Time Bombs in Malaysia
Second Edition
with a Special Commentary on the 1978 General
Elections and more speeches and illustrations.
LIM KIT SIANG
LIM KIT SIANG, 37, Parliamentary Opposition Leader
1973-74 and 1975-78. Secretary General of Democratic Action Party (DAP). First
elected. Member of Parliament for- Malacca Town in 1969. Re-elected to
Parliament in 1974 and also. elected to Malacca State Assembly for Kubu seat.
Elected MP for Petaling with a 16,000 majority in 1978
general elections and returned again as Malacca State Assemblyman for Kubu.
Educated at Batu Pahat High School, Johore. Worked as teacher and journalist
before full involvement in politics in the DAP. Editor of Rocket, DAP party
journal, and National Organising Secretary from birth of DAP in 1966 till May
1969 general elections, when DAP won 13 Parliamentary and 31 State Assembly
seats.
Detained under the Internal Security Act without trial
from May 1969 - October 1970. While in detention in Muar, started law studies
as external student of London University. Awarded LL.B.(Honours) by London
University in August 1976, admitted into Lincoln's Inn in November 1976 and
completed the British Bar Finals in May 1977 with Honours through self-study.
Awaiting call to Malaysian Bar.
Outspoken critic of National Front Government in
Parliament, State Assembly and university forums, especially against class
exploitation, corruption, human rights violations, government maladministration
and abuses of power. Exposed the mass Malacca Hospital deaths in early 1973
because of breakdown of autoclave-sterilisation plant - and the mass infant
deaths in late 1974; brought to Parliamentary attention the reasons for the
hunger strike by Batu Gajah political detainees in early 1974 and a host of
other official misdeeds.
Arrested in April 1978 and charged with- five counts
under Official Secrets Act which carry a total maximum of 31 years' jail for
raising inside and outside Parliament in 1976 the Royal Malaysian Navy purchase
of four Swedish-made SPICA—M fast strike crafts concerning the price and the
suitability of the crafts. Effected a reduction in the price of the four Fast
Strike Crafts by $9 million.
QUOTE
“The Prime Minister told an UMNO Economic Seminar in
May this year that there is a time bomb element in the new economic policy
which would be set off by any delay in its success particularly in reference to
the target of 30% participation of bumiputras in the commercial and industrial
activities within 20 years.
In actual fact, there is not one time bomb ticking
away, but several time bombs ticking away in Malaysia. These are the time bombs
of races and the time bombs of classes.
Unless the government gets down to seriously defuse
the time bombs, Malaysia and all the beautifully abound five year development
plans can be blown to smithereens.”
—Lim Kit Siang during the debate on Third
Malaysian Plan
(p.140)
Time Bombs in Malaysia
(PROBLEMS OF NATION-BUILDING IN MALAYSIA)
LIM KIT SIANG
Published by
DEMOCRATIC ACTION PARTY
77 JALAN 20/9, PETALING JAYA
First Edition May 1978.
Second Edition August 1978.
Printed by Kong Lee Printers,
34, Jalan Merlimau,
Off Jalan Kenanga,
Kuala Lumpur, 06-02
TO ALL FELLOW MALAYSIANS
WHO LOVE AND CHERISH
THEIR MOTHERLAND,
CONTENTS
1.Special Commentary of the 1978 General Elections
2.Foreward
3.Introduction
4.Tun Razak's Letter
5.Photographs
6.The 1978 General Elections Cartoons
7.The Official Secrets Act Charges
8.The Comments from the Asian Wall Street Journal
NATION BUILDING, DEMOCRACY AND CORRUPTION
1.A New Malaysian Order
2.NEP's New Injustices and Inequalities
3.Democratisation of Malaysian Life
4.Royal Commission of Inquiry on National Unity
5.The Batik Curtain in Malaysia
6.Why Local Governments should be elected
7.A Law to Prevent Defections
8.Why NBI must be an Independent Agency
9.Corruption in High Political Places
THE NEW ECONOMIC POLICY, MALAYSIAN PLANS AND BUDGETS
1.The Second Malaysian Plan 1970 — 1975
2.Twenty-Year neglect of the 750,000 New Villagers
3.A Cheap Food Policy
4.Sales Tax and Gaming Tax
5.Mid-Term Review: Second Malaysia Plan
6.Inflation and the Pay Packet
7.On A National Oil Policy
8.Income Tax Reforms
9.The Weakened Ringgit
10.The Third Malaysian Plan and the Time-Bombs in Malaysia
11.Security and Development
12.Educational Tax Rebate Proposal
HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES
1.International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights 1966
2.Human Rights Commission in Malaysia
3.The Security Cases Regulations
4.The 14 Year Old Condemned Boy - Aftermath
5.Chian Heng Kai and Chan Kok Kit: Detention Under ISA
6.The Sword of Damocles in Parliament
7.Conscience of the Malaysian Constitution
8.The Disenfranchisement of Kuala Lumpur
9.NOC Rule in Kelantan
EDUCATION AND LABOUR
1.Call for a Tunku Abdul Rahman Commission of Inquiry
on Education
2.Deteriorating Standards of Education
3.Future of Chinese and Tamil Primary Schools
4.Government Medical Brain Drain
5.Minimum Law for Workers
6.Job Security for Workers
7.1976 Employment (Amendment) Bill - Management's
delight and Workers’ curse
ADDITIONAL SPEECHES
1.Detention of Datuk James Wong
2.Hunger Strike By Political Detainees
3.The 1972 Mass MCE Bahasa Malaysia Failures
4.The Malacca Hospital Mass Deaths (1)