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The Nenggiri by-election in Kelantan has ignited the hope that Malaysia can rise again to become a great world-class nation and is not doomed to become a failed state
Posted by Kit in Malaysian Dream, nation building on Sunday, 18 August 2024
The Nenggiri by-election in Kelantan has ignited the hope that Malaysia can rise again to become a great world-class nation and not doomed to become a failed state.
Anwar Ibrahim as Prime Minister has outlasted the three previous Prime Ministers – Ismail Sabri, Muhyiddin Yassin and Mahathir Mohamad in his second tenure as Prime Minister of Malaysia. Read the rest of this entry »
I will meet the police in next few days on my remarks to Malaysian students in Manchester at the end of last month
Posted by Kit in Malaysian Dream, Police on Monday, 11 December 2023
I will meet the police in the next few days on my remarks to Malaysian students in Manchester at the end of last month.
Why are Malaysians not sufficiently focused on regaining world-rank status or on the future?
Posted by Kit in Education, Malaysian Dream on Sunday, 10 December 2023
Malaysia’s conspicuous absence in two lists – Apolitical’s 100 most influential people in Climate Policy 2022/2023 and TIME magazine 100 most influential climate leaders in Business for 2023 — are indications that the country is not sufficiently reversing course in the national decline in the last quarter of a century to rise up again as a great world-class nation.
Let the general election in the six states in July or August be a reaffirmation of the Malaysian Dream to show that it is not only strongly supported in Penang, Selangor, and Negeri Sembilan but receiving more and more support in Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu
Posted by Kit in DAP, Malaysian Dream on Sunday, 19 March 2023
Yesterday marked the 57th anniversary of the registration of the DAP by the Registrar of Societies.
Call on Malaysians to continue to pursue the Malaysian Dream where Malaysia, as a plural nation of diverse races, languages, religions, and cultures could be an example to the world of inter-racial, inter-religious, and inter-civilisational understanding, harmony, and peace
Posted by Kit in Malaysian Dream on Friday, 17 March 2023
Call on Malaysians to continue to pursue the Malaysian Dream where Malaysia, as a plural nation of diverse races, languages, religions, and cultures could be an example to the world of inter-racial, inter-religious, and inter-civilisational understanding, harmony and peace.
I returned to Malacca last night with my children Guan Eng, Hui Ming and Hui Ying for an evening with comrades who have shared with my joys and sorrows for over half a century since I started my electoral and political journey as Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka in 1969.
Let all Malaysians regardless of race or religion look up to Michelle Yeoh as a model in the Malaysian Dream for Malaysia to accomplish Bapa Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman’s aspiration to be “a beacon of light in a difficult and distracted world”
Posted by Kit in Malaysian Dream on Monday, 13 March 2023
Michelle Yeoh of Ipoh has done Malaysia proud — not just at the Malaysian level but at the global stage.
I have never asked Mukhriz Mahathir any question!
Posted by Kit in Mahathir, Malaysian Dream on Monday, 6 March 2023
I have never asked Mukhriz Mahathir any question.
He purports to answer for his father, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad who just dissociated himself from Mukhriz’ political views.
Should Malaysians dream a common dream of a “Malaysian Dream” or separate dreams of a “Malay Dream” and a “Non-Malay Dream”?
Posted by Kit in Mahathir, Malaysian Dream on Sunday, 5 March 2023
Should Malaysians dream a common dream of a “Malaysian Dream” or separate dreams of a “Malay Dream” and a “Non-Malay Dream”?
The answer should be obvious after six decades of Malaysian nation-building, but it has been thrown to the forefront of Malaysian politics by the author of the 1970 book “The Malay Dilemma”.
Malaysian youths and school children must be encouraged to dream the Malaysian Dream — to be a first-rate world-class nation to contribute to global progress or to be a divided, failed, and kleptocratic state
Posted by Kit in Malaysian Dream, nation building on Friday, 3 February 2023
Malaysian youths, those between 18 to 21 years old, and even younger ones, the school children, should be encouraged to dream the Malaysian Dream — to be a first-rate world-class nation to contribute to global progress or to be a divided, failed or kleptocratic state.
This is what struck me when I read the media reports that academician Mohammad Agus Yusoff had been appointed the director-general of the Community Communications Department (Jkom) under the Prime Minister’s Department to propel the Malaysia Madani concept with three thrusts to cultivate knowledge, create a society with digital skills and strengthen the people’s patriotic spirit; the digital dream of the Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil to create a new golden digital decade of the country; and the Nationl Unity Week programmes being formulated by the National Unity Minister Aaron Ago Dagang based on the theme of “Unity in Diversity” in multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural Malaysia.
