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Australian Government should inform Malaysian Government before taking any action deport Malaysian student

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Wednesday, 19.8.1987:

Australian Government should inform Malaysian Government before taking any action deport Malaysian student

The DAP is very concerned by the latest press reports that the Australian Education Department has confirmed that 171 foreign under-graduates, mostly Malaysians, face deportion if they do not settle the increased Overseas Students’ Change fee soon.

The reported increase in Australian university fees has created a great burden and hardship on Malaysian students pursuing higher studies in Australia. It is the responsibility of the Malaysian Government to help Malaysian students in Australia, to ensure that no one is deported purely because of financial problems created by the repeated increases of Overseas Students’ charge fees. Continue reading Australian Government should inform Malaysian Government before taking any action deport Malaysian student

Appeal to Supreme Court against Penang High Court’s decision yesterday dismissing application for an injunction to restrain the signing of the UEM contract for North-South Highway privatization

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Wednesday, 19.8.1987:

Appeal to Supreme Court against Penang High Court’s decision yesterday dismissing application for an injunction to restrain the signing of the UEM contract for North-South Highway privatization

I have decided to appeal to the Supreme Court against the decision by Penang High Court judge, Edgar Joseph Jr., dismissing my application for an injunction to restrain the signing of the United Engineers Malaysia (UEM) contract for North-South Highway privatization. Continue reading Appeal to Supreme Court against Penang High Court’s decision yesterday dismissing application for an injunction to restrain the signing of the UEM contract for North-South Highway privatization

Najib should not put the blame on others when the UMNO Youth and some UMNO leaders have primarily been responsible for the recent spate of incidents hurting the sensitivities and self-respect of the other races, languages and cultures

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Tuesday, in Penang on Tuesday, 18.8.1987:

Najib should not put the blame on others when the UMNO Youth and some UMNO leaders have primarily been responsible for the recent spate of incidents hurting the sensitivities and self-respect of the other races, languages and cultures

UMNO Youth Acting President, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak, said UMNO Youth had ‘lost its patience’ and could ‘no longer contain its anger’ at the “challenge to Malay rights, dominance, dignity and sovereignty”. Continue reading Najib should not put the blame on others when the UMNO Youth and some UMNO leaders have primarily been responsible for the recent spate of incidents hurting the sensitivities and self-respect of the other races, languages and cultures

The Cabinet Ministers will be abdicating their responsibilities by leaving the University of Malaya elective course controversy to the Prime Minister to resolve

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Monday, 17.8.1987:

The Cabinet Ministers will be abdicating their responsibilities by leaving the University of Malaya elective course controversy to the Prime Minister to resolve.

We are seeing more and ore instances of Ministers, and even Deputy Ministers of the same Ministry, contradicting each other. There seems of late to be a shocking lack of leadership, unity of purpose and even discipline in the Cabinet. Continue reading The Cabinet Ministers will be abdicating their responsibilities by leaving the University of Malaya elective course controversy to the Prime Minister to resolve

Support for Tunku Abdul Rahman’s proposal for a Constitutional amendment to provide that any Ruler who had committed an offence by tried by a tribunal of his brother-Rulers

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Monday, August 17, 1987:

Support for Tunku Abdul Rahman’s proposal for a Constitutional amendment to provide that any Ruler who had committed an offence by tried by a tribunal of his brother-Rulers

Bapa Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, must be commended for his wise and perceptive proposal that the Constitution be amended to provide that any Ruler who had committed an offence be tried by a tribunal of his brother-Rulers, and its findings should be binding. Continue reading Support for Tunku Abdul Rahman’s proposal for a Constitutional amendment to provide that any Ruler who had committed an offence by tried by a tribunal of his brother-Rulers

Opposition does not oppose for the sake of Opposition but is the conscience of Parliament and guardian of government accountability

(Part 2) of Paper presented by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, at the ALIRAN Conference on “Reflections on the Malaysian Constitution – 30 years after Independence” on “The Role of Parliament” held at Federal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on 15-16, August 1987.

