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I will consider moving a substantive motion in Parliament against the Lord President, Tun Hamid if he wants every lawyer appearing before him to declare confidence in him and to accept the propriety and legality of the dismissal of Tun Salleh Abas

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, 17th March, 1992:

I will consider moving a substantive motion in Parliament against the Lord President, Tun Hamid if he wants every lawyer appearing before him to declare confidence in him and to accept the propriety and legality of the dismissal of Tun Salleh Abas.

Tun Hamid seems to be heading towards this direction, in wanting lawyers to directly or indirectly to declare their confidence in him and to declare their stand on the propriety and legality of the dismissal of Tun Salleh Abas as Lord President. Continue reading I will consider moving a substantive motion in Parliament against the Lord President, Tun Hamid if he wants every lawyer appearing before him to declare confidence in him and to accept the propriety and legality of the dismissal of Tun Salleh Abas

Let the air of democratic responsibility and accountability blow through the MPPP and end the cult of secrecy of Municipal government

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Monday, 16th March, 1992:

Let the air of democratic responsibility and accountability blow through the MPPP and end the cult of secrecy of Municipal government.

DAP demands that the MPPP should end its cult of secrecy and let the air of democratic responsibility and accountability blow through the MPPP, whether it be the MPPP full Council meeting or its various sub-committees. Continue reading Let the air of democratic responsibility and accountability blow through the MPPP and end the cult of secrecy of Municipal government

DAP calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to restore the Independence of the Judiciary and to end the Bar-Government stalemate arising from the 1988 judicial crisis following the arbitrary expulsion of Tun Salleh Abas and two Supreme Court judges

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 16th March 1992:

DAP calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to restore the Independence of the Judiciary and to end the Bar-Government stalemate arising from the 1988 judicial crisis following the arbitrary expulsion of Tun Salleh Abas and two Supreme Court judges.

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, had for the second day in succession spearheaded the Government attack on the Bar Council for its overwhelming AGM decision on Saturday retaining its 1988 ‘no-confidence’ motion on the Lord President, Tun Hamid Omar. Continue reading DAP calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to restore the Independence of the Judiciary and to end the Bar-Government stalemate arising from the 1988 judicial crisis following the arbitrary expulsion of Tun Salleh Abas and two Supreme Court judges

The Foreign Investment Committee’s proposed new guidelines to regulate, foreign and local investments had not only caused the Malaysian stock exchange to nosedive in the first two weeks of March, but created uncertainty and anxiety among both foreign and local investors which could greatly dampen the investment climate in the country

Speech (Part 2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the opening of the Pengkalan Kota DAP Branch Annual General Meeting held at DAP Penang Hqrs, Kinta Lane on Monday, 16th March, 1992 at 8 pm.

The Foreign Investment Committee’s proposed new guidelines to regulate, foreign and local investments had not only caused the Malaysian stock exchange to nosedive in the first two weeks of March, but created uncertainty and anxiety among both foreign and local investors which could greatly dampen the investment climate in the country.

Even more serious, the proposed new guidelines of the Foreign Investment Committee (FIC) has raised the fundamental question as to whether it is the National Development Policy (NDP) adopted by Parliament in June last year or the Third Bumiputra Economic Congress resolutions and working papers which is the highest national policy in the country. Continue reading The Foreign Investment Committee’s proposed new guidelines to regulate, foreign and local investments had not only caused the Malaysian stock exchange to nosedive in the first two weeks of March, but created uncertainty and anxiety among both foreign and local investors which could greatly dampen the investment climate in the country

Tan Ghim Hwa and the 24 MPPP Councillors should leave their cars at home and travel only on public transport for one week, and there will never be any more four-minute MPPP full Council meetings in future

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the opening of the Pengkalar Kota DAP Branch Annual General Meeting held at DAP Penang Hqrs, Kinta Lane on Monday, 16th March, 1992 at 8 pm.

Tan Ghim Hwa and the 24 MPPP Councillors should leave their cars at home and travel only on public transport for one week, and there will never be any more four-minute MPPP full Council meetings in future.

