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Why has the Minister for National Unity and Community Development, Datuk Napsiah Omar, been silent in the past week on the indiscriminate arrest of 1,200 Filipino maids outside St. John’s Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur?

Speech by Parliamentary Oppositios Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, when opening the Wanita DAP forum on “Women and Gender discriminative laws” at Towne House Hotel, Penanag on Saturday, 2nd April 1994 at 7pm.

Why has the Minister for National Unity and Community Development, Datuk Napsiah Omar, been silent in the past week on the indiscriminate arrest of 1,200 Filipino maids outside St. John’s Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur?

The Sixth Malaysia Plan 1991- 1995 devoted a special chapter on “Women in Development”, where it declared that the Government’s 1989 National Policy for Women (NPW) would be implemented through a Plan of Action, among the proposals which would be put into effect are: Continue reading Why has the Minister for National Unity and Community Development, Datuk Napsiah Omar, been silent in the past week on the indiscriminate arrest of 1,200 Filipino maids outside St. John’s Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur?

DAP calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to conduct full investigations as to how Bank Negara could have suffered another RM 5.7 billion foreign exchange lost last years in succession

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, 1st April 1994:

DAP calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to conduct full investigations as to how Bank Negara could have suffered another RM 5.7 billion foreign exchange lost last years in succession.

Bank Negara Governor, Tan Sri Jaffar Hussein, yesterday admitted that Bank Negara has suffered another RM 5.7 billion foreign exchange loss last year- the second year in succession. Continue reading DAP calls for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to conduct full investigations as to how Bank Negara could have suffered another RM 5.7 billion foreign exchange lost last years in succession

DAP expects the Government to present a White Paper when Parliament; meets on April 11 to give a detailed rebuttal to all the allegations in the British mass media in the past few months about corruption, abuses of power and improprieties of Malaysian leaders

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for TanJong, Lim Kit Siang, at the Malacca DAP Ceramah at Meng Seng Charitable Association Hall, Malacca on Tuesday, 29th March 1994 at 8 pm

DAP expects the Government to present a White Paper when Parliament; meets on April 11 to give a detailed rebuttal to all the allegations in the British mass media in the past few months about corruption, abuses of power and improprieties of Malaysian leaders

DAP expects the Government to present a White Paper when Parliament meets on April 11 to give a detailed rebuttal to all the allegations in the British mass media in the past few months about corruption, abuses of power and improprieties of Malaysian leaders. Continue reading DAP expects the Government to present a White Paper when Parliament; meets on April 11 to give a detailed rebuttal to all the allegations in the British mass media in the past few months about corruption, abuses of power and improprieties of Malaysian leaders

DAP calls for full and not half-hearted liberalisation of the higher education policy in the country which will allow at least 85 per cent of Malaysian students to pursue tertiary studies at home by year 2000

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 28th March 1994:

DAP calls for full and not half-hearted liberalisation of the higher education policy in the country which will allow at least 85 per cent of Malaysian students to pursue tertiary studies at home by year 2000

While the announcement by the Deputy Education Minister, Dr. Fong Chan Onn, that three more universities would be set up by the year 2,000 is welcome, a close examination of the announcement shows that such higher education liberalisation is not enough or adequate to Malaysia’s needs or Vision 2020 for Malaysia to become a fully developed nation by the year 2020. Continue reading DAP calls for full and not half-hearted liberalisation of the higher education policy in the country which will allow at least 85 per cent of Malaysian students to pursue tertiary studies at home by year 2000

DAP will ask Mahathir in next month’s Parliament whether Cabinet Ministers enjoy special immunity from criminal prosecutions for corruption and criminal breach of trust

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP ceramah in Muar on Sunday, March 27, 1994 at 8 pm

DAP will ask Mahathir in next month’s Parliament whether Cabinet Ministers enjoy special immunity from criminal prosecutions for corruption and criminal breach of trust

Barisan Nasional leaders want Malaysians to believe that everything is fine in Malaysia, that there are no more problems and issues in the country, and that the voters in the next general elections should reject, the DAP and solidly support the Barisan Nasional. Continue reading DAP will ask Mahathir in next month’s Parliament whether Cabinet Ministers enjoy special immunity from criminal prosecutions for corruption and criminal breach of trust

MPPP has acted against the public interest in giving full approval for the controversial Taman Midlands ‘One-Stop Centre’ project without fully taking into account the strong objections of the majority of the affected residents who oppose a second KOMTAR in their midst

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Friday, March 25, 1994:

MPPP has acted against the public interest in giving full approval for the controversial Taman Midlands ‘One-Stop Centre’ project without fully taking into account the strong objections of the majority of the affected residents who oppose a second KOMTAR in their midst

The MPPP has acted against the public interest in giving full approval for the controversial Taman Midlands ‘One-Stop Centre’ project without fully taking into account the strong objections of the majority of the affected residents who oppose a second KOMTAR in their midst. Continue reading MPPP has acted against the public interest in giving full approval for the controversial Taman Midlands ‘One-Stop Centre’ project without fully taking into account the strong objections of the majority of the affected residents who oppose a second KOMTAR in their midst

If Barisan Nasional fulfils its election promise in Sabah to raise its per capita income to RM10,000 in year 2,000, Sabah will overtake Penang in six years although Penang’s present per capita income is about twice that of Sabah

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Tanjong 3 dinner-ceramah held at Chai Lena Park, Penang on Friday, 25th March 1994 at 8 pm

If Barisan Nasional fulfils its election promise in Sabah to raise its per capita income to RM10,000 in year 2,000, Sabah will overtake Penang in six years although Penang’s present per capita income is about twice that of Sabah

The international reputation of Malaysia had recently been tarnished by two undemocratic developments in Sabah: Continue reading If Barisan Nasional fulfils its election promise in Sabah to raise its per capita income to RM10,000 in year 2,000, Sabah will overtake Penang in six years although Penang’s present per capita income is about twice that of Sabah

DAP had not co-operated with PAS in the last general elections and will not co-operate with PAS in the next general elections

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday 24th March 1994:

DAP had not co-operated with PAS in the last general elections and will not co-operate with PAS in the next general elections

The MCA has launched a new propaganda campaign of lies against the DAP alleging that the DAP had been co-operating with PAS since the last general elections. Continue reading DAP had not co-operated with PAS in the last general elections and will not co-operate with PAS in the next general elections

Privatisation of the postal service is no guarantee of more efficient and responsible service

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, 22nd March 1994:

Privatisation of the postal service is no guarantee of more efficient and responsible service

I have only this afternoon received the Parliamentary notice to all MPs notifying that Dewan Rakyat would meet from April 11 to May 5 and that all MPs must sent in their questions latest by 24th March 1994. Continue reading Privatisation of the postal service is no guarantee of more efficient and responsible service

There is no certainty that the Barisan Nasional would keep its election promise to rotate the post of Sabah Chief Minister among the three communities

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, when opening the Perak DAP State leadership conference held in Ipoh on Sunday, March 20, 1994 at 10 am

There is no certainty that the Barisan Nasional would keep its election promise to rotate the post of Sabah Chief Minister among the three communities

The political developments in Sabah in the past week have not given politicians a good image – with the unseemly spectacle of State Assemblymen vying to defect from the PBS to join the Barisan Nasional. Continue reading There is no certainty that the Barisan Nasional would keep its election promise to rotate the post of Sabah Chief Minister among the three communities