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Only Pakatan Rakyat(PR) Will Place More Importance On The People’s Health And Public Safety Than The Blind Pursuit Of Profits By Ensuring That There Are No Rare Earths Plants and Nuclear Facility In PR States.(en/bm/cn)

Published on February 3, 2012, 2:18 pm in Environment. 0 Comments

DAP regrets that BN government has shown that it is not committed to green and sustainable growth but instead is willing to sacrifice people’s health for profits. Malaysia’s Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) has granted Australian company Lynas Corporation a temporary operating licence (TOL) for its controversial Pahang-based and also the world largest rare earth refinery plant provided it fulfils five conditions.

Instead of focusing on race and religion, perhaps Barisan Nasional should explain why they are allowing the Lynas Rare Earth Plant in Kuantan to be operated; despite all the dangers inherent and even its regulators themselves did not have a clear radioactive waste disposal proposal from Lynas. Among other issues, the Lynas’ waste management plan does not fully disclose the contents of its waste streams.

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The Election Commission Should Recognise that the Local Government Elections Act 1960 (Act 473) Has Been Revised in 1991 and Constitutes the Sole and Only Proper Law Relating to the Election of Local Councillors(en/cn)

Published on February 2, 2012, 12:43 pm in Election. 0 Comments

The Election Commission (EC) should recognise that the Local Government Elections Act 1960 (Act 473) has been revised in 1991 and constitutes the sole and only proper law relating to the election of local councillors. For this reason, the Penang state government is taking a progressive step-by-step approach towards removing all legal impediments preventing the conduct of local government elections by the EC.

One of the steps that is being taken is the instruction by the Penang State Government to the Penang State Legal Adviser to issue a gazette notification exempting local authorities in Penang from section 15 of the Local Government Act 1976 as a precursor to seeking a court declaration to compel the Election Commission to conduct local government elections.
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By Refusing To Criticise The Prime Minister’s Refusal To Condemn Perkasa For Distributing “White Pows” And Not Acting Against MCA Seputih Division Committee Member Dr Tiew Chew Ming, Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek Can No Longer Hide MCA’s Links And UMNO’s Open Support With Perkasa.(en/cn)

Published on February 2, 2012, 10:39 am in Nation Building. 0 Comments

By refusing to criticise the refusal of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to condemn Perkasa for distributing “White Pows” and not taking action against MCA Seputih Division Committee Member Dr Tiew Chew Ming, MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek can no longer hide MCA’s links and UMNO’s open support for Perkasa. What is the use of condemning the racist Perkasa when Chua should also have asked why the Prime Minister Dato Seri Najib did not condemn Perkasa for blatantly trampling over the sensitivities of the Chinese community by distributing white instead of red ang pau during Chinese New Year?

Clearly the Prime Minister’s refusal to condemn Perkasa only proves UMNO’s open support for Perkasa racist objectives in creating their own version of “Asian Apartheid” by wanting to divide Malaysians into favoured “first-class” and discriminated “second-class” citizens. MCA is equally guilty by failing to act sternly against its Sri Desa Branch Chairman and Seputeh division committee member Dr Tiew Chew Ming, who has been exposed as openly assisting Perkasa by ferrying elderly citizens to Perkasa’s event and spoke publicly in defense of Perkasa.

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PDC Akan Menjadi Agensi Pelaksana Untuk Tabung Rumah Mampu Milik Sebanyak RM500 Juta Untuk Bina Rumah Mampu Milik Di Seberang Perai Dan Pulau Pinang (bm/cn).

Published on February 1, 2012, 5:58 pm in Penang. 0 Comments

PDC akan menjadi agensi pelaksana untuk Tabung Rumah Mampu Milik sebanyak RM500 juta untuk bina rumah mampu milik di Seberang Perai dan Pulau Pinang.

