Category: Development

The seven-hour 10 am to 5 pm power rotational power cuts in Penang are crippling businesses and industries and should be reduced to three hours immediately

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Friday, February 19, 1993:

The seven-hour 10 am to 5 pm power rotational power cuts in Penang are crippling businesses and industries and should be reduced to three hours immediately

The seven-hour 10 am to 5 pm power rotational power cuts in Penang are crippling businesses and industries and should be reduced to three hours immediately Continue reading The seven-hour 10 am to 5 pm power rotational power cuts in Penang are crippling businesses and industries and should be reduced to three hours immediately

As MCA is incapable of ensuring that the Government adheres to the Vision 2020, how can the people believe the MCA claim that if there is no DAP, the MCA can guarantee that Vision 2020 would be achieved in an earlier date

Speech by Parliamentary Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Malacca State ‘Party Reform’ reception of Malacca DAP State and Branch leaders held in Malacca on Monday, 30th March, 1992 at 7pm.

As MCA is incapable of ensuring that the Government adheres to the Vision 2020, how can the people believe the MCA claim that if there is no DAP, the MCA can guarantee that Vision 2020 would be achieved in an earlier date.

The DAP has played a great and irreplaceable role in the nation’s history in the past quarter of a century to defend and promote the fundamental rights of all Malaysians to democracy, human rights, social and economic justice. Continue reading As MCA is incapable of ensuring that the Government adheres to the Vision 2020, how can the people believe the MCA claim that if there is no DAP, the MCA can guarantee that Vision 2020 would be achieved in an earlier date

Mahathir’s Vision 2020 is his attempt to win the support of the 48 per cent electorate who rejected the Barisan Nasional in the last general elections

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the 1991 DAP National Leadership Conference on ‘Party Reforms to Meet the Challenges of the Nineties’ held at Ming Court Hotel, Port Dickson on Saturday, 26th October 1991 at 10.30 a.m.

Mahathir’s Vision 2020 is his attempt to win the support of the 48 per cent electorate who rejected the Barisan Nasional in the last general elections

The last October general elections was the first time when Malaysia came closest to bring about a change of government at the national level in the 33-year history of the country. Continue reading Mahathir’s Vision 2020 is his attempt to win the support of the 48 per cent electorate who rejected the Barisan Nasional in the last general elections

The 20-year objective of New Economic Policy and First OPP to build a united Malaysian nation has failed and is being postponed for 30 years under the Vision for 2020

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, on the Second Outline Perspective Plan, 1991 – 2000, in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday, June 17, 1991

The 20-year objective of New Economic Policy and First OPP to build a united Malaysian nation has failed and is being postponed for 30 years under the Vision for 2020

I wish firstly to register the strongest possible protest against the lack of time to Members of Parliament to study the Second Outline Perspective Plan (OPP) and the Report of the National Economic Consultative Council (NECC) and to get public feedback before a parliamentary debate on the OPP. Continue reading The 20-year objective of New Economic Policy and First OPP to build a united Malaysian nation has failed and is being postponed for 30 years under the Vision for 2020

DAP calls on two Ministers, five Deputy Ministers, two Parliamentary Secretary and MPs from Barisan Nasional who were NECC members to resign because they voted in Parliament against the NECC proposal for a Royal Commission to monitor the implementation of the new government economic policy

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, on the Sixth Malaysia Plan in the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday, 10th July 1991

DAP calls on two Ministers, five Deputy Ministers, two Parliamentary Secretary and MPs from Barisan Nasional who were NECC members to resign because they voted in Parliament against the NECC proposal for a Royal Commission to monitor the implementation of the new government economic policy

I commend the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, for taking note of our protests in the debate on the Second Outline Perspective Plan and the National Development Policy last month that MPs from all political parties were not given adequate time to study the government’s plan before the parliamentary debate. Continue reading DAP calls on two Ministers, five Deputy Ministers, two Parliamentary Secretary and MPs from Barisan Nasional who were NECC members to resign because they voted in Parliament against the NECC proposal for a Royal Commission to monitor the implementation of the new government economic policy

Malaysia could not realise her potential to be the first among developing countries because of failure of government policies to harness Malaysia’s wealthy human and natural resources and giving Malaysians a common sense of purpose

Speech (Part II) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Penang DAP Ceramah to welcome into DAP the 27 Chinese educationists and civil rights activists held at Penang Chinese Town hall on Friday, 7th September 1990 at 8 p.m.