The birds are chirping, does it herald a spring-time of freedom in Malaysia – but will it be snuffed out like the Arab Spring?
Posted by Kit in Impian Malaysia, Malaysian Dream on Thursday, 8 September 2022
The birds are chirping, does it herald a spring-time of freedom in Malaysia – but will it be snuffed out like the Arab Spring?
These thoughts crossed my mind as I breathed a new air in the atmosphere. Read the rest of this entry »
A New Malaysia is not a lost cause but it will not be an easy battle – we have taken only the first step in a long, arduous and uncertain struggle for justice, freedom and dignity for all Malaysians
Posted by Kit in Malaysian Dream on Sunday, 28 August 2022
I have said that with the jailing of the former Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, there is now light at the end of the tunnel that Malaysia can return to the nation-building principles our founding fathers have entrenched in the Malaysian Constitution and Rukun Negara – constitutional monarchy, parliamentary democracy, separation of powers, rule of law, good governance, public integrity, meritocracy, respect for human rights and national unity from our multi-racial, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural diversity where there are no first-class and second-class citizens whether based on race, religion or region.
Not all agree. There are those who do not see any light at the end of the tunnel and others who are so pessimistic that they expect the light to die off before the end of the tunnel is reached. Read the rest of this entry »
Call on Sarawak and Sabah to set up a joint MA63 Constitution Review Commission to review the fulfilment of MA63 for Sarawak and Sabah 60 years after the formation of Malaysia in 1963
Posted by Kit in Malaysian Dream, Sabah, Sarawak on Sunday, 7 August 2022
We meet here especially in appreciation and honour of Chong Siew Chiang, whom I will name the Father of DAP Sarawak, for establishing DAP in Sarawak in 1978 to achieve the Malaysian Malaysian objective in pursuit of the Malaysian Dream.
Next year will be the 60th anniversary of the formation of Malaysia in 1963, and for the occasion, I propose that Sarawak and Sabah set up a joint MA63 Constitution Review Commission to review the fulfilment of Malaysia Agreement 1963 for Sarawak and Sabah.
The establishment of such a Joint Commission will be an important step to achieve the Malaysian Dream which should be the aspiration of every patriotic Malaysian.
The next national general election is not far off, but it will be a challenging one for Sarawakians and Malaysians, as the days of political hegemony by one political party is gone and a thing of the past.
Malaysians will have to learn to work together without sacrificing the basic principles of serving the national interest to promote unity, harmony, justice, democracy, good governance, prosperity and well-being of all Malaysians.
This is one aspect of the re-set of nation-building principles and policies which the country must undertake if Malaysia is to fulfil its potential to be a world-class great nation, instead of being overtaken by one country after another in the last half-a-century.
Malaysia is at the meeting-point of four great civilisations – Malay/Islamic, Chinese, Indian and Western – and there is no reason why we cannot leverage on the best virtues and values of these four great civilisations to build a great and world-class Malaysia.
But the journey to make Malaysia a world-class great nation is a marathon and not a sprint, it must be counted in decades and even centuries and not in days, months and years, which is why it is important that Sarawakians and Malaysians develop the long-term spirit of the long-distance runner to make Malaysia a world-class great nation.
(Speech by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang at a DAP Sarawak luncheon ‘”In Appreciation and Honour of Lim Kit Siang and Chong Siew Chiang” in Kuching on Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 1 pm)
Can Malaysians rediscover the spirit of hope and challenge in the 2018 general election to continue to press for change and excellence in Malaysia to save the country so that Malaysia can be a world-class great nation?
Posted by Kit in Malaysian Dream, nation building on Sunday, 31 July 2022
There is an old film on the Inn of Sixth Happiness.
The 56th Installation Dinner tonight is a Dinner of Four Happiness.
Firstly, it is the birthday of Jitco Chin, newly installed President of the Pudu Rotary Club. Read the rest of this entry »
Can Malaysia get rid of the infamy of being “ kleptocracy at its worst” in the world when the RM29,125 monthly salary of the Chief Secretary to the Government is deemed “too little” by a former Prime Minister?
Posted by Kit in DAP, Malaysian Dream, nation building on Thursday, 9 June 2022
For the past half a century, Malaysia has, in the words of 76-year-old Yusuf Hashim, become “a broken country” – once a potential Tiger but now possibly one of the greatest kleptocracies in the world!
