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What is the justice of the 300-odd list of companies suffering a $10.8 billion loss yesterday when the three companies most closely related to the principal actor of the Pan E1 crisis are protected by their suspension from stock exchange

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, December 6, 1985.

What is the justice of the 300-odd list of companies suffering a $10.8 billion loss yesterday when the three companies most closely related to the principal actor of the Pan E1 crisis are protected by their suspension from stock exchange.

After the three-day closure because of the Pan El crisis, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange re-opened to experience the sharpest plunge in one day for years, with the KLSE index dropping by 378.66 – the first time the index has dipped below the 400 point mark in over two years. Continue reading What is the justice of the 300-odd list of companies suffering a $10.8 billion loss yesterday when the three companies most closely related to the principal actor of the Pan E1 crisis are protected by their suspension from stock exchange

Call on the Government not to refer to the Yang di Pertuan Agong when Executive or Ministerial powers are involved, so that critics of Ministerial abuse of power would not be charge for or accused of sedition

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Friday, 6th December 1985 on the Dangerous Drugs (Special Prevention Measures Act) Amendment Bill 1985

Call on the Government not to refer to the Yang di Pertuan Agong when Executive or Ministerial powers are involved, so that critics of Ministerial abuse of power would not be charge for or accused of sedition

Barisan Nasional MPs , although they have a fourth-fifth majority in Parliament- well in excess of the traditional two-third majority- are clearly not interested or bothered about the various important bills before the House today. They regard today’s parliamentary sitting as their last day in Parliament, not knowing whether they would be returning again in the next meeting, as they expect general elections to be held soon. Continue reading Call on the Government not to refer to the Yang di Pertuan Agong when Executive or Ministerial powers are involved, so that critics of Ministerial abuse of power would not be charge for or accused of sedition

Privilege motion to refer the Minister of Information, Datuk Rais Yatim, to the Committee of Privileges for lying to the House on why Chinese operatic item of Sudirman and Noorkumalasari ‘Tan Looi Fah’ over ‘Setengkai Irama’ was cut out of the show

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, Dap Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Dewan Rakyat on Friday, DEC. 6, 1985:

Privilege motion to refer the Minister of Information, Datuk Rais Yatim, to the Committee of Privileges for lying to the House on why Chinese operatic item of Sudirman and Noorkumalasari ‘Tan Looi Fah’ over ‘Setengkai Irama’ was cut out of the show

I rise under Standing Order 26(1) (p), which does not require notice to be given, to move the following privilege motion: Continue reading Privilege motion to refer the Minister of Information, Datuk Rais Yatim, to the Committee of Privileges for lying to the House on why Chinese operatic item of Sudirman and Noorkumalasari ‘Tan Looi Fah’ over ‘Setengkai Irama’ was cut out of the show

Tan Koon Swan is not fit to enter the Malaysian Cabinet because of his involvement in the Pan E1 crisis

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Puchong Liaison Committee meeting held in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 5.12.1985 at 8.30 p.m.

Tan Koon Swan is not fit to enter the Malaysian Cabinet because of his involvement in the Pan E1 crisis which led to the three-day closure of the Malaysian and Singapore stock exchange and the 20-30% drop in share prices on its re-opening.

The newly-elected MCA President, Tan Koon Swan, is clearly not qualified to enter the Malaysian Cabinet because of his involvement in the Pan El crisis which led to the three-day suspension of the Malaysian and Singapore Stock Exchanges, and the 20-30% fall in the share prices on its re-opening today. Continue reading Tan Koon Swan is not fit to enter the Malaysian Cabinet because of his involvement in the Pan E1 crisis

How could Tan Koon Swan contemplate joining the Cabinet when he ‘had not slept since Nov.18’ over the Pan El crisis?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Mp for Kota Melaka , Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, 4th December 1985:

How could Tan Koon Swan contemplate joining the Cabinet when he ‘had not slept since Nov.18’ over the Pan El crisis?

The new MCA President, Tan Koon Swan, said in a press conference yesterday that his immediate concern was the ‘wound in the party before contemplating whether to join the Cabinet’. Continue reading How could Tan Koon Swan contemplate joining the Cabinet when he ‘had not slept since Nov.18’ over the Pan El crisis?

Why didn’t Dr Lim Keng Yaik decline visiting China as a member of the Prime Minister’s mission if he is genuinely concerned about Malay ‘fears’ of ‘excessively strong reaction’ of Malaysian Chinese to Malaysia-China relations

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Malacca State DAP Committee meeting held at Malacca DAP premises in Malacca on Wednesday, 4th December 1985 at 8 p.m.

