Category: Tourism

Cabinet should direct the Johore State Government to revoke its notices demanding demolition of over 80 houses and chalets at Kampung Air Masin and Kampung Kukup Laut in Pontian and instead announce an incentive scheme to regularise the houses and chalets to turn them into a tourist destination

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, September 21, 1994:

Cabinet should direct the Johore State Government to revoke its notices demanding demolition of over 80 houses and chalets at Kampung Air Masin and Kampung Kukup Laut in Pontian and instead announce an incentive scheme to regularise the houses and chalets to turn them into a tourist destination.

On Sunday, together with the Johore DAP State Chairman, Sdr. S.K. Song and other Johore and local DAP leaders, I visited Kampung Air Masin and Kampung Kukup Laut in Pontian, where on the previous Monday, the state authorities had acted in a very high-handed manner in demolishing one house, two chalets and adjoining jetties. Continue reading Cabinet should direct the Johore State Government to revoke its notices demanding demolition of over 80 houses and chalets at Kampung Air Masin and Kampung Kukup Laut in Pontian and instead announce an incentive scheme to regularise the houses and chalets to turn them into a tourist destination

Tourism in Malaysia

Speech by DAP Member of Parliament for Bandar Melaka, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Ra’ayat on the Tourist Development Corporation of Malaysia Bill on Friday, 7th January 1972

Tourism in Malaysia

Tourism has become very big business in the world today. In Europe, for instance, it has become a heavy industry, on the scale of steel or cars, and a much bigger earner of foreign currency. For Spain, Italy or Greece, it is the largest source of foreign exchange.

The tourist industry in Malaysia has great potential to become a leading earner of foreign currency. However, until now, it has lacked a dynamic and imaginative government policy to fully exploit the tourist resources and potential in Malaysia. Continue reading Tourism in Malaysia