Jumlah RM500 juta merupakan jumlah yang paling besar diperuntukkan oleh mana-mana kerajaan negeri di Malaysia untuk membina rumah mampu milik. Jumlah wang ini diperolehi daripada pengswastaan Bayan Mutiara secara tender terbuka. Di bawah pentadbiran lama RM600-800 juta wang rakyat dicadangkan dibelanjakan untuk memindahkan pusat pentadbiran baru daripada Komtar ke Bayan Mutiara. Kerajaan baru Pakatan Rakyat telah menolak cadangan ini dan menggantikan dengan cadangan pengswastaan yang tidak perlu membelanjakan wang besar sebalik menambahkan sumber kewangan agar kerajaan negeri boleh menjalankan projek sosial seperti membina rumah mampu milik.

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The Failure Of The Prime Minister To Condemn Perkasa For Their Disparaging Gesture Shows How Protective Dato’ Sri Najib Is Of Perkasa Even At The Expense Of Trampling Over The Sensitivities Of The Chinese Community.(en/cn)

Published on February 1, 2012, 12:39 pm in Nation Building. 0 Comments

To paraphrase a famous quote from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, “The Prime Minister doth protest too much, methinks.”
It would appear that is the case today when Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Razak is trying to fool the public into believing that the use of “white pows” at Perkasa’s Chinese New Year gathering last Sunday has nothing to do with Barisan Nasional.

Najib also said that the incident was a learning experience for race relations in Malaysia. How can Najib dismiss this extremely disrespectful and insensitive gesture so frivolously, when white packets are traditionally used for Chinese funerals? The failure of the Prime Minister to condemn Perkasa for such a disparaging gesture shows how protective Dato’ Sri Najib is of Perkasa even at the expense of trampling over the sensitivities of the Chinese community.

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DAP Mengecam Hebat Kepala Babi Yang Dijumpai Di Sebuah Masjid Di Rawang Sebagai Tindakan Pengecut Dan Provokasi Yang Bertujuan Untuk Mengapi-Apikan Sentimen Perkauman Dan Agama Di Ambang Pilihan Raya Umum (bm/en)

Published on February 1, 2012, 11:11 am in Election. 0 Comments

Kepala babi yang dijumpai di kawasan pintu masuk Masjid Nurul Iman di Batu 17, Rawang, Selangor merupakan satu tindakan yang tidak sensitif, pengecut dan provokasi yang bertujuan untuk mengapi-apikan sentimen perkauman dan agama di ambang pilihan raya umum.

DAP mengecam hebat insiden ini dan berpendirian bahawa tidak ada ruang di Malaysia bagi tindakan-tindakan yang sia-sia dan menjijikkan seperti ini yang bertentangan dengan sifat masyarakat kita yang aman dan berbilang budaya.

Kami menyeru supaya rakyat Malaysia bertenang dan tidak bertindak balas kerana tindakan ini jelas dilakukan oleh pihak-pihak tertentu dengan motif yang jahat. Namun demikian, mereka tidak akan mencapai objektif jahat mereka kerana rakyat Malaysia bukan sahaja sudah biasa hidup bersama malah suka meraikan kepelbagaian budaya dan agama di negara kita. Keamanan masyarakat kita tidak akan hancur dek tindakan-tindakan pengecut oleh puak pelampau.

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The Prime Minister Should Abandon The Fighting Corruption NKRA In His Government Transformation Programme (en/bm/cn)

Published on January 31, 2012, 3:18 pm in Corruption. Closed

Press Statement By DAP Secretary-General And Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng In Kuala Lumpur On 31.1.2012

The Prime Minister Should Abandon The Fighting Corruption NKRA In His Government Transformation Programme (GTP) If He Dare Not Compel His Ministers And Deputy Ministers To Publicly Declare Their Assets And Set Up A Royal Commission Of Inquiry(RCI) Into The RM250 Million Cows & Condos Scandal.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak might as well abandon the Fighting Corruption NKRA or New Key Results Area in his GTP if he dares not compel his Ministers and Deputy Ministers to publicly declare their assets and set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry(RCI) into the RM250 million cows & condos scandal or the RM1,077 billion in illicit money(including corruption funds) secretly taken out of the country during 2000-9.

