Category: GSP

Dr.Mahathir should allow the DAP motion on the ratification of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights to be debated and adopted in Dewan Rakyat next week

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, 12th June 1991:

Dr.Mahathir should allow the DAP motion on the ratification of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights to be debated and adopted in Dewan Rakyat next week

I have given notice to the Speaker of Dewan Rakyat, Tan Sri Mohamed Zahir, of a motion to ratify the 1966 International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, which Malaysia had voted in support in the United Nations General Assembly but had failed to ratify in the past 25 years. Continue reading Dr.Mahathir should allow the DAP motion on the ratification of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights to be debated and adopted in Dewan Rakyat next week

Call on Anwar Ibrahim to give a clear-cut statement whether Professor Syed Hussein Alatas is on leave prior to resignation as University of Malaya Vice Chancellor

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya, on Friday, August 17, 1990:

Call on Anwar Ibrahim to give a clear-cut statement whether Professor Syed Hussein Alatas is on leave prior to resignation as University of Malaya Vice Chancellor

The Education Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, should give a clear-cut statement-whether Professor Syed Hussein Alatas is on leave prior to resignation as University of Malaya Vice Chancellor. Continue reading Call on Anwar Ibrahim to give a clear-cut statement whether Professor Syed Hussein Alatas is on leave prior to resignation as University of Malaya Vice Chancellor

DAP proposes the holding a Public Rally of all political parties to give a concrete demonstration to the United States of their unanimous stand for the retention of Malaysia’s GSP privileges

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Tuesday, July 17, 1990:

DAP proposes the holding a Public Rally of all political parties to give a concrete demonstration to the United States of their unanimous stand for the retention of Malaysia’s GSP privileges

DAP proposes the holding of a Public Rally of all political parties to give a concrete demonstration to the United States of their unanimous stand for the retention of Malaysia’s GSP privileges. Continue reading DAP proposes the holding a Public Rally of all political parties to give a concrete demonstration to the United States of their unanimous stand for the retention of Malaysia’s GSP privileges

DAP welcomes the sending of a Commonwealth representative to meet political parties in Malaysia on the Commonwealth Observer Mission

Press Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, 16th July 1990:

DAP welcomes the sending of a Commonwealth representative to meet political parties in Malaysia on the Commonwealth Observer Mission

DAP welcomes the sending of a Commonwealth representative to meet political parties in Malaysia on the Commonwealth Observer Mission. Continue reading DAP welcomes the sending of a Commonwealth representative to meet political parties in Malaysia on the Commonwealth Observer Mission

Mahathir is using GSP as a political issue to try to win votes for Barisan Nasional instead of treating it as a national issue to show United State Government all political parties are united in its defence

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the DAP Ceramah at Ayor Tawar, Perak on Tuesday, 26th June 1990 at 8 p.m.

Mahathir is using GSP as a political issue to try to win votes for Barisan Nasional instead of treating it as a national issue to show United State Government all political parties are united in its defence

Yesterday, during his pre-election tour of Perlis, the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, attacked the DAP and Semangat 46 on the GSP issue, accusing us of ‘betraying the nation’ although DAP and Semangat 46 have made it very clear that both stand by the Government in wanting the GSP privileges of Malaysia to be retained, and oppose any attempt to remove Malaysia’s GSP status. Continue reading Mahathir is using GSP as a political issue to try to win votes for Barisan Nasional instead of treating it as a national issue to show United State Government all political parties are united in its defence

Datuk K. Pathmanaban should be gentleman enough to publicly admit he does not have photograph of Lee Lam Thye and Terry Collingsworth in one picture and that his slurs on Lam Thye’s integrity were baseless

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the inaugural meeting of the Batu Pahat DAP Liaison Committee meeting held in Batu Pahat, Johore on Sunday, 24th June 1990 at 3 p.m.

Datuk K. Pathmanaban should be gentleman enough to publicly admit he does not have photograph of Lee Lam Thye and Terry Collingsworth in one picture and that his slurs on Lam Thye’s integrity were baseless

Parliament last week saw a most unhappy episode where the Deputy Human Resources Minister, Datuk K. Pathmanaban, used the protection of the House to make baseless and irresponsible allegations that the DAP Deputy Secretary-General and MP for Bukit Bintang, Sdr. Lee Lam Thye, had connived and colluded with the general counsel of the International Labour Rights Education and Research Fund(ILRERF), Terr Collingsworth to get Malaysia’s GSP privileges removed. Continue reading Datuk K. Pathmanaban should be gentleman enough to publicly admit he does not have photograph of Lee Lam Thye and Terry Collingsworth in one picture and that his slurs on Lam Thye’s integrity were baseless

Is Labuan going to be a tax haven for the corruption money and ill-gotten gains of politically well-connected Malaysians?

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Friday, June 22, 1990, on the Offshore Companies Bill 1990

Is Labuan going to be a tax haven for the corruption money and ill-gotten gains of politically well-connected Malaysians?

This is the first of the present batch of six Bills to make Labuan a tax haven. Before I proceed further, I note that we have before the House today nine Bills and two Motions (one by DAP MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Guan Eng, to confer citizenship to the 300,000 red Continue reading Is Labuan going to be a tax haven for the corruption money and ill-gotten gains of politically well-connected Malaysians?

DAP MP for Puchong, V.David, will be asked by the DAP leadership to explain his stand on he GSP issue when he returns from Geneva

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, 20th June 1990:

DAP MP for Puchong, V.David, will be asked by the DAP leadership to explain his stand on he GSP issue when he returns from Geneva

The Finance Minister, Datuk Paduka Daim Zainuddin, said after a pre-budget dialogue session yesterday, that he was confident that petitions by four U.S. organizations for the withdrawal of the United States’ Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for Malaysian exports would fail. Continue reading DAP MP for Puchong, V.David, will be asked by the DAP leadership to explain his stand on he GSP issue when he returns from Geneva