Category: General

MCA President, Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik, should publicly apologise for MCA causing the nation-wide alarm over of sale of fishballs containing pork and compensate the losses suffered by the hundreds of fish-ball factories and retail outlets

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, 29th June, 1993:

MCA President, Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik, should publicly apologise for MCA causing the nation-wide alarm over of sale of fishballs containing pork and compensate the losses suffered by the hundreds of fish-ball factories and retail outlets

The Minister for Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs, Datuk Abu Hassan Omar, yesterday announced that reports that fishball manufacturers had mixed pork in their fishball and fiskcakes are baseless and untrue, and that all the 381 fishball samples taken from factories and retail outlets in the Klang Valley are free from pork. Continue reading MCA President, Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik, should publicly apologise for MCA causing the nation-wide alarm over of sale of fishballs containing pork and compensate the losses suffered by the hundreds of fish-ball factories and retail outlets

What has bank Negara taken such a long time to confirm the existence of fake RM1 coins?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, June 19, 1993:

What has bank Negara taken such a long time to confirm the existence of fake RM1 coins?

Bank Negara confirmed yesterday two RM1 coins discovered in Kota Kinabalu to be fakes and that the Chemistry Department had reconfirmed the back’s initial profile analysis through tests on their alloy composition. Continue reading What has bank Negara taken such a long time to confirm the existence of fake RM1 coins?

Mahathir’s criticism of UNDP’s human development index misinformed and misguided

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, 4td June 1993:

Mahathir’s criticism of UNDP’s human development index misinformed and misguided

The anger and criticism of the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, against the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in ranking the country in the 57th position and below Israel in human development in its 1993 report is misinformed and misguided. Continue reading Mahathir’s criticism of UNDP’s human development index misinformed and misguided

Call on Cabinet to adopt a liberal citizenship policy to grant citizenship to all local-born red identity card holders who are above 18 years of age

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, 7th April 1993:

Call on Cabinet to adopt a liberal citizenship policy to grant citizenship to all local-born red identity card holders who are above 18 years of age

Two day ago, Deputy Home minister, Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayob, said in Teluk Intan that all red identity card holders who had been resident in Malaysia for over 12 years and who could pass the Bahasa Malaysia oral test could become Malaysian citizens. Continue reading Call on Cabinet to adopt a liberal citizenship policy to grant citizenship to all local-born red identity card holders who are above 18 years of age

National Registration Department Director-General not aware of a syndicate supplying new hi-tech identity cards to foreigners in additional proof of a serious disease afflicting the public service

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, March 30, 1993:

National Registration Department Director-General not aware of a syndicate supplying new hi-tech identity cards to foreigners in additional proof of a serious disease afflicting the public service

It is clear that the National Registration Department (NRD) director-General, Encik Kamaruddin Nordin, knew nothing of the syndicate involving senior NRD officers supplying new hi-tech identity cards to foreigners – which was disclosed by the Deputy Home Minister, Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayob, in Perak on Sunday. Continue reading National Registration Department Director-General not aware of a syndicate supplying new hi-tech identity cards to foreigners in additional proof of a serious disease afflicting the public service

DAP calls for the scrapping of the honorific salutation of ‘Yang Berhormat’ for MPs and its replacement by ‘Yang Berkhidmat’

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Friday, 26th March 1993:

DAP calls for the scrapping of the honorific salutation of ‘Yang Berhormat’ for MPs and its replacement by ‘Yang Berkhidmat’

DAP supports and calls for the scrapping of the, honorific salutation of ‘Yang Berhormat’ for Members of Parliament end its replacement by ‘Yang Berkhidmat’. Continue reading DAP calls for the scrapping of the honorific salutation of ‘Yang Berhormat’ for MPs and its replacement by ‘Yang Berkhidmat’

Case of the snipping-off of little finger of two-month-old baby, Muhammad Azeem Hanifah, most shocking

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, March 17, 1993:

Case of the snipping-off of little finger of two-month-old baby, Muhammad Azeem Hanifah, most shocking

The case of the snipping off the little finger of two-month old baby, Muhamad Azeem Hanifah, at the Pantai Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur last week is most shocking and outrageous. Continue reading Case of the snipping-off of little finger of two-month-old baby, Muhammad Azeem Hanifah, most shocking

DAP calls for an all-party Parliamentary delegation to investigate allegations by the Acheh/Sumatra National Liberation Front of violence and physical assaults against Achehnese ‘political refugees’ in Malaysian prisons

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, 13th February 1993:

DAP calls for an all-party Parliamentary delegation to investigate allegations by the Acheh/Sumatra National Liberation Front of violence and physical assaults against Achehnese ‘political refugees’ in Malaysian prisons

The President of the Acheh/Sumatra National Liberation Front, Tengku Hasan fi Tiro, has made very serious allegations in Sweden earlier this week of violence and physical assaults against Achehness ‘political refugees’ presently detained in Malaysian prisons. Continue reading DAP calls for an all-party Parliamentary delegation to investigate allegations by the Acheh/Sumatra National Liberation Front of violence and physical assaults against Achehnese ‘political refugees’ in Malaysian prisons

DAP calls for an Independent inquiry as to why 77,000 applications for new identity cards have been held up and require re-processing

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang in Malacca on Wednesday, March 31, 1992 at 11 am.

DAP calls for an Independent inquiry as to why 77,000 applications for new identity cards have been held up and require re-processing.

DAP calls for an independent inquiry as to why 77,000 applications for new identity cards have been held up and require processing, which will mean that these 77,000 people will have to go through the hassle and inconvenience of the application all over again! Continue reading DAP calls for an Independent inquiry as to why 77,000 applications for new identity cards have been held up and require re-processing

DAP opposes another Article 30 citizenship verfication exercise and calls on the Government to automatlcally issue new identity card to all Article 30 citizens in view of the 1970 verification exercise

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, 28th March, 1992:

DAP opposes another Article 30 citizenship verfication exercise and calls on the Government to automatlcally issue new identity card to all Article 30 citizens in view of the 1970 verification exercise.

Following the DAP campaign started in Seremban last Tuesday, opposing the great injustice of Malaysian citizens having to prove again and again their citizenship qualifications, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ong Ka Ting, has admitted that there is problem with the change of new identity cards for the Article 30 citizens. Continue reading DAP opposes another Article 30 citizenship verfication exercise and calls on the Government to automatlcally issue new identity card to all Article 30 citizens in view of the 1970 verification exercise