Dato Seri Najib should publicly withdraw his 17th March remarks, order an immediate stop work order on Lynas and declare the BN’s government willingness to pay compensation of at least RM700 million to Lynas spent on building the plant.(en/bm/cn)

Published on March 23, 2012, 12:29 pm in Environment. 0 Comments

Press Statement By DAP Secretary-General And MP For Bagan Lim Guan Eng In Kuala Lumpur On 23 March 2012.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s criticism of DAP for opting out of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on the Lynas rare earth plant, saying a solution was needed in the public interest that was above partisan politics is regrettable as it is not based on facts. The DAP and PR has opted out of the PSC principally in the public interest because the DAP did not want to be any part of BN’s attempt to whitewash and delude the public into thinking the Lynas plant is safe.

Datuk Seri Najib should withdraw his earlier remarks on 17 March 2012 published by Bernama to prove his seriousness and sincerity to his latest statement with Mandarin radio station 988 yesterday that the BN government will not allow the Lynas rare earths plant in Gebeng, Kuantan, to operate if scientific evidence proves that it will be harmful to the people’s health and the environment.

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I urge all members to close ranks and stay focused on the historic opportunity for change to save Malaysia in the coming general elections.(en/bm/cn)

Published on March 21, 2012, 11:31 am in Party. 0 Comments

Media Statement By DAP Secretary-General And MP For Bagan Lim Guan Eng In Kuala Lumpur On 21.3.2012.

Last night Sdr Lim Kit Siang, Sdr Dr Chen Man Hin and I had a meeting with DAP National Chair Sdr Karpal Singh. We agree that the latest episode that has been highlighted by the BN-controlled media has ended.

I urge all members to close ranks and stay focused on the historic opportunity for change to save Malaysia in the coming general elections. All party leaders and members should stand united together so that our political enemies will not attempt to exploit the situation by organizing demonstrations against the DAP or DAP leaders on one pretext or another.

Lim Guan Eng

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Surat kpd PM agar dapat memberikan layanan setimpal kpd Pulau Pinang di bawah RMK-10 (BM/BC)

Published on March 20, 2012, 8:36 pm in Penang. 0 Comments

Kenyataan Akhbar Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Lim Guan Eng pada 20 Mac 2012 di Komtar, George Town, Pulau Pinang.

Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang telah menghantar surat kepada Perdana Menteri pada hari ini agar Y.A.B. Perdana Menteri dapat memberikan layanan setimpal kepada Pulau Pinang dengan menambahkan peruntukan daripada RM2.88 bilion di bawah RMK-10 kepada lebih RM7.2 billion.

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Ucapan Takziah Atas Pemergian Supt Ahmad Bakhtiar Kassim, Timbalan OCPD George Town (BM/BI/BC)

Published on March 20, 2012, 8:21 pm in Penang. 0 Comments

Kenyataan Akhbar Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Lim Guan Eng di Komtar, George Town pada 20.3.2012

Ucapan Takziah Atas Pemergian Supt Ahmad Bakhtiar Kassim, Timbalan OCPD George Town.

Saya dengan penuh dukacita ingin merakamkan ucapan takziah buat keluarga Allahyarham Supt Ahmad Bakhtiar Kassim, Timbalan OCPD George Town yang telah meninggal dunia secara mengejut petang semalam.

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DAP Will Not Participate In A Sham Parliamentary Select Committee(PSC) On Lynas Rare Earth Processing Plant (en/bm/cn)

Published on March 19, 2012, 4:34 pm in Environment. 0 Comments

Press Statement by DAP Secretary-General and MP for Bagan Lim Guan Eng in Kuala Lumpur on 19.3.2012.

DAP Will Not Participate In A Sham Parliamentary Select Committee(PSC) On Lynas Rare Earth Processing Plant Which Serves To Deliver A “Fait Accompli” By Endorsing The Lynas Plant And Force Public Acceptance Without Due Any Regard For Safety, Environmental And Health Concerns.

DAP will not participate in a sham Parliamentary Select Committee(PSC) on Lynas rare earth processing plant which serves to deliver a “fait accompli” by endorsing the Lynas plant and force public acceptance without any due regard for safety, environmental and health concerns. DAP will propose to the PR Leadership not to allow BN to use our presence in the PSC to legitimatize a Lynas plant, so that PR is not part of any environmental disaster that happens in the future.

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DAP 46th Anniversary Message (en/bm/cn)

Published on March 18, 2012, 12:27 pm in Party. 0 Comments

DAP 46th Anniversary Message By DAP Secretary-General and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng In Kuala Lumpur On 18.3.2012.

DAP’s Very Political Survival At Stake In The Next General Elections If Our Members And Supporters Do Not Successfully Repulse BN’s Shameless Tactics of 4M of Money, Media, Machinery of Government, Menacing PR Leaders and 4R of Race, Religion, Royalty & Rigging The Election Commission.

On the occasion of DAP’s 46th anniversary since it was first registered on 18 March 1966, DAP urges all leaders and members to redouble efforts to ensure that PR wins the next general elections so that DAP can remain a party in power in state governments and hopefully in the Federal government too. The danger signals are evident that the 13th General Elections will be the dirtiest in Malaysian history.

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Hopes Phison’s Decision To Set Up Engineering Centre in Penang Will Attract Scientific & Engineering Talents That Will Not Only Lead To Technology And Talent Transfer To Penang But Also Propels Economic Convergence of Manufacturing & Services Sector(en/cn)

Published on March 15, 2012, 2:34 pm in Penang. 0 Comments

Press Statement by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng at Komtar, George Town on 15 March 2012

Phison’s Chairman and CEO, KS Pua today announced that Phison is setting up its engineering development and design centre in Penang. The centre will be engaged in the development and design of chip, system design as well as marketing. An initial investment of US$1 – 3 million will be mainly on transferring talent and design technologies.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng thanks Phison for selecting Penang as its first location outside Taiwan and hopes that Phison’s investment in an engineering development and design centre in Penang will help to expedite not only technology transfer but also talent transfer to Penang. This strategic investment will further enhance Penang’s move towards higher value added activities and higher paying jobs for the people.

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The Penang PR state government has chosen to be transparent and accountable by getting public inputs and consultation over its proposed 4 infrastructure projects to mitigate traffic congestion and spur economic development in the state, especially Seberang Perai Utara(en/bm/cn)

Published on March 13, 2012, 12:38 pm in Penang. 0 Comments

Press Statement By Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng In Komtar, George Town On 13.3.2012.

The Penang PR state government has chosen to be transparent and accountable by getting public inputs and consultation over its proposed 4 infrastructure projects to mitigate traffic congestion and spur economic development in the state, especially Seberang Perai Utara(SPU). No public consultation was held by the previous BN government when building the 2nd Penang Bridge. And yet the Penang PR state government is being criticized more severely for being transparent and accountable than the previous BN state government, which had never sought public input or consultation over the 2nd Penang Bridge.

The PR Penang state government concedes that it has failed to convince some NGOs such as the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) of the importance of the proposed 4 infrastructure projects to mitigate traffic congestion and spur economic development in SPU specifically and Penang generally. The projects in question are the construction of a 6.5-km Gurney Drive-Bagan Ajam(near Butterworth) undersea tunnel, 15 km road connecting Tanjung Bungah and Teluk Bahang, the 5 km Gurney Drive-Lebuhraya Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu bypass and the 5 km Lebuhraya Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu-Bandar Baru Air Itam bypass.

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Letter to Kong Cho Ha: Penang International Airport In A State Of Distress (en/bm/cn