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Adakah BN Pulau Pinang Akan Membayar RM40 Juta Sekiranya Kerajaan Negeri Gagal Dalam Rayuan Mahkamah Dalam Skendal Tanah Tang Hak Ju Ataupun Membayar RM14.7 Juta Yang Tidak Dikembalikan Sekiranya Kerajaan Negeri menang Di Mahkmah?(bm/cn)

Published on January 31, 2012, 2:33 pm in Penang. 0 Comments

Kenyataan Sidang Akhbar oleh Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang,Lim Guan Eng di Komtar, Georgetown Pada 31.1.2012

Adakah BN Pulau Pinang Akan Membayar RM40 Juta Sekiranya Kerajaan Negeri Gagal Dalam Rayuan Mahkamah Dalam Skendal Tanah Tang Hak Ju Ataupun Membayar RM14.7 Juta Yang Tidak Dikembalikan Sekiranya Kerajaan Negeri menang Di Mahkmah?

Adakah BN Pulau Pinang akan membayar RM40 juta(termasuk faedah 8% sejak Februari 2005 sebanyak RM10 juta) sekiranya kerajaan negeri gagal dalam rayuan mahkamah dalam skendal tanah Tang Hak Ju ataupun membayar RM14.7 juta yang tidak dikembalikan sekiranya kerajaan negeri menang di mahkmah? Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang telah mendepositkan wang sejumlah RM14,678,135.50 ke Mahkamah Tinggi Pulau Pinang pada 18 Mei 2009 seperti yang telah diperintahkan oleh mahkamah pada 19 Febuari 2009sungguhpun skendal tanah ini berlaku pada pentadbiran lama.

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UMNO and Utusan Malaysia Has Lost Credibility Even Amongst Malays When Utusan Malaysia Was Found Guilty By The Penang High Court Of Spreading Lies And Ordered To Pay RM200,000 For Defaming Me As Anti-Islam And Anti-Malay.(en/bm/cn)

Published on January 30, 2012, 11:45 am in Party. 0 Comments

Press Statement By DAP Secretary-General And Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng In Kuala Lumpur On 30.1.2012

UMNO and Utusan Malaysia Has Lost Credibility Even Amongst Malays When Utusan Malaysia Was Found Guilty By The Penang High Court Of Spreading Lies And Ordered To Pay RM200,000 For Defaming Me As Anti-Islam And Anti-Malay.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhydin Yassin’s attack on DAP as chauvinistic and anti-Malay as well as Utusan Malaysia’s incendiary statement that DAP is the world’s most racist party shows their sheer frustration that more and more Malays no longer believe in UMNO and Utusan until some have even joined the DAP. Utusan Malaysia has lost credibility even amongst Malays when Utusan Malaysia was found guilty by the Penang High Court of spreading lies and ordered to pay RM200,000 for defaming me as anti-Islam and anti-Malay.

Tan Sri Muhyidin has no right to call DAP chauvisnistic when DAP is multi-racial and open to all Malaysians whereas Tan Sri Muhydin is Malay first and Malaysian second. Tan Sri Muhyidin’s refusal to condemn Utusan Malaysia for calling the tragic May 13 riots which caused the deaths of thousands of Malaysians, mainly non-Malays, as a
sacred day shows who is the real chauvinist and racist.

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Prime Minister Must Explain The Public Benefit Of The RM7.07 Billion 60-Year Concession To Europlus For Constructing A 316 Km Highway From Banting To Taiping And Whether The RM2.24 Billion Soft Loans, 3% Interest Subsidies For 22 Years And RM980 Million Grant For Land Acquisition Cost Is In The Public Interest.(en/bm/cn)

Published on January 29, 2012, 12:32 pm in Economy. 0 Comments

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak must explain the public benefit of the RM7.07 billion 60-year concession to Kumpulan Europlus Bhd(Europlus) for constructing a 316 km highway from Banting to Taiping and whether the RM 2.24 billion soft loans, 3% interest subsidies for commercial loans for 22 years and RM 980 million grant for land acquisition cost is in the public interest. Europlus had announced that it had received an approval letter to construct the 316 km highway from the Public Private Partnership unit of the Prime Minister’s Department.

DAP is curious why the Federal government had still not make any announcement on such an important highway concession which violates the basic principles of public accountability and transparency. Before the government signs this agreement with Europlus, the Prime Minister must ensure that the following 7 questions why Europlus was given such a good deal are fully answered.

