Category: Ecomomic Policies

The final test of the 1993 budget is whether the government is making use of the favourable economic conditions to resolve the many fundamental problems of nation-building in Malaysia

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, October 31, 1992:

The final test of the 1993 budget is whether the government is making use of the favourable economic conditions to resolve the many fundamental problems of nation-building in Malaysia

Malaysia had has a good economic year in the midst of gloomy international economic developments. Continue reading The final test of the 1993 budget is whether the government is making use of the favourable economic conditions to resolve the many fundamental problems of nation-building in Malaysia

The Special Low-Cost Housing Programme is heading for a third thumping failure at the end of the Sixth Malaysia Plan in 1995

Speech (Part 2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the opening of the Kampong Kolam DAP Branch Annual General Meeting held at branch premises at Seang Teik Road on Tues¬day, 16th March, 1991 at 8 pm.

The Special Low-Cost Housing Programme is heading for a third thumping failure at the end of the Sixth Malaysia Plan in 1995.

The Ministry of Housing’s Special Low-Cost Housing Programme (SLCHP) is heading for a third thumping failure at the end of the Sixth Malaysia Plan in 1995. Continue reading The Special Low-Cost Housing Programme is heading for a third thumping failure at the end of the Sixth Malaysia Plan in 1995

DAP calls on the Cabinet to direct the Foreign Investment Committee (FIC) to withdraw its proposed new guidelines as it goes against the spirit of the National Development Policy to make a major shift from the New Economic Policy in not associating equity ownership with wealth

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, 10th March, 1992:

DAP calls on the Cabinet to direct the Foreign Investment Committee (FIC) to withdraw its proposed new guidelines as it goes against the spirit of the National Development Policy to make a major shift from the New Economic Policy in not associating equity ownership with wealth.

DAP calls on the Cabinet at its meeting tomorrow to direct the Foreign Investment Committee (FIC) to withdraw its proposed new guidelines to regulate both foreign and local investments as it goes against the spirit of the National Development Policy to make a major shift from the New Economic Policy in
not associating equity ownership with wealth. Continue reading DAP calls on the Cabinet to direct the Foreign Investment Committee (FIC) to withdraw its proposed new guidelines as it goes against the spirit of the National Development Policy to make a major shift from the New Economic Policy in not associating equity ownership with wealth

The extension of the three-year Special Low Cost Housing Scheme to nine years till end of Sixth Malaysia Plan shows that the Housing Ministry is probably the most incompetent and inefficient Ministry in the Feder¬al Government

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, March 4, 1992:

The extension of the three-year Special Low Cost Housing Scheme to nine years till end of Sixth Malaysia Plan shows that the Housing Ministry is probably the most incompetent and inefficient Ministry in the Feder¬al Government.

The Minister for Housing and Local Government, Dr. Ting Chew Peh, announced in Port Dickson two days ago that the Federal Government’s Special Low Cost Housing Programme (SLCHP) would be extended for another five years till the end of the Sixth Malaysia Plan so that more people in the
low-income bracket can own ‘decent homes’. Continue reading The extension of the three-year Special Low Cost Housing Scheme to nine years till end of Sixth Malaysia Plan shows that the Housing Ministry is probably the most incompetent and inefficient Ministry in the Feder¬al Government

DAP calls on the Education Ministry to build new Chinese primary schools completely at government expense under the Sixth Malaysia Plan

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung , Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, March 3, 1992:

DAP calls on the Education Ministry to build new Chinese primary schools completely at government expense under the Sixth Malaysia Plan.

Recently, the MCA Deputy Education Minister, Dr. Pong Chan Onn, has said that the Government now recognises the importance, role and contribution of Chinese primary schools to the national education system as well as to national development. Continue reading DAP calls on the Education Ministry to build new Chinese primary schools completely at government expense under the Sixth Malaysia Plan

There are not just two, but three, separate economies in Malaysia-bumiputera, non-bumiputera and foreign

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the opening of the two-day DAPSY National Workshop at Port Dickson on Saturday, 11th January 1992 at 3 p.m.

