By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, 24.7.1983
DAP Motion in Parliament tomorrow on Selancar Empat ‘ hell estate’ exploitation
I will move a motion of definite, urgent, public importance on the first day of Parliament tomorrow (July 25) to discuss the Selancar Empat ‘hell estate’ exploitation of contract labour. Continue reading DAP Motion in Parliament tomorrow on Selancar Empat ‘hell estate’ exploitation
Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary – General, Lim Kit Siang, when opening the Johor DAP State Ordinary Convention on Sunday, 17th July 1993 at 10.00 a.m. at Scudai, Johor.
Call on the Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamed, to resolve the ministerial conflicts between Datuk Samy Vallu and Datuk Rais Yatim over the Selancar Empat Scandal.
It is most shocking to read the comments of the Minister of Land and Regional Development, Datuk Rais Yatim, on the Selancar Empat scandal when he said that his ministry was inclined to accept the version of the Pahang CPO, SAC Mohamed Noor Khamis, that police investigations showed that there has been no criminal offences comitted and allegations of wrongful confinement, illegal detention, forced labour and criminal assault of workers at Selancar Empat were untrue. Datuk Rais also said that his ministry was inclined to accept the police investigations rather than other reports including those in the press of the situation in Selancar Empat. Continue reading Call on the Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamed, to resolve the ministerial conflicts between Datuk Samy Vallu and Datuk Rais Yatim over the Selancar Empat Scandal
1983 May Day Message by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, on 30.4.1983
Call on Government leaders not to blindly transplant Japanese systems like the in-house unions under the ‘Look East’ policy without first understanding the real reasons for the Japanese economic miracle
The 1983 May Day is probably the most important Labour Day since its official recognition as a public holiday in honour of the contribution of Malaysian workers to national development and progress. This is because the powers-that-be now seek to restructure the labour movement which would have far-reaching consequences for the role and place of labour in Malaysia in the coming decades. Continue reading Call on Government leaders not to blindly transplant Japanese systems like the in-house unions under the ‘Look East’ policy without first understanding the real reasons for the Japanese economic miracle
On 1st October 1982, the National Electricity Board took over the electricity supplies to the Perak areas from the Perak Hydro Electric Power Company and its subsidiary Kinta electrical Distribution Co.
Perak hydro served about 350 tin mining and industrial consumers and 368 bulk supply points to Kinta Distribution at various towns and village. Kinta distribution serves 102,147 consumers of which 88,362 were domestic, 12,595 commercial, 955 industrial and 235 public lighting.
Continue reading Perak Hydro Workers
(Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Friday, 20th June 1980, on the Employment Ordinance (Amendment) Bill 1980)
The Deputy Minister for Labour, Dato K. Pathmanaban, said when moving the second reading of the Employment Ordinance (Amendment) Bill 1980 yesterday that the amendments proposed in this Bill are “progressive advances in labour standards and social legislation” in Malaysia.
His self-praise is rather extravagant and unrelated to the facts. Although I concede, and welcome, several improvements in the Employment Ordinance provision, like the proposal to include bonus as part of ‘wages’, the extension of period of notice of termination of service, triple pay for overtime on rest days increase of paid public holidays from 7 days to 10 days in a year, increase of paid sick leave for another four days for those with two years service, to five years service, another eight days with more than five years service; increase in paid annual leave, etc., they are rather nominal and in many cases, had not even measured up to the demands we in the DAP had in the past made inside and outside the House. Continue reading Employment (Amendment) Ordinance
(Speech by the Parliamentary Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on the Industrial Relations Amendment Bill 1980 on April 4, 1980)
What is most offensive about the amendments to the Trade Union Ordinance and the Industrial Relations Act is the way the Government went about amending these labour laws.
As these labour laws intimately affect workers and trade unions a government which respects trade unions and workers’ role in national development would have fully and intimately involved trade unions in every stage of the review of the labour laws. Continue reading Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 1981
by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, on Tuesday, 31st July 1979:
Call on Attorney-General and Labour Minister to explain why nothing has been done to enforce a $65,000 Industrial Court Award for 162 pineapple factory workers for over Five Years?
Over five years ago, on 18th June 1974, the Industrial Court handed down an award involving claims by 230 workers of the Malayan Pineapple Company Sendirian Bhd. in Klang for retrenchment benefits on their termination of services by the company. on 16th November 1973. Continue reading Call on Attorney-General and Labour Minister to explain why nothing has been done to enforce a $65,000 Industrial Court Award for 162 pineapple factory workers for over Five Years?
By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, on Wednesday, 11th July 1979:
DAP proposes establishment of Royal Commission of Inquiry into labour laws and labour situation before any hasty, drastic amemdments to labour laws are rushed through October meeting of Parliament
The speech by the Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, at last weekend’s UMNO General Assembly, attacking the labour laws as ‘time bombs’ is ominous and very unfortunate. Continue reading DAP proposes establishment of Royal Commission of Inquiry into labour laws and labour situation before any hasty, drastic amemdments to labour laws are rushed through October meeting of Parliament
(Speech by the Parliamentary Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat when introducing a Private Members Bill to amend the Trade Union Ordinance on 11th June 1979)
DAP calls for restoration of the rights of trade union officials to hold office in political parties
I rise to seek leave of the House to introduce a private member’s bill, and my motion reads: Continue reading Restoration Of Workers’s Political Rights
(Speech by the Parliamentary Leader, DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on the Prime Minister’s motion on March 20, 1979)
The prolonged and unresolved dispute between Malaysian Airlines System (MAS) and the Airlines Employees’ Union (AEU) together with the events damage to Malaysia’s economy and accompanying it, have caused great international image.
It has caused, and is still causing, disruption and suspension of international air services of MAS entailing multi-million dollar financial losses to both MAS and Malaysia. Continue reading The MAS-AEU industrial confrontation