the government rejection of Merdeka University proposal

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary – General and DAP Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, at the when addressing the Selangor/Federal Territory DAP State Committee on Tuesday, September 19, 1978 at 8 p.m.

Call on Datuk Lee San Choon and Dr. Lim Chong Eu to explain to the Malaysian public why they support the government rejection of Merdeka University proposal

Two days ago, the Education Minister, Datuk Musa Hitam announced at the UMNO General Assembly that the Government had rejected the application for the establishment of the Merdeka University to expand higher education places for Malaysian students. Continue reading Call on Datuk Lee San Choon and Dr. Lim Chong Eu to explain to the Malaysian public why they support the government rejection of Merdeka University proposal