Category: Subang Airport Scandals & Disasters

I had not expected Mahathir to remove Liong Sik as Transport Minister but want the Prime Minister to realise the magnitude of Public loss of confidence in Liong Sik as Transport Minister

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, at the Triang DAP Branch Anniversary Dinner held in Triang, Pahang on Friday, 26th August 1994 at 7 p.m.

I had not expected Mahathir to remove Liong Sik as Transport Minister but want the Prime Minister to realise the magnitude of Public loss of confidence in Liong Sik as Transport Minister

I had not expected the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to remove the MCA President, Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik as Transport Minister because of three Kuala Lumpur International Airport fires in two years, the stupid attempt to ‘cover-up’ the recent Subang radar station fire and his failure to visit the scene of the fire until 60 hours later. Continue reading I had not expected Mahathir to remove Liong Sik as Transport Minister but want the Prime Minister to realise the magnitude of Public loss of confidence in Liong Sik as Transport Minister

Liong Sik must be the next to ‘exed’ after the DCA Director-General because of the Subang radar station fire

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 25th August 1994:

Liong Sik must be the next to ‘exed’ after the DCA Director-General because of the Subang radar station fire

DAP fully supports the removal of Datuk Zaludin Sulong as the Director-General of the Department of Civil Aviation. Continue reading Liong Sik must be the next to ‘exed’ after the DCA Director-General because of the Subang radar station fire

If the Prime Minister is not prepared to remove Liong Sik as Transport Minister, he should set up a Cabinet committee to assume all responsibilities of the Transport Ministry

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Wednesday, 24th August 1994:

If the Prime Minister is not prepared to remove Liong Sik as Transport Minister, he should set up a Cabinet committee to assume all responsibilities of the Transport Ministry

If the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, is not prepared to remove Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik as Trasnport Minister, in the interests of Malaysians and travelers from other countries, he should set up a Cabinet Committee to assume all responsibilities of the Trasnport Ministry as the people have no confidence in the capability of Liong Sik as Transport Minister. Continue reading If the Prime Minister is not prepared to remove Liong Sik as Transport Minister, he should set up a Cabinet committee to assume all responsibilities of the Transport Ministry

DAP has no intention of launching a nation-wide signature campaign to demand the resignation or removal of Ling Liong Sik as Transport Minister because of three Kuala Lumpur International Airport fires in two years

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Tuesday, August 23, 1994:

DAP has no intention of launching a nation-wide signature campaign to demand the resignation or removal of Ling Liong Sik as Transport Minister because of three Kuala Lumpur International Airport fires in two years

DAP has no intention of launching a nation-wide signature campaign to demand the resignation or removal of MCA President, Datuk Seri Dr. Ling Liong Sik as Trasnport Minister because of three Kuala Lumpur International Airport fires in two years. Continue reading DAP has no intention of launching a nation-wide signature campaign to demand the resignation or removal of Ling Liong Sik as Transport Minister because of three Kuala Lumpur International Airport fires in two years

DAP calls for emergency sitting of Parliament to debate the Subang Airport radar station fire – the third fire in two years and whether Liong Sik and Zaludin Sulong should be removed as Transport Minister and Director-General of DCA respectively

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Monday, August 22, 1994:

DAP calls for emergency sitting of Parliament to debate the Subang Airport radar station fire – the third fire in two years and whether Liong Sik and Zaludin Sulong should be removed as Transport Minister and Director-General of DCA respectively

Commenting on the Subang Airport radar station fire yesterday, the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed said that government officials have a long way to go in shedding their bureaucratic mindset and that although the Look-East policy was implemented 10 years ago, “people do not change so easily”. Continue reading DAP calls for emergency sitting of Parliament to debate the Subang Airport radar station fire – the third fire in two years and whether Liong Sik and Zaludin Sulong should be removed as Transport Minister and Director-General of DCA respectively

Liong Sik’s statement that he would accept responsibility for the Subang Aiprort radar station fire is meanlingless when he does not resign as Minister for Transport

Press Comments by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, to the press after the opening of the DAP National Publicity Conference at Furuma Hotel, Kulua Lumpur on Sunday, 21st August 1994 at 10.30 a.m.