Opposition does not oppose for the sake of Opposition but is the conscience of Parliament and guardian of government accountability

LEGISLATIVE FUNCTION Continue reading Opposition does not oppose for the sake of Opposition but is the conscience of Parliament and guardian of government accountability

Call for establishment of Parliamentary Select Committee on government companies on their billion dollar losses to check whether they incurred $143 billion losses in 1985, to ensure they stop being a drain on the government finances and national economy.

Paper presented by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the ALIRAN Conference on “Reflections on the Malaysians Constitution – 30 Years After Independence” on “The Role of Parliament” held at Federal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 15th August 1987 at 3.30 p.m.

Call for establishment of Parliamentary Select Committee on government companies on their billion dollar losses to check whether they incurred $143 billion losses in 1985, to ensure they stop being a drain on the government finances and national economy.

Thirty years after Merdeka, Parliament’s greatest threat comes from within the constitutional system, in particular the ever-concentration of power in the hands of the executive leading to its increasing ascendancy and usurpation of the powers of Parliament. Continue reading Call for establishment of Parliamentary Select Committee on government companies on their billion dollar losses to check whether they incurred $143 billion losses in 1985, to ensure they stop being a drain on the government finances and national economy.

Challenge to Dr. Mahathir to set up a Commission of Inquiry into the UEM contract for the North-South Highway to prove that there is no unethical conduct or conflict of interest in the award, and I offer to chair the Commission of Inquiry to clear the administration’ s name if everything is above board

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Federal Territory Protest Ceramah on the North-South Highway held at Federal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 14.8.1987 at 8 p.m.

Challenge to Dr. Mahathir to set up a Commission of Inquiry into the UEM contract for the North-South Highway to prove that there is no unethical conduct or conflict of interest in the award, and I offer to chair the Commission of Inquiry to clear the administration’ s name if everything is above board

At the opening ceremony for the Air-Keroh Senawang Highway yesterday, the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, challenged critics of the Government to prove their claim that certain people have profited through fraudulent means in the awarding of the contract for the privatization of the $3.4 billion North-South Highway (NSH). Continue reading Challenge to Dr. Mahathir to set up a Commission of Inquiry into the UEM contract for the North-South Highway to prove that there is no unethical conduct or conflict of interest in the award, and I offer to chair the Commission of Inquiry to clear the administration’ s name if everything is above board

Antah Biwater has a duty to convince the engineering community that there is no available local professional of required experience and expertise to justify employment of expatriates

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, on Thursday, 13.8.1987 in Petaling Jaya.

Antah Biwater has a duty to convince the engineering community that there is no available local professional of required experience and expertise to justify employment of expatriates.

Yesterday, a four-man DAP Parliamentary Group comprising Sdr. Lee Lam Thye, DAP Deputy Security-General and MP for Bukit Bintang, Dr. Tan Seng Giaw, DAP Vice Chairman and MP for Kepong, and Dr. Eng Seng Chai, MP for Petaling and myself met the Chairman of Antah Biwater, Tunku Naquiyuddin ibni Tunku Jaafar and the Managing Director of Antah Holdings, Tunku Imran ibni Tunku Jaafar, for an hour-long discussion on the employment of expatriate engineers and professionals in the $1.4 billion rural water supply scheme project. Continue reading Antah Biwater has a duty to convince the engineering community that there is no available local professional of required experience and expertise to justify employment of expatriates

DAP calls on Datuk Samy Vellu to make public the variations of terms to the UEM contract on North-South Highway for the public to study for at least a week before any signing of the contract

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the launching of the book, ‘The North-South Highway Scandal’ at DAP PJ on Wednesday, August 12, 1987 at 12 noon.

DAP calls on Datuk Samy Vellu to make public the variations of terms to the UEM contract on North-South Highway for the public to study for at least a week before any signing of the contract.

This is to launch the new DAP publication, ‘The North-South Highway Scandal’ in English, to be followed by Bahasa Malaysia and Mandarin shortly. The purpose of this publication, which features six of my speeches and statements on the North-South Highway (NSH) tender of United Engineers Malaysia (UEM), is to create and sustain public awareness and interest in this issue, which has such a far-reaching implication to Malaysians for the next 25 years. Continue reading DAP calls on Datuk Samy Vellu to make public the variations of terms to the UEM contract on North-South Highway for the public to study for at least a week before any signing of the contract