Press Conference Statement By DAP Penang Chair Chow Kon Yeow In DAP Penang Headquarters On 30.1.2010:-
Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohd Hashim Should Not Allow Political Frustrations And Lim Guan Eng’s Refusal To Endorse His Decision To Award The Tender of The Management Of Bukit Jambul Golf Club To A RM2 Company To Make Baseless Personal Attacks And Attempt To Break Up Penang Pakatan Rakyat.
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Ucapan Oleh Setiausaha-Agung DAP Lim Guan Eng Dalam Konvensyen Pakatan Rakyat Pertama Di Auditorium MBSA, Shah Alam, Selangor Pada 19.12.2009.
Hari ini adalah hari ini dalam sejarah. Buat pertama kalinya dalam sejarah politik tanahair, satu gagasan yang kukuh, mantap, penuh berkobar-kobar dengan idealisma, prinsip dan menwakili aspirasi rakyat berbilang kaum, berbilang usia dan kedua-dua jantina ditubuhkan untuk menawar diri sebagai alternatif kepada pemerintahan negara.
Bukan senang kita sampai ke perjalanan ini yang penuh berliku-liku. Sepanjang 52 tahun ini, kita telah dikaburi mata dengan permainan politik pecah dan perintah, tipu dan temberang malah tindas dan tangkap. Rakyat terpaksa tunggu 52 tahun tetapi lebih baik sampai sungguhpun terlewat.
PENANG, Aug 6 (Bernama) — Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng will advise the Member of Parliament for Jelutong, Jeff Ooi, to retract his statement labeling Jemaah Islah Malaysia (JIM) as an ‘extremist religious organisation’.
The standard developmental state literature lists 3 institutional characteristics necessary for promoting successful economic transformation:-
i) Capable, clean and efficient civil service;
ii) An over-riding commitment to economic growth; and
iii) Close public-private partnership(PPP).
By following closely this model, Penang was able to transform itself from an agricultural society with little or no natural resources to an industrialised state during the tenure of Tun Datuk Seri Dr Lim Chong Eu. However, after Chong Eu, Penang went into a state of decline, a fact pointed out by former Gerakan EXCO members such as Datuk Khor Gark Khim.
By Tracy Sua (The Straits Times)
MALAYSIA’S Democratic Action Party’s (DAP) Leader Lim Guan Eng had served jail time twice in his political career.
After a fierce struggle as opposition leader, he was sworn in as the Penang Chief Minister following the Malay General Elections in March 2008.
His party was part of the opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat which won control of five states in the Malaysian election.
The 49-year-old spoke to Singapore Press Holdings journalists during a visit to Singapore.
Find out more about the rocky path that Mr Lim took as an opposition leader and the challenges he face as the Chief Minister on RazorTV.
For the Key Performance Index(KPIs) in the 6 Key Results Areas(KRAs) to succeed, there must be a full breakdown of the RM 10.9 billion spent to prove that it benefits all states and all Malaysians. There is a need to ensure that the money spent by Federal government abide by the principles of CAT – Competency, Accountability and Transparency.
For instance in fighting corruption, all government procurements must go through an open tender exercise. However how can there be an open tender exercise when it is only restricted to companies registered with certain Ministries or there are rules that the successful tenderer must source their inputs from certain manufacturers? Further the murder of Teoh Beng Hock in the Selangor offices of Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission(MACC) has raised public perception that MACC is more of a political weapon used against the opposition than fighting corruption.
I do not know Teoh Beng Hock.
But now every Malaysian who reads will know who is Teoh Beng Hock – his open pleasant face, his distraught fiancé and his twisted body lying grotesquely on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) building imprinted indelibly in our minds.
I vaguely remembered meeting him once. He was one of the many idealistic, bright and young Malaysians who joined the DAP after the political tsunami on 8 March 2008 that transformed our political landscape.
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DAP condemns the mysterious death of Teoh Beng Hock in the MACC Selangor HQ in Shah Alam today. The MACC must bear full responsibility for this death as Teoh was in the custody of MACC when he fell from the 14th Floor of the Selangor MACC building.
MACC should stop its political persecution of PR, especially DAP leaders and members, that does not serve the interest of fighting corruption or justice. Such political games have caused the loss of life of a bright young idealistic DAP member.
There must be a full investigation on how he died. Unless MACC can clear its name, the public may suspect that Teoh was mistreated and MACC had a hand in his sudden death. There must be full transparency and accountability. DAP extends its condolences to Teoh’s family for this tragic loss and assures them that all steps will be taken to ensure that the culprits or those responsible be punished
The Declassification Of Documents Relating To Of The Chronology Of BN Penang EXCO Decisions Prove Beyond A Shadow Of Doubt That Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon And His UMNO, MCA, MIC And Gerakan Cohorts Had Robbed Kampung Buah Pala Residents Of Their Land Without Consulting Them.
The Pakatan Rakyat Penang State EXCO had in yesterday meeting decided after consulting and getting approval from the State Legal Advisor, to declassify and reveal the decisions behind the BN State EXCO led by the present Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon in alienating Kampung Buah Pala to Koperasi Pegawai Kerajaan Pulau Pinang.
