Category: Land Acquisition

Is Tsu Koon suggesting that all religious and civic bodies in Penang do not have to pay their quit rent arrears and should petition to State Government to forfeit their land so as to re-alienate back to them free of the quit rent arrears debt?

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Thursday, August 19, 1993:

Is Tsu Koon suggesting that all religious and civic bodies in Penang do not have to pay their quit rent arrears and should petition to State Government to forfeit their land so as to re-alienate back to them free of the quit rent arrears debt?

I welcome the statement by the Penang Chief Minister, Dr. Koh Tsu Koon that the State Government would not ‘forfeit’ the land of lawful religious and civic organisations, and that even if land forfeiture should occur, this is merely a procedural matter and eventually the land would be returned to the original owners. Continue reading Is Tsu Koon suggesting that all religious and civic bodies in Penang do not have to pay their quit rent arrears and should petition to State Government to forfeit their land so as to re-alienate back to them free of the quit rent arrears debt?

Tsu Koon should sack Goik Hock Lai as Political Secretary to the Chief Minister if the land of Bukit Mertajam Hock Teck Cheng God was confiscated because of Hock Lai’s incompetence and negligence

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Wednesday, August 18, 1993:

Tsu Koon should sack Goik Hock Lai as Political Secretary to the Chief Minister if the land of Bukit Mertajam Hock Teck Cheng God was confiscated because of Hock Lai’s incompetence and negligence

Penang Chief Minister, Dr. Koh Tsu Koon, should sack Goik Hock Lai as his political secretary, if the land of Bukit Mertajam Hock Teng Cheng God was confiscated by the Penang State Government because of Hock Lai’s incompetence and neligence. Continue reading Tsu Koon should sack Goik Hock Lai as Political Secretary to the Chief Minister if the land of Bukit Mertajam Hock Teck Cheng God was confiscated because of Hock Lai’s incompetence and negligence

DAP calls on Dr. Koh Tsu Koon to get the State Exco at its weekly meeting tomorrow to revoke forfeiture of the land of Bukit Mertajam Hock Teck God

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Tuesday, 17th August, 1993:

DAP calls on Dr. Koh Tsu Koon to get the State Exco at its weekly meeting tomorrow to revoke forfeiture of the land of Bukit Mertajam Hock Teck God

The Penang Chief Minister, Dr Koh Tsu Koon, through his political secretary, Goik Hock Lai, had said that the Penang State Government would “as fast as possible through normal administrative procedures return the forfeited land of Bukit Mertajam Hock Teck Cheng God to the Management Committee”. Continue reading DAP calls on Dr. Koh Tsu Koon to get the State Exco at its weekly meeting tomorrow to revoke forfeiture of the land of Bukit Mertajam Hock Teck God

DAP supports Sultan of Selangor in demanding a freeze in the golf course building mania in Selangor

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, October 5, 1991:

DAP supports Sultan of Selangor in demanding a freeze in the golf course building mania in Selangor

DAP fully supports the Sultan of Selangor in his opposition to the mania of golf course building in Selangor. Continue reading DAP supports Sultan of Selangor in demanding a freeze in the golf course building mania in Selangor

Land Acquisition Amendment Act will deprive Malaysians of their constitutional right to property and be the mother of all corruption, abuses of power, conflicts-of-interest and unethical malpractices

Speech by Parliament Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill on Tuesday, July 30, 1991

Land Acquisition Amendment Act will deprive Malaysians of their constitutional right to property and be the mother of all corruption, abuses of power, conflicts-of-interest and unethical malpractices

The Land acquisition Amendment Bill is one of the most unpopular, unacceptable, divisive and iniquitous Bills ever to be presented in this house in the 34-year history of Malaysia. Continue reading Land Acquisition Amendment Act will deprive Malaysians of their constitutional right to property and be the mother of all corruption, abuses of power, conflicts-of-interest and unethical malpractices

Ghafar Baba should explain why the Government is not prepared to make public the Cabinet ‘guidelines’ to ensure that the new Land Acquisition Amendment Bill will not result in abuse of powers?