There are not just two, but three, separate economies in Malaysia-bumiputera, non-bumiputera and foreign

In his opening address at the Third Bumiputra Economic Congress, the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamed, called for the integration of bumuputra and non-bumiputera ecnomies, and said that the country could not afford to have separate economies. Continue reading There are not just two, but three, separate economies in Malaysia-bumiputera, non-bumiputera and foreign

Call on the Malaysian Government to formally recognise the great role and contribution played by the 60 Chinese Independent Secondary Schools and the over a thousand Chinese primary schools in the economic development of Malaysia

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Malam DAP Bandar Bayan Baru at Jubilee Perak Old Folks Home at Jalan Sungai Dua, Penang on Saturday, 4th January 1992 at 7 p.m.

Call on the Malaysian Government to formally recognise the great role and contribution played by the 60 Chinese Independent Secondary Schools and the over a thousand Chinese primary schools in the economic development of Malaysia

It is now universally recognise that investing in people provides the firmest foundation for lasting development for any country. Continue reading Call on the Malaysian Government to formally recognise the great role and contribution played by the 60 Chinese Independent Secondary Schools and the over a thousand Chinese primary schools in the economic development of Malaysia

DAP calls on the Barisan Nasional Government to ensure that the 17,000 people affected by the UEM’s $2.3 Billion Second Johore – Singapore Link project become beneficiaries and not victims of development

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on the 1992 Budget debate on the Prime Minister’s Department on Wednesday, 27th November 1991

DAP calls on the Barisan Nasional Government to ensure that the 17,000 people affected by the UEM’s $2.3 Billion Second Johore – Singapore Link project become beneficiaries and not victims of development

I refer to Unit Perancang Ekonomi (B7 02000) which according to the Anggaran Belanjawan Program dan Prestasi 1992 is responsible for the policy and process of privatesation in the country – “merancang dan melaksanakan Dasar Penswastaan Kerajaan melalui penubuhan Pasukan penswastaan untuk mengkaji dan melaksanakan cadangan – candangan penswastaan daripada pihak kerajaan dan swasta demi menjayakan Dasar Penswastaan Kerajaan.” Continue reading DAP calls on the Barisan Nasional Government to ensure that the 17,000 people affected by the UEM’s $2.3 Billion Second Johore – Singapore Link project become beneficiaries and not victims of development

DAP calls on the Barisan Nasional Government to ensure that the 17,000 people affected by the UEM’s $2.3 billion Second Johore-Singapore Link project become beneficiaries and not victims of development

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, November 24, 1991:

DAP calls on the Barisan Nasional Government to ensure that the 17,000 people affected by the UEM’s $2.3 billion Second Johore-Singapore Link project become beneficiaries and not victims of development.

Yesterday, accompanied by Johore DAP State Chairman, S.K. Song, DAP Assemblyman for Jementah, Wong Peng Seng, Ungku Tun Aminah DAP Branch Leaders, and Pulai Semangat 46 leaders, I visited the Malay kampongs in Gelang Patah which will be affected by the UEM’s $2.3 billion Second Johore-Singapore project. Continue reading DAP calls on the Barisan Nasional Government to ensure that the 17,000 people affected by the UEM’s $2.3 billion Second Johore-Singapore Link project become beneficiaries and not victims of development

Call on Ling Liong Sik to explain why the MCA Ministers and leaders capitulated so easily in Government and Cabinet in their earlier opposition to the inflating of Chinese corporate equity share to reach 45 per cent in 1990

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, November 12, 1991:

Call on Ling Liong Sik to explain why the MCA Ministers and leaders capitulated so easily in Government and Cabinet in their earlier opposition to the inflating of Chinese corporate equity share to reach 45 per cent in 1990

During question time in Parliament yesterday, I asked why the Government resorted to ‘statistical juddling and dishonestly’ in inflating the Chinese corporate equity share fot the year 1990 in both the Second Outline Perspective Plan and the Sixth Malaysia Plan. Continue reading Call on Ling Liong Sik to explain why the MCA Ministers and leaders capitulated so easily in Government and Cabinet in their earlier opposition to the inflating of Chinese corporate equity share to reach 45 per cent in 1990