Why didn’t Dr Lim Keng Yaik decline visiting China as a member of the Prime Minister’s mission if he is genuinely concerned about Malay ‘fears’ of ‘excessively strong reaction’ of Malaysian Chinese to Malaysia-China relations.

If the speech by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri D. Mahathir Mohamed, praising Shi Huangti for his contribution in uniting China ranks as the most controversial statement during the Prime Minister’s China visit, the Gerakan President, Dr. Lim Keng Yait must take the credit for making the most peculiar speech after the China visit. Continue reading Why didn’t Dr Lim Keng Yaik decline visiting China as a member of the Prime Minister’s mission if he is genuinely concerned about Malay ‘fears’ of ‘excessively strong reaction’ of Malaysian Chinese to Malaysia-China relations

The Dangerous Drugs (Special preventive Measures) Amendment Bill 1985 is to legalise illegal detention orders and offends against the fundamental rule of law against retrospective legislation.

by parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Parliament House on Wednesday, 4th December 1985.

The Dangerous Drugs (Special preventive Measures) Amendment Bill 1985 is to legalise illegal detention orders and offends against the fundamental rule of law against retrospective legislation.

The Government has introduce another bill, to be taken through all its stages, in this parliamentary meeting which ends on Friday. I find the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Amendment Bill 1985 most shocking, for clearly it is designed to legalise the illegal detention orders made by the Minister and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs purportedly under the principal Act. Continue reading The Dangerous Drugs (Special preventive Measures) Amendment Bill 1985 is to legalise illegal detention orders and offends against the fundamental rule of law against retrospective legislation.

Call on Tan Koon Swan to explain the Pan El’s $140 million forward contract of brand United and Supreme shares, which led to the collapse of the Pan El rescue plan and suspension of the Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Stock exchanges.

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Mp for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, Dec. 3,1985:

Call on Tan Koon Swan to explain the Pan El’s $140 million forward contract of brand United and Supreme shares, which led to the collapse of the Pan El rescue plan and suspension of the Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Stock exchanges.

It is now confirmed that one of the main causes for the scuttling of the Pan El rescue plan by a group of banks after two-week long-drawn negotiations is the last-minute revelation last Friday that Pan-El had a massive S$140 million share purchase commitment on a forward Continue reading Call on Tan Koon Swan to explain the Pan El’s $140 million forward contract of brand United and Supreme shares, which led to the collapse of the Pan El rescue plan and suspension of the Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Stock exchanges.

DAP calls on all Malaysian to take a firm stand against the rising wave of illegal Indonesian immigrant crimes in Malaysia by making every Barisan Nasional Minister, Deputy Minister, Mp and Assemblyman responsible for every such incident

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General And MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Dap protest meeting against illegal Indonesian immigrant crimes held at Cheras 9m.s. on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1985 at 8 p.m.

DAP calls on all Malaysian to take a firm stand against the rising wave of illegal Indonesian immigrant crimes in Malaysia by making every Barisan Nasional Minister, Deputy Minister, Mp and Assemblyman responsible for every such incident.

The cold-blooded murder of a video company officer, Gee See Kao, 25, in his Taman Murni house at 15km Jalan Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, on Friday, 29.11.1985 by illegal Indonesian immigrant who broke into his house to commit armed robbery is the lasted in a long list of illegal Indonesian immigrant crime in Malaysia. Continue reading DAP calls on all Malaysian to take a firm stand against the rising wave of illegal Indonesian immigrant crimes in Malaysia by making every Barisan Nasional Minister, Deputy Minister, Mp and Assemblyman responsible for every such incident

Has the government raised the quota reserved for bumiputras in all new public shares issue from 51% to 70%?

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at DAP PJ Hqrs on Saturday, 30.11.1985 at 12 noon

Has the government raised the quota reserved for bumiputras in all new public shares issue from 51% to 70%?

Early this month, there was controversy when in the MAS public shares issue, the new Ministry of Trade and Industry guideline was announced at the last minute that 30% of the open portion of all new public shares issue must be reserved to bumiputras. As all new public shares issue would have to reserve 30% to the government-approved bumiputra companies, the new government regulation that 30% of the remaining 70% of the open portion open to public subscription should be reserved to bumiputras would mean that a total of 51% of all new public shares would now be reserved to bumiputras. Continue reading Has the government raised the quota reserved for bumiputras in all new public shares issue from 51% to 70%?