\n\u201cIt is a long-standing practice of the DAP since its formation in 1966 to ensure that the youths of Malaysia fully participate in the national affairs of the country,\u201d he said in his media statement in remembrance of Hsing who died last night at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital near here.
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\nHe was 63.
\nAccording to Lim, Hsing served as the MP for Tanjung Aru from 1986 to 1990.
\nHe said that during that term, DAP had four MPs from Sabah \u2013 Sandakan, Gaya, Tanjung Aru and Tawau.
\nLim also said that his association with Sabah went back to May 13, 1969.
\n\u201cOn that morning, I flew from Subang in Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu to help in the election campaign of the Sabah Independent candidate William Lye as Sabah and Sarawak polling were to be held a fortnight after the peninsular election.
\n\u201cI was speaking at a mammoth public rally in Kota Kinabalu in the evening when I was informed that trouble had broken out in Kuala Lumpur although details were not clear.
\n\u201cThe next morning, I was served with an eviction order from Sabah by the Sabah Chief Minister, Tun Mustapha, who was abusing his powers of immigration autonomy for my criticising his dictatorial ways as head of Sabah government in my rally speech,\u201d he recounted.
\nHe added that he missed his return flight (there was only one flight out of Sabah a day at that time) and in the process unwittingly saved his life, as a posse of Bajau horsemen who were strong supporters to Tun Mustapha was very incensed by his rally speech against Tun Mustapha the previous evening and wanted to \u201cfinish him off\u201d at the Kota Kinabalu airport.
\n\u201cI remember at a Kota Kinabalu ceramah at the recent Sabah state general election last September, I asked whether there was anyone from the crowd who had attended my May 13, 1969 rally in Kota Kinabalu and several hands went up,\u201d he said.
\nHe also said that on 8th September 1993, Hsing awas with him together with other party comrades when he climbed Low\u2019s Peak at the summit of Mount Kinabalu.
\n\u201cHsing was the proposer for the nomination of the current DAP MP for Kota KInabalu, Chan Foong Hin and worked for the DAP cause to the very end.\u201d
\nAs former DAP MP for Kampar, Ngoi Thiam Woh said: \u201cI will always remember Hsing as a principled and humble man that put the party before his own self-interest\u201d.
\nKota Kinabalu MP, Chan Foong Hin who is also DAP Sabah Secretary meanwhile said in his statement to honour Hsing that the latter continued to be active in DAP even after his defeat in 1990 where DAP lost all four parliamentary seats after the party entered into a ‘friendly match’ with Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) while fighting BN\/UMNO.
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\n“After his defeat, Hsing continued to be active in DAP Sabah. He also joined Saudara Lim Kit Siang to conquer Mt Kinabalu in 1993. Saudara Hsing was my Kota Kinabalu MP candidacy proposer in 2018. He contributed to our governing experience after Pakatan Harapan took power in 2018,” he said.
\nHe added that the latest programme Hsing took part in was the food basket distribution in Kota Kinabalu last year against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic.
\n“He will be missed and always remembered,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"