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Royal Commission of Inquiry members must be independent and courageous who dare to expose the entire scandal of negligence of various government departments in allowing an unlicensed fireworks factory to operate for 17 years

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, May 9, 1991:

Royal Commission of Inquiry members must be independent and courageous who dare to expose the entire scandal of negligence of various government departments in allowing an unlicensed fireworks factory to operate for 17 years.

Malaysians welcome the annoucement by the Deputy Prime Minister, Ghafar Baba, on the Cabinet decision to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Sungai Buloh fireworks factory explosion, causing 100 dead or injured. Continue reading Royal Commission of Inquiry members must be independent and courageous who dare to expose the entire scandal of negligence of various government departments in allowing an unlicensed fireworks factory to operate for 17 years

Selangor Mentri Besar asked to explain clearly what he meant when he said yesterday that the government was not aware of the fireworks factory in Sungai Buloh

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Thursday, May 9, 1991:

Selangor Mentri Besar asked to explain clearly what he meant when he said yesterday that the government was not aware of the fireworks factory in Sungai Buloh.

I am astounded to read in the press today of a statement by the Selangor Mentri Besar, Tan Sri Muhammed Haji Muhammad Taib, after chairing the Selangor State Executive Council meeting yesterday that the State Government ‘was not aware of such a factory in Sungai Buloh’ when referring to the Sungai Buloh fireworks factory explosion disaster causing 100 dead or injured and destruction of numerous houses in Sungai Buloh new village. Continue reading Selangor Mentri Besar asked to explain clearly what he meant when he said yesterday that the government was not aware of the fireworks factory in Sungai Buloh

DAP will have no comments to make on members who resign to MCA newspapers before resigning to the Party

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, May 9, 1991:

DAP will have no comments to make on members who resign to MCA newspapers before resigning to the Party.

As I continue to receive calls from the press to ask for my comments on the reported resignation of Sdr. Lee Lam Thye from the DAP, I want to reiterate what I said yesterday when I was asked this question by the press during my visit to the Sungei Buloh fireworks factory explosion site. Continue reading DAP will have no comments to make on members who resign to MCA newspapers before resigning to the Party

Royal Commission of Inquiry should have the widest terms of reference to inquire into government negligence in allowing a fireworks factory to operate in a residential area for 17 years with inadequate industrial safety for workers

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, 8th May 1991:

Royal Commission of Inquiry should have the widest terms of reference to inquire into government negligence in allowing a fireworks factory to operate in a residential area for 17 years with inadequate industrial safety for workers.

DAP welcomes the announcement this afternoon by the Deputy Prime Minister, Ghafar Baba, on the Cabinet decision to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Sungai Buloh fireworks factory blaze which have caused over a 100 dead or injured. Continue reading Royal Commission of Inquiry should have the widest terms of reference to inquire into government negligence in allowing a fireworks factory to operate in a residential area for 17 years with inadequate industrial safety for workers

Call on former Finance Minister and currently UMNO Treasurer, Daim Zainuddin , to explain his relationship with the Sungai Buloh firecracks factory whose explosions last Tuesday killed or injured 100 people

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 8th May 1991:

Call on former Finance Minister and currently UMNO Treasurer, Daim Zainuddin , to explain his relationship with the Sungai Buloh firecracks factory whose explosions last Tuesday killed or injured 100 people.

Former Finance Minister and currently UMNO Treasurer, Daim Zainuddin, should explain his relationship, past and present, with the Sungai Buloh fireworks factory, Bright Sparklers, whose explosion on Tuesday killed or injured 100 people and destroyed numerous houses in Sungai Buloh new village. Continue reading Call on former Finance Minister and currently UMNO Treasurer, Daim Zainuddin , to explain his relationship with the Sungai Buloh firecracks factory whose explosions last Tuesday killed or injured 100 people

DAP calls on the Prime Minister to end the frequent ‘disputes over corpses’ which can only undermine national unity and destroy the family unit as the most important basis of Malaysian society

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, May 8, 1991:

DAP calls on the Prime Minister to end the frequent ‘disputes over corpses’ which can only undermine national unity and destroy the family unit as the most important basis of Malaysian society.

