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MAS shares and the NEP

The government has lamented that the private sector had failed as an ‘engine of growth’, as it had placed great reliance on the private sector to lift the Malaysian economy out of the recession and doldrums.

However, the government should take a deeper look at the problem as to why there appears to be a lack of private investor confidence in Malaysia. The government has announced a review and proposed changes to the Industrial Co-ordination Act. When the DAP warned in the 1970s that the ICA is the greatest dampener of domestic private investment, this was disputed by the Barisan Nasional government. Now, the government had to admit that what the DAP had been saying for the last decade was correct.
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Call on Defence Ministry to explain why Tun Mustapha was allowed the use of RMAF helicopter for campaigning in the Ulu Padas parliamentary by-election in Sabah.

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Wednesday, 23.10.1985:

Call on Defence Ministry to explain why Tun Mustapha was allowed the use of RMAF helicopter for campaigning in the Ulu Padas parliamentary by-election in Sabah.

In the recent Ulu Padas Parliamentary by-election in Sabah which was won by PBS candidate, State Local Government and Housing Minister, Kadoh Agundong, the USNO President, Tun Mustapha, used a RMAF helicopter during the campaign in aid of the Berjaya candidate. Continue reading Call on Defence Ministry to explain why Tun Mustapha was allowed the use of RMAF helicopter for campaigning in the Ulu Padas parliamentary by-election in Sabah.

Barisan Nasional MPs can undo the harm they did on Monday in rejecting the PAC Report on the 1977 Federal Government Accounts by moving a new motion for rescission

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Parliament House on Wednesday, 23.10.1985:

Barisan Nasional MPs can undo the harm they did on Monday in rejecting the PAC Report on the 1977 Federal Government Accounts by moving a new motion for rescission

The Barisan Nasional MPs and the Government has got itself into a bind because of their rejection of my motion in Parliament on Monday, which results in the rejection of the Report of the Parliamentary Accounts Committee on the 1977 Federal Government Accounts. Continue reading Barisan Nasional MPs can undo the harm they did on Monday in rejecting the PAC Report on the 1977 Federal Government Accounts by moving a new motion for rescission

The rejection of the PAC’s report on the 197 Federal Government Accounts by Dewan Rakyat yesterday is the second parliamentary farce in two weeks

by Parliament Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, Oct, 22 1985:

The rejection of the PAC’s report on the 197 Federal Government Accounts by Dewan Rakyat yesterday is the second parliamentary farce in two weeks

The rejection of the PAC’s report on the 1977 Federal Government Accounts by the Dewan Rakyat yesterday is the second farce in two weeks. Barisan Nasional Ministers and MPs seem very determined to destroy all public respect, confidence and respect in Parliament by acting more and more irresponsibly. Continue reading The rejection of the PAC’s report on the 197 Federal Government Accounts by Dewan Rakyat yesterday is the second parliamentary farce in two weeks

Voices of the dead in Parliament

I move:

“That this House expresses regret that the full report of the Public Accounts committee of the Fifth Dewan Rakyat on the 1977 Federal Government Accounts was only tabled on 15th October 1985;

“Further Notes that the Public Accounts Committee of the Sixth Dewan Rakyat has not presented a single Report together with the minutes of the proceedings yet to the Dewan Rakyat.

“Resolves to accept the full report of the Public Accounts Committee of the Fifth Dewan Rakyat on the 1977 Federal Government Accounts; but

“Directs the Public Accounts Committee of the Sixth Dewan Rakyat to complete and table all its reports on the Federal Government Accounts from 1978 onwards to the present Dewan Rakyat, as otherwise the Public Accounts committee would have lost its purpose should its reports be ready for the Seventh Dewan Rakyat”

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Call on Prime Minister to direct all Cabinet Ministers to undergo a orientation course of the Standing Orders of Dewan Rakyat so that they would not repeat the parliamentary farce on Wednesday resulting in improper two-day adjournment

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, Oct. 18 1985:

Call on Prime Minister to direct all Cabinet Ministers to undergo a orientation course of the Standing Orders of Dewan Rakyat so that they would not repeat the parliamentary farce on Wednesday resulting in improper two-day adjournment.

Wednesday’s Parliamentary farce, when the Dewan Rakyat was improperly adjourned till Monday, shows that senior Cabinet Ministers have very little knowledge about the Dewan Rakyat Standing Orders. Continue reading Call on Prime Minister to direct all Cabinet Ministers to undergo a orientation course of the Standing Orders of Dewan Rakyat so that they would not repeat the parliamentary farce on Wednesday resulting in improper two-day adjournment

Government front-bench should consult the Opposition on Parliamentary practice and procedure so that the parliamentary farce yesterday where Dewan Rakyat was improperly adjourned till Monday would not recur

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Thursday. Oct. 17, 1985:

Government front-bench should consult the Opposition on Parliamentary practice and procedure so that the parliamentary farce yesterday where Dewan Rakyat was improperly adjourned till Monday would not recur

The Government front-bench should consult and discuss with the Opposition on parliamentary practice and procedures so that the farce yesterday, when the Dewan Rakyat was improperly adjourned until Monday would not recur. Continue reading Government front-bench should consult the Opposition on Parliamentary practice and procedure so that the parliamentary farce yesterday where Dewan Rakyat was improperly adjourned till Monday would not recur

DAP Constitutional and Human Rights Committee to meet next week to consider whether to sue MPMT over Bukit Beruang incident for violating Article 8 of Constitution

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in PJ on Friday, 11th Oct. 1985:

DAP Constitutional and Human Rights Committee to meet next week to consider whether to sue MPMT over Bukit Beruang incident for violating Article 8 of Constitution

The DAP Constitutional and Human Rights Committee, headed by Karpal Singh, will early next week to consider whether to sue the MPMT over the Bukit Beruang incident, where MPMT enforcement officers set fire to 11 hawker stalls, for violating Article 8 of the Malaysian Constitution, and to ask for damages. Continue reading DAP Constitutional and Human Rights Committee to meet next week to consider whether to sue MPMT over Bukit Beruang incident for violating Article 8 of Constitution

Political Declaration by Chinese organisations must not have ulterior political motives or orchestrated by unseen political hands if it is not to lose its impact, meaning and purpose.

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Thursday, 10th Oct. 1985:

Political Declaration by Chinese organisations must not have ulterior political motives or orchestrated by unseen political hands if it is not to lose its impact, meaning and purpose.

With the approach of general elections, expected to be held any time from December 1985 to April 1986, it is natural for the mushrooming of political or political-related activities whether by political or non-political organisations. Continue reading Political Declaration by Chinese organisations must not have ulterior political motives or orchestrated by unseen political hands if it is not to lose its impact, meaning and purpose.

Call on Prime Minister to cancel all Ministerial leave and holidays abroad and direct them to spend them inside Malaysia as ‘Leadership by Example to stem the currency outflows’

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Slang, at a DAP Ceramah organised by the Kuching DAP Branch held at Kuching on Friday, 27.9.1985 at 8 pm

Call on Prime Minister to cancel all Ministerial leave and holidays abroad and direct them to spend them inside Malaysia as ‘Leadership by Example to stem the currency outflows’

Early this month, a Hong Kong consultancy firm reported a deterioration in the risk rating of Malaysia over the near and medium term. According to this firm’s assessment in its latest quarterly risk report on Malaysia, both economic and socio—political risks had increased sharply since the survey in the second quarter of the year. Continue reading Call on Prime Minister to cancel all Ministerial leave and holidays abroad and direct them to spend them inside Malaysia as ‘Leadership by Example to stem the currency outflows’