Malaysia could not realise her potential to be the first among developing countries because of failure of government policies to harness Malaysia’s wealthy human and natural resources and giving Malaysians a common sense of purpose

When he visited Kangar during his country-wide pre-election tour last month, the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed said that Malaysia now occupies the fifth place among developing countries, and could almost compete with the other four newly industrialised countries (NICs) like South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Continue reading Malaysia could not realise her potential to be the first among developing countries because of failure of government policies to harness Malaysia’s wealthy human and natural resources and giving Malaysians a common sense of purpose

Malaysians must be prepared to think of the unthinkable to make the 1990s a decade of hope and promise

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, to a DAPSY meeting in DAP Hqrs, Petaling Jaya, on Thursday, 4th January 1990 at 8 p.m.

Malaysians must be prepared to think of the unthinkable to make the 1990s a decade of hope and promise

The year 1989 has ended with many changes. The year saw the end of the 40-year old Cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union, the end of the Brezhnev Doctrine, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the East European communist governments and the attempts at reform by Gorbachev in Russia itself. Continue reading Malaysians must be prepared to think of the unthinkable to make the 1990s a decade of hope and promise

Malaysians should save democracy in Malaysia by ensuring Dr. Mahathir Mohamed wins only a slim Parliamentary majority in the next general elections with Barisan getting about 100-110 seats out of a total of 180

Speech by Parliamentary opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at a DAP public forum on “Post-NEP and Policies for the 1990s” held at Federal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 24.9.1989 at 9 a.m.

Malaysians should save democracy in Malaysia by ensuring Dr. Mahathir Mohamed wins only a slim Parliamentary majority in the next general elections with Barisan getting about 100-110 seats out of a total of 180

I flew into Kuala Lumpur from Kuching only late last night because if flight hitches, after a five-day visit to various of Sarawak. I brought back from my Sarawak trip two impressions which is symbolic of two decades of the New Economic Policy. Continue reading Malaysians should save democracy in Malaysia by ensuring Dr. Mahathir Mohamed wins only a slim Parliamentary majority in the next general elections with Barisan getting about 100-110 seats out of a total of 180

Urgent cable to Samy Vellu to get Cabinet to suspend the 100% increase in highway toll rates on 13th August 1987 until the resolution of the North South Highway privatization controversy

(Part 2 of) Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Malim Nawar DAP Dinner held at Malim Nawar, Kampar on Sunday, 9.8.1987

Urgent cable to Samy Vellu to get Cabinet to suspend the 100% increase in highway toll rates on 13th August 1987 until the resolution of the North South Highway privatization controversy

I understand that the Works Minister, Datuk Samy Vellu, has returned to Malaysia ahead of the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, and I have sent him an urgent cable asking him to get the Cabinet on Wednesday, 12th August 1987, to suspend the 100% increase of highway toll rates – which is to be effected from Thursday, 13th August 1987. Continue reading Urgent cable to Samy Vellu to get Cabinet to suspend the 100% increase in highway toll rates on 13th August 1987 until the resolution of the North South Highway privatization controversy

Ghaffar Baba confirms that the Bank Negara’s proposal for the 24 deposit-taking co-operatives was that depositors can only 50 per cent of their deposits, while the other 50 per cent is converted into equity

Press conference Satatement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-general, MP for Tanjung and Assemblyman for Kampong Lim Kit Siang in DAPPJ Headquarters on Saturday, Sept.13, 1986 at 2pm.

Ghaffar Baba confirms that the Bank Negara’s proposal for the 24 deposit-taking co-operatives was that depositors can only 50 per cent of their deposits, while the other 50 per cent is converted into equity.

I paid a courtesy call on the deputy Prime Minister, Ghaffar Baba, in his office this morning, and I discussed with him a wide range of subjects, including the co-operatives crisis, in particular the future of the 24 deposit-taking co-operatives; the LPN mess and the grievances and problems it has created for farmers, millers and retailers; the illegal Indonesian immigrant problem; the new villages; the economy and national unity. Continue reading Ghaffar Baba confirms that the Bank Negara’s proposal for the 24 deposit-taking co-operatives was that depositors can only 50 per cent of their deposits, while the other 50 per cent is converted into equity