The dispute over the corpse of RTM producer, Lee Siew Kee, between his family and the Federal Territory Religious Department entered the seventh day today. Continue reading DAP calls on the Prime Minister to end the frequent ‘disputes over corpses’ which can only undermine national unity and destroy the family unit as the most important basis of Malaysian society

Liong Sik should ask the ‘top UMNO leaders’ who had ‘discussed, understood and accepted’ the Malaysian Chinese Cultural City proposal to issue a directive to stop all other UMNO leaders from issuing any more statement before it gets beyond the control of MCA leadership

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, 7th May 1991:

Liong Sik should ask the ‘top UMNO leaders’ who had ‘discussed, understood and accepted’ the Malaysian Chinese Cultural City proposal to issue a directive to stop all other UMNO leaders from issuing any more statement before it gets beyond the control of MCA leadership.

I had warned the MCA President, Datuk Ling Liong Sik, yesterday that if he does not want the Malaysian Chinese Cultural City controversy to get out of hand, and to put an immediate end to the controversy created by narrow- minded political leaders looking for issues to inflate themselves as ‘communal’ or ‘cultural heroes’, he should formally submit the proposal to the Cabinet tomorrow for official approval and make a public announcement of it. Continue reading Liong Sik should ask the ‘top UMNO leaders’ who had ‘discussed, understood and accepted’ the Malaysian Chinese Cultural City proposal to issue a directive to stop all other UMNO leaders from issuing any more statement before it gets beyond the control of MCA leadership

Why don’t Alex Lee propose that the Chinese Cultural City project should be handed to a government committee headed by Datuk Mohamed Rahmat?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 6th May 1991:

Why don’t Alex Lee propose that the Chinese Cultural City project should be handed to a government committee headed by Datuk Mohamed Rahmat?

Gerakan Vice President and Deputy National Unity and Social Development Minister, Datuk Alex Lee, was the first non- MCA Barisan Nasional leader to declare his support for the MCA proposal for a Malaysian Chinese Cultural City. Continue reading Why don’t Alex Lee propose that the Chinese Cultural City project should be handed to a government committee headed by Datuk Mohamed Rahmat?

Call on Liong Sik to secure Cabinet approval on Wednesday for the Malaysian Chinese Cultural City proposal

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Tanjung, in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, 5th May 1991:

Call on Liong Sik to secure Cabinet approval on Wednesday for the Malaysian Chinese Cultural City proposal.

The top MCA leadership’s reaction to the attack by the UMNO Secretary- General, Datuk Mohamed Rahmat, on the Malaysian Chinese Cultural City proposal is oncoming more and more mystitying. Continue reading Call on Liong Sik to secure Cabinet approval on Wednesday for the Malaysian Chinese Cultural City proposal

Kit Siang to write to Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to ask for full Parliamentary inquiry into serious and persistent allegations of multi- billion ringgit incompetence, criminal breach of trust and corruption in TEN contracts and projects

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the All- Malaysian Indian Progressive Front Labour Day dinner held at Restoran Nelayan Titiwangsa, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 4th May 1991 at 8 p.m .

Kit Siang to write to Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to ask for full Parliamentary inquiry into serious and persistent allegations of multi- billion ringgit incompetence, criminal breach of trust and corruption in TEN contracts and projects.

In the last general elections, Opposition parties transcending race and religion banded together for the first time under the banner of GAGASAN RAKYAT to save democracy, restore human rights, fight for socio-economic justice, oppose corruption, abuses of power and criminal breach of trust and to build genuine national unity in Malaysia. Continue reading Kit Siang to write to Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to ask for full Parliamentary inquiry into serious and persistent allegations of multi- billion ringgit incompetence, criminal breach of trust and corruption in TEN contracts and projects