The chronology of events prove beyond a shadow of doubt that Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon And His UMNO, MCA, MIC and Gerakan cohorts had robbed Kampung Buah Pala residents of their land without consulting them. The state government land of Kampung Buah Pala was approved to Koperasi Pegawai Kerajaan Pulau Pinang twice by the BN Penang state EXCO led by Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon on 18.8.2004 and 8.6.2005 with a premium of RM 6.42 million or RM 20 per square feet which was then subsequently reduced further to only RM 3.21 million or RM 10 per square feet. So far Koh Tsu Koon has not explained why he approved this project without consulting the residents or selling it to Koperasi at such a low price.
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Port Klang Authority To Pay RM 660 Million To Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd(KDSB) By July – If Ong Tee Keat Is Committed To Cleaning Up The RM 12.5 Billion Port Klang Free Trade Zone(PKFTZ) Scandal, He Must Stop All Payments To KDSB Or Any Other Parties Until The Culprits Responsible Are Arrested And Charged In Court.
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat must clarify to the public the veracity of a report in the Edge Financial Daily on 26 Jun 2009 that the PKA is to pay a total sum this year of RM 660 million to KDSB by July 2009. If Ong is committed to cleaning up the RM 12.5 billion PKFTZ scandal, then he must immediately instruct all payments to KDSB or any other parties be stopped until the culprits responsible are arrested and charged in court. KDSB is the turnkey contractor for PKFTZ.
The Edge report had said that PKA will draw down RM 360 million from the government’s soft loan of RM 4.6 billion to pay KDSB on June 30 for the land and construction of scandal-hit PKFTZ project. Another RM 300 million will be drawn down in July as the next scheduled payment to KDSB. KDSB had received a payment of RM 510 million in 2007 and RM 660 million in 2008 from PKA and the government. With another RM 660 million this year, this makes a total of RM 1,830 million to KDSB in three years for a project that is clearly over-priced and without the prospect of ever earning enough to cover the costs incurred.
Commemorated on June 5 yearly, World Environment Day (WED) was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. This is one of the principal vehicles through which the UN stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. The theme for WED 2009 is ‘Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change’. It reflects the urgency for nations to agree on a new deal at the crucial climate convention meeting in Copenhagen end of this year, and the links with overcoming poverty and improved management of forests.
The pursuit of nuclear energy of the Federal government has raised hot debate among pro-nuclear groups and against-nuclear groups. Even former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, raised his concerns about the danger of pursuing nuclear energy and urged a rethink arguing that we do not know enough about nuclear energy to be able to manage it well.
In 26 May 2006, TNB announced that they target to commission the first nuclear power plant in Malaysia by 2025. On the same day, research and advisory provider RAM Holdings revealed that weaker demand for electricity had raised TNB’s reserve margin to above 50%. this clearly shows that the electricity has not been fully utilized, how is TNB going to justify there is a demand for the nuclear energy?
By Cheong Suk-Wai, Senior Writer (from Straits Times)
PENANG’S fourth Chief Minister, Mr Lim Guan Eng, may be called The Comeback Kid not only for his perseverance during a rocky political career but also for his dry rejoinders to pesky reporters’ questions. ‘I never miss a beat,’ the 48-year-old likes to say.
He has been detained twice – in 1988 and 1998 – under Malaysia’s Internal Security Act and its Sedition and Printing Presses And Publications Act. One of his detentions was due to having been outspoken in defence of the grandmother of a girl who had been allegedly raped by a Malacca chief minister.
The Malacca-born, Monash-educated accountant worked in a bank before throwing himself into politics in 1986.
Continue reading ‘Table talk with Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng: Comeback Kid defends his corner’
The Penang State Exco has decided to let me decide on the position of Deputy Chief Minister I. This appointment is the prerogative of the Penang Chief Minister who will consult with all relevant parties.
I will hold a Press Conference at 11.30am tomorrow on this matter. YB Mohammad Fairus resignation as Deputy Chief Minister I takes effect immediately today and is no longer on Exco member. However YB Mohammad Fairus still retains all privileges as Penang PR ADUN.
New Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak must adopt 6 reform measures to make “1 Malaysia, People First & Performance Now” works following the sensational victories by PR with increased majorities in Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau by-elections. New UMNO Deputy President Datuk Seri Muhyiddin Yassin had said that a post-mortem will be carried out to determine why PR increased its majority in Bukit Gantang from 1,566 votes to 2,789 votes and from 2,362 to 2,403 votes in Bukit Selambau.
The increased majority of 1,223 extra votes obtained by Datuk Seri Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin in Bukit Gantang is unexpected when by-elections always favour governing parties, especially when both the Federal and state governments in Perak are BN. This can be seen in Batang Ai by-election where the powers of incumbency enjoyed by the BN state and federal governments allowed BN to double its majority from 806 votes to 1,854 votes, an increased majority of 1,048 votes.
Today marks the 1st day of the Datuk Seri Najib administration.
Today also marks the 478th day that the former Prime Minister , Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, personally signed the detention letters to put the HINDRAF 5 under the ISA. The reasons given for their detention has never been substantiated or proven.
We call on Datuk Seri Najib to :
1. Immediately release of all the ISA detainees, especially the Hindraf 5, who have been detained without trial
2. Abolish Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) as part of his first 100 days reform plan.