We have lost out to Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong in economic development in the past half a century. Would we lose out to more countries in the next half a century – even to Indonesia and the Philippines?
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We must reignite hope and confidence in the future as we hold in our hands the ability to reverse the national decline of the past half a century
Posted by Kit in DAP, Malaysian Dream on Sunday, 20 March 2022
I take this opportunity to announce my political retirement and I will not contest for any position, including the party CEC today – you should delete No. 39 from the CEC candidate list) – or any parliamentary or state assembly seat.
I have been with the party for 56 years – two days ago was the DAP’s 56th anniversary – and have seen it develop from a small opposition party which fought the first general election in 1969 into a major political party in the Pakatan Harapan coalition which won the 14th General Election in 2018 and formed the government in seven states.
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Sarawak general election a setback for DAP which must learn from the mistakes but DAP will not be deterred from the Malaysian Dream of making Malaysia a world-class great nation before Malaysia’s Centennial in 2063
Posted by Kit in Elections, Malaysian Dream, Sabah, Sarawak on Sunday, 19 December 2021
I was in Keningau yesterday and Pensiangan this morning to celebrate an early Christmas as there was no Christmas celebration last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
I had campaigned in the Sarawak general election and I had hoped that DAP will win half-a-dozen seats at the end of the campaign. The election results produced two DAP seats – Padungan and Pending.
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Malaysia is not faced with Chinese vs Malay contest but how to inculcate among Malaysians, whether Malays Chinese, Indians, Kadazans or Ibans a “Malaysian First” mindset, mentality and loyalty
Posted by Kit in Malaysian Dream, nation building on Sunday, 28 November 2021
Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Anwar Ibrahim, said in Machap, Johore earlier today where former Education Minister, Mazlee Malik, joined PKR as a member, that Pakatan Harapan’s enemies have painted a picture that if PH came into power, the Chinese community would dominate the Malays.
Anwar said the same propaganda was used by its enemies in the Malacca state elections last Saturday.
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Malaysia has lost out to China and now losing out to India and Indonesia in handling the Covid-19 pandemic – how low will Malaysia go?
Posted by Kit in COVID-19, Malaysian Dream on Saturday, 20 November 2021
I am fortified in my call yesterday to the Malacca voters to represent Malaysians to vote against both the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Barisan Nasional (BN) candidates for the loss of nearly 30,000 lives (with more than 6,000 Brought-in-Dead Covid-19 deaths) and nearly 2.6 million Covid-19 cases because we are left far behind by other countries in the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Yesterday, we recorded 6,355 new Covid-19 cases and 45 Covid-19 deaths (including seven BID deaths), losing out to India which recorded 5,883 daily new Covid-19 cases and losing out to Indonesia which beat Malaysia by recording five (5) daily single-digit Covid-19 deaths!
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I have been guided all my life by Wen Tianxiang’s immortal words “All men are mortal but my loyalty will illuminate the annals of history forever” and have never compromised my loyalty to Malaysia to make it a world-class great nation
Posted by Kit in DAP, Elections, Malaysian Dream on Thursday, 18 November 2021
Two days ago, I visited the Sam Tiong Keng temple in Semabok, Malacca which is in the Banda Hilir state constituency where we are fielding Malacca DAPSY Deputy Chief Leong Chau Yan.
I was in for a surprise as the main historic figure the temple was dedicated to was Wen Tianxiang, the poet-politician of the Southern Song dynasty, who chose death instead of betrayal of his loyalty to Kublai Khan and the Yuan dynasty.
I have been guided all my life by Wen Tianxiang’s immortal words “All men are mortal but my loyalty will illuminate the annals of history forever” and have never compromised my loyalty to Malaysia to make it a world-class great nation. Read the rest of this entry »
Can the 12th Malaysia Plan really be a Game-Changer?
Posted by Kit in Malaysian Dream, nation building on Thursday, 30 September 2021
Ngeh Khoo Ham, the Member of Parliament for Bruas who was Perak DAP Chairman and former Perak State Assembly Speaker, turned 60 years old today.
He said in WhatsApp together with an old photograph of DAP leaders campaigning on the “No to 911, Also No to 929” issue twenty years ago on a pick-up truck showing among others Ngeh, Fong Po Puan (then MP for Batu Gajah), Nga Kor Ming (then State Assemblymnan for Pantai Remis and later former Deputy Speaker and MP for Teluk Intan) and myself:
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