The MPPP Councillors are a special breed of people’s representatives in Malaysia. Continue reading Tan Ghim Hwa and the 24 MPPP Councillors should leave their cars at home and travel only on public transport for one week, and there will never be any more four-minute MPPP full Council meetings in future

The Special Low-Cost Housing Programme is heading for a third thumping failure at the end of the Sixth Malaysia Plan in 1995

Speech (Part 2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the opening of the Kampong Kolam DAP Branch Annual General Meeting held at branch premises at Seang Teik Road on Tues¬day, 16th March, 1991 at 8 pm.

The Special Low-Cost Housing Programme is heading for a third thumping failure at the end of the Sixth Malaysia Plan in 1995.

The Ministry of Housing’s Special Low-Cost Housing Programme (SLCHP) is heading for a third thumping failure at the end of the Sixth Malaysia Plan in 1995. Continue reading The Special Low-Cost Housing Programme is heading for a third thumping failure at the end of the Sixth Malaysia Plan in 1995

DAP calls on the Penang Chief Minister, Dr., Koh Tsu Koon, to declare the Penang State Government’s stand on the four-minute MPPP meeting scandal.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang at the opening of Kampong Kolam DAP Branch Annual General Meeting held at branch premises at Seang Teik Road on Tuesday, 16th March, 1992 at 8 pm.

DAP calls on the Penang Chief Minister, Dr., Koh Tsu Koon, to declare the Penang State Government’s stand on the four-minute MPPP meeting scandal.

DAP calls on the Penang Chief Minister, Dr. Koh Tsu Koon, to declare the Penang State Government’s stand on the four-minute Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang (MPPP) meeting scandal. Continue reading DAP calls on the Penang Chief Minister, Dr., Koh Tsu Koon, to declare the Penang State Government’s stand on the four-minute MPPP meeting scandal.

Call on Tun Hamid to retire from the Judiciary to end the stalemate created by the 1988 Judicial Crisis to arbitrarily remove Tun Salleh Abbas as Lord President

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Sunday, March 15, 1992:

Call on Tun Hamid to retire from the Judiciary to end the stalemate created by the 1988 Judicial Crisis to arbitrarily remove Tun Salleh Abbas as Lord President.

The four-hour Bar Council AGM yesterday rejected by an overwhelmingly decisive vote of 809 to 52 a motion to ‘acknowledge and recognise’ the position of Tun Hamid as Lord President. This in effect means the retention of the Bar Council AGM’s no-confidence motion on Tun Hamid as Lord President adopted in 1988. Continue reading Call on Tun Hamid to retire from the Judiciary to end the stalemate created by the 1988 Judicial Crisis to arbitrarily remove Tun Salleh Abbas as Lord President

Call on Dr. Ting Chew Peh whether his Ministry has a master-plan to rehouse the 400,000-500,000 people who would be affected by the repeal of the Rent Control Act.

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the closing of the second DAPSY Political Workcamp at Port Dickson on Sunday, 15th March, 1992 at 3 pm.

Call on Dr. Ting Chew Peh whether his Ministry has a master-plan to rehouse the 400,000-500,000 people who would be affected by the repeal of the Rent Control Act.

I commend DAPSY for organising a second political workcamp in Port Dickson to deepen the political consciousness and commitment of Malaysian youths towards the creation of a democratic, free, just and united Malaysian nation. Continue reading Call on Dr. Ting Chew Peh whether his Ministry has a master-plan to rehouse the 400,000-500,000 people who would be affected by the repeal of the Rent Control Act.

The Examinations Syndicate should release the results of the re-marking of the 1991 SPM Bahasa Malaysia paper latest by end of April and not four months later in mid-July to allow successful students to join Form Six classes with minimal disruptions.

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, 14th March, 1992:

The Examinations Syndicate should release the results of the re-marking of the 1991 SPM Bahasa Malaysia paper latest by end of April and not four months later in mid-July to allow successful students to join Form Six classes with minimal disruptions.

A spokesman of the Examinations Syndicate said that candidates who have appealedd for a re-marking of the 1991 SPM Bahasa Malaysia paper would get their results at the latest by July 15, 1992. Continue reading The Examinations Syndicate should release the results of the re-marking of the 1991 SPM Bahasa Malaysia paper latest by end of April and not four months later in mid-July to allow successful students to join Form Six classes with minimal disruptions.