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, July 26,1991:

Ghafar Baba should explain why the Government is not prepared to make public the Cabinet ‘guidelines’ to ensure that the new Land Acquisition Amendment Bill will not result in abuse of powers?

The long statement by the Deputy Prime Minister, Ghafar Baba, on the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill has not only failed to allay reservations about the unfettered powers of the Government in land acquisition under the new law, but has intensified fears that it would be the source of corruption, abuses of power, conflicts-of-interest and unethical malpractices in the country. Continue reading Ghafar Baba should explain why the Government is not prepared to make public the Cabinet ‘guidelines’ to ensure that the new Land Acquisition Amendment Bill will not result in abuse of powers?

Call on Malaysians of all races to respond to the Save Sim Kie Chon signature campaign in the way the people responded to the DAP’s Save l3-condemned signature campaign in 1968

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Ipoh on Sunday, July 28, 1985.

Call on Malaysians of all races to respond to the Save Sim Kie Chon signature campaign in the way the people responded to the DAP’s Save l3-condemned signature campaign in 1968.

I come to Ipoh today to understand the latest developments in the Kampong Pisang issue; where over 2,000 people who had been staying in the area for over three generations, face the bleak prospect of eviction from their homes, workshops, foundries, losing not only their roof but also their rice-bowls; with the makings of another blow-up as in Kampong Bercham or even Thean Teik estate in Penang. Continue reading Call on Malaysians of all races to respond to the Save Sim Kie Chon signature campaign in the way the people responded to the DAP’s Save l3-condemned signature campaign in 1968

Call on Malacca Chief Minister not to give one version for local people and a different version for international consumption on Bukit China

Speech by Parlaimentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the end of the DAP Socialist Youth ‘Save Bukit China’ KL-Malacca Cyclethon at Bukit China, Malacca, on Sunday, 2nd Sept. 1984 at 5 p.m.

Call on Malacca Chief Minister not to give one version for local people and a different version for international consumption on Bukit China

I call on the Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, to be consistent, and not to give one yersion for the local people and a different version for international consumption on the Bukit China issue. Continue reading Call on Malacca Chief Minister not to give one version for local people and a different version for international consumption on Bukit China

DAP deplores the Bukit China stand of the Gerakan Chief Minister, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, which tantamounts to encouraging the Malacca Chief Minister to disregard the views of Chinese organisations and individuals outside Malacca

Press Conference Statement by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Penang on Tuesday, 28th August 1984 at 10.30 a.m.

DAP deplores the Bukit China stand of the Gerakan Chief Minister, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, which tantamounts to encouraging the Malacca Chief Minister to disregard the views of Chinese organisations and individuals outside Malacca

I have called this press conference to specially express the DAP’s shock and anger at the stand taken by the Penang Gerakan Chief Minister, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, on the Bukit China issue. Continue reading DAP deplores the Bukit China stand of the Gerakan Chief Minister, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, which tantamounts to encouraging the Malacca Chief Minister to disregard the views of Chinese organisations and individuals outside Malacca

Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, should not make Cheng Hoon Teng trustees as the ‘scape-goats’

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, at the Selangor Save Bukit China Public Ceramah held at Hokkien Huay Kuan, Klang on Saturday, 25th August 1984 at 8 p.m.

Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, should not make Cheng Hoon Teng trustees as the ‘scape-goats’ for the Bukit China issue, but admit it is because of his indifference to the historic, religious and cultural sensitivities of the people, in particular the Malaysian Chinese

A few hours ago, a friend who had just flown in from Singapore told me that the Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, had told the latest issue of the Far Eastern Economic Review that the Bukit China issue and controversy was the result mainly of the ‘about-face’ of the Cheng Hoon Teng trustees. Continue reading Malacca Chief Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahim Thamby Cik, should not make Cheng Hoon Teng trustees as the ‘scape-goats’