Month: December 1976

Motion to review the Speaker’s decision on 13hb Disember 1976

Speech by DAP National Publicity Secretary, DAP Perak State Assemblyman for Gopeng and DAP Whip in the Perak State Assembly, P.Patto, when moving his substantive motion to review the Speaker’s decision on 13hb Disember 1976.

Before I proceed to move my substantive motion which I had given notice of .to The Speaker on 16.12.76, I propose that the Speaker of the House should exercise his powers under the State Assembly Standing Orders No. 6(3) which reads:

“Mr, Speaker may at any time during a sitting ask a member to take the Chair temporarily, without formal communication to the Assembly, and such member shall be invested with all the powers of Mr. Speaker, until Mr. Speaker returns.” Continue reading Motion to review the Speaker’s decision on 13hb Disember 1976

Government medical brain drain

The Minister of Health, in reply to a question by my colleagues, the Member for Sungei Besi, said yesterday that since 1969, a total of 965 doctors have left the government service. If we look at the yearly figures, we will note that the number of doctors leaving the government service has been on the marked increase year after year.

Even more serious is the resignation of specialists from the government service. This year alone, some 20 specialists have resigned. The government can ill afford the loss of experienced and competent specialists suffering a great fall in the standard of medical standards in the hospitals. Continue reading Government medical brain drain

LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Speech by the DAP MP for Kuala Lumpur Bandar, Mr. Lee Lam Thye when debating the estimates for the MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND POWER in Parliament on 8th December, 1976.

LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

(a) DAP calls for further amendments to the Industrial Relations Act to protect the interest of Malaysian workers.

On the subject of Labour and Industrial Relations, I wish to refer to the Industrial Relation Act 1967. Continue reading LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Has NBI lost its teeth since its transfer to the A.G.’s Chambers

Speech by Opposition Leader and DAP MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, on the Ministry of Law in the Dewan Rakyat on 7th December, 1976.

Has NBI lost its teeth since its transfer to the A.G.’s Chambers

The transfer of the National Bureau of Investigations from the Prime Minister’s Department early this year to the Ministry of Law and A.G.’s Department was seen as a downgrading of the NBI. And what happened these 12 months since, the A.G’s Chambers has only confirmed these conclusions. Continue reading Has NBI lost its teeth since its transfer to the A.G.’s Chambers