Category: Prices

Sugar scarcity crisis again!

Sugar scarcity crisis again!

There sugar crisis has hit various parts of Malaysia again, such as Malacca, Johore, Pahang, Kedah.

I had warned during the January session of Parliament that there will be a recurrence of the sugar scarcity and price increase crisis unless the Ministry of Trade and Industry take energetic action to curb and prevent sugar hoarding, in particular by the sugar manufacturers.

Unfortunately, the Ministry of Trade and Commerce had failed to do this. On the contrary, it has taken a decision which can only aggravate the sugar crisis. Continue reading Sugar scarcity crisis again!

Call on government to disallow any price increase of sugar

Message by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, on the occasion of the official opening of the DAP Kuchai Branch by Party Chairman, Dr. Chen Man Hin, on Sunday, 16th January 1972 at 12 p.m.

Call on government to disallow any price increase of sugar

The root cause of the present sugar crisis in Malaysia, causing widespread confusion, frustration, hardship and suffering to the poor in the kampongs, new villages and towns, is the hoarding by sugar manufacturers and wholesalers in expectation of price increases in sugar. They hope that they would be able to make a neat fortune from their hoardings when the price goes up.

There is no doubt that a thorough investigation into the origins of the sugar crisis will show up the role of sugar factories in this crisis, which had refused to supply sugar both to wholesalers and retailers for a few days early this month. Continue reading Call on government to disallow any price increase of sugar

Rise in price of condensed milk

Press Statement by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang on 7th October 1971.

Rise in price of condensed milk

Hardly a week passes nowadays without the price of some essential commodity or other going up in price. The latest item to increase its price is condensed milk, with every tin going up five cents.

Although every housewife knows that the cost of living has shot up over the past year, and is continuing to shoot up, the government leaders, in particular, the Finance Minister, Tun Tan Siew Sin, had publicly claimed that the cost of living has remained stable in the country over years. Continue reading Rise in price of condensed milk

DAP Calls for full employment policy & essential commodities price reduction

Speech by DAP Secretary-General and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr Lim Kit Siang, when he officially opened the Cha’ah DAP Branch in Johor on 29th August 1971 at 5.30pm

DAP calls for (i) full employment policy (ii) positive government steps to reduce price of essential commodities, like rice, sugar, salt and cooking oil

This is the second DAP Branch in the Bekok constituency to be opened, a further evidence of the solid gains we made in the Bekok by-election.

When we contested in the Bekok by-election, we spoke of the grave problems of unemployment in the country, and the growing hardships of the people. Continue reading DAP Calls for full employment policy & essential commodities price reduction

A Challenge to Tun Tan Siew Sin

Challenge to Tun Tan Siew Sin

When prices of essential commodities and ordinary consumer items are one after another going up, increasing the burden and hardships of the housewives and the common man, all that the Minister of Finance, Tun Tan Siew Sin, can do is to give a verbal assurance that there is no danger of inflation in te country in a big way.

What has Tun Tan Siew Sin got to say about the chain increase of prices of consumer items and essential goods, like salt, sugar, cooking oil, bread, meat, milk, petrol, etc. Continue reading A Challenge to Tun Tan Siew Sin

DAP calls for a permanent consumers’ watchdog committee to check unreasonable price increases of commodities

The Secretary-General of DAP and Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr.Lim Kit Siang, today issued the following statement:

DAP calls for a permanent consumers’ watchdog committee to check unreasonable price increases of commodities

The increase in the price of petrol and diesel is the latest in a series of increases in the prices of basic essential and consumer items, which had included salt, sugar, bread, cooking oil, soap, meat. Continue reading DAP calls for a permanent consumers’ watchdog committee to check unreasonable price increases of commodities