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Urge BN And UMNO Leaders To Throw Your Lies And Hate At Me But Please Leave My School-going Children Alone! (en/cn)

Published on January 28, 2012, 11:22 am in Federal government. 0 Comments

My family and I are upset at the statement made by Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in Sibu yesterday, dragging my daughter into his latest spin that the National Service (NS) training programme is now widely accepted and trusted by parents for the positive effect it has on their children. Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid claimed that both my father and me had seen how my daughter had changed for the better after attending the programme in Balik Pulau NS camp in Penang.

This is untrue. My daughter is a good kid and is the same before and after joining the NS Camp. Both my father and I had never told the Defence Minister as claimed by him and neither had we thanked him for it.

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Penang Hopes That the RM4 billion High-Tech and Solar Energy Investments by Ibiden and Robert Bosch Solar Will Be Included in the 2011 December Investment Figures (en/cn)

Published on January 27, 2012, 11:34 am in Penang. 0 Comments

Penang hopes that the RM4 billion high-tech and solar energy investment by Ibiden and Robert Bosch Solar will be included in the 2011 December investment figures. So whilst the statement made by International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir of a drop in investment compared to last year is correct, the final analysis can only be made when the December investment figure are tabulated.

In May 2011, the Penang State Government announced that Penang is targeting to achieve RM6.1 billion investments for 2011. Penang recorded its highest ever investment figures of RM 12.2 billion in 2010 topping the investment charts for the first time in history in Malaysia. A lower figure has been set to attract high value-added, high-tech, knowledge based companies that engender high-income, technology transfer and innovative industries.

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Lawatan ke Tapak Pembakaran Jalan Pantai

Published on January 27, 2012, 11:26 am in Penang. 0 Comments

Kenyataan Akhbar Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Lim Guan Eng di Komtar, George Town Pada 27.1.2012

Saya merujuk kepada lawatan saya ke tapak pembakaran sepanjang Jalan Pantai, Butterworth bersebelahan dengan stesen bas sementara Penang Sentral, di mana 25 gerai dibakar semalam. Pagi ini semasa membuat lawatan saya telah menyatakan bahawa saya akan mempertimbangkan bantuan kewangan kepada mangsa peniaga dan meminta mereka bekerjasama dengan Pejabat Daerah dan MPSP dengan memberikan maklumat.

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Only Economic Policies That Are Clean, Fair, Competitive And Improves The Well-being Of The People As Well As Attract Back Talented Malaysians Can Help Transform Malaysia Into A High-Income Nation Enjoyed By All(en/cn).

Published on January 27, 2012, 11:22 am in Economy. 0 Comments

The time has come to implement economic policies that are clean, fair, competitive and improves the well-being of the people as well as attract back talented Malaysians that can help transform Malaysia into a high-income nation enjoyed by all. What better time than the year of the water dragon to initiate such changes so that the coming general elections marks the new beginning that would be enjoyed by all Malaysians rich and poor by 2020.

Present policies which are corrupt, opaque with no open tenders and benefits only certain cronies would only bring Malaysia backwards. A good comparison is South Korea. In 1970, Malaysia’s Gross National Income(GNI) per capita was USD 380 as compared to South Korea USD 260. But 40 years later in 2010, Malaysia’s GNI per capita was at USD 7,760 while South Korea had exceeded us by almost 3 times at USD19,890 (World Bank)

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2012 Chinese New Year Message (National)

Published on January 22, 2012, 12:31 pm in Federal government. 0 Comments

DAP 2012 Chinese New Year Message By DAP Secretary-General And MP For Bagan Lim Guan Eng On 22.1.2012 In Kuala Lumpur.

Only Economic Policies That Are Clean, Fair, Competitive And Improves The Well-being Of The People As Well As Attract Back Talented Malaysians Can Help Transform Malaysia Into A High-Income Nation Enjoyed By All.

The time has come to implement economic policies that are clean, fair, competitive and improves the well-being of the people as well as attract back talented Malaysians that can help transform Malaysia into a high-income nation enjoyed by all. What better time than the year of the water dragon to initiate such changes so that the coming general elections marks the new beginning that would be enjoyed by all Malaysians rich and poor by 2020.

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