Liong Sik’s statement that he would accept responsibility for the Subang Aiprort radar station fire is meanlingless when he does not resign as Minister for Transport

The Statement by Datuk Seri Dr. Ling Liong Sik that he would accept responsibility for the Suabang International Ariport radar station fire is meaningless when he does not resign as Minister for Transport Continue reading Liong Sik’s statement that he would accept responsibility for the Subang Aiprort radar station fire is meanlingless when he does not resign as Minister for Transport

Liong Sik’s public apology six days after the Subang radar station fire is just not good enough and both he and the DCA Director General Datuk Zaludin Sulong should relinquish their posts to accept full responsibility for the third airport fire in two years

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, August 20, 1994:

Liong Sik’s public apology six days after the Subang radar station fire is just not good enough and both he and the DCA Director General Datuk Zaludin Sulong should relinquish their posts to accept full responsibility for the third airport fire in two years

The public apology by the Transport Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Ling Liong Sik six days after the Subang radar station fire is just not good enough and both he and the Department of Civil Aviation Director-General, Datuk Zaludin Sulong, should relinquish their posts to accept full responsibility for the third airport fire to two years. Continue reading Liong Sik’s public apology six days after the Subang radar station fire is just not good enough and both he and the DCA Director General Datuk Zaludin Sulong should relinquish their posts to accept full responsibility for the third airport fire in two years

Eight questions for Liong Sik about his performance after the Subang Airport radar station fire

Speech (Part 2) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjong, Lim Kit Siang, at the Serdang DAP Branch Aniversary Dinner held at Serdang on Saturday, August 20, 1994 at 8 p.m.

Eight questions for Liong Sik about his performance after the Subang Airport radar station fire

Malaysia’s Minister of Transport, Datuk Dr. Ling Liong Sik, is entitled to get into the Guiness’ Book of Records because he is the only Transport Minister in the world where there had been three International Airport fires under his tenure. Continue reading Eight questions for Liong Sik about his performance after the Subang Airport radar station fire

Liong Sik must explain why he did not show up at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport until 60 hours after the fire as the Prime Minister has said that he would have immediately visited the scene as happened in the first Subang Airport fire on April 1992

By Parliament Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Friday, August 19, 1994:

Liong Sik must explain why he did not show up at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport until 60 hours after the fire as the Prime Minister has said that he would have immediately visited the scene as happened in the first Subang Airport fire on April 1992

Transport Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Ling Liong Sik, must explain why he did not show up at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport until 60 hours after the fire as the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, said in Jitra yesterday that he would have immediately visited the scene as happened in the first Subang Airport fire on April 1992. Continue reading Liong Sik must explain why he did not show up at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport until 60 hours after the fire as the Prime Minister has said that he would have immediately visited the scene as happened in the first Subang Airport fire on April 1992

Malaysians should petition or cable the Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed for the removal of Liong Sik as Transport Minister before lives are lost and more damage is done to Malaysia’s international reputation, investment climate and Visit Malaysia Year 1994

Speech (Part 3) by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, at the Perak DAP 10,000-People Anniversary Dinner held at the Perak DAP 10,000-People Anniversary Dinner held at Tou Bou Kong Hall on Friday, 19th August 1994 at 8 pm

Malaysians should petition or cable the Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed for the removal of Liong Sik as Transport Minister before lives are lost and more damage is done to Malaysia’s international reputation, investment climate and Visit Malaysia Year 1994

Malaysians should petition or cable the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed for the removal of MCA President, Datuk Seri Lin Liong Sik as Transport Minister before lives are lost and more damage is done to Malaysia’s international reputation, investment climate and Visit Malaysia Year 1994 under his disaster-prone leadership at the Transport Ministry. Continue reading Malaysians should petition or cable the Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed for the removal of Liong Sik as Transport Minister before lives are lost and more damage is done to Malaysia’s international reputation, investment climate and Visit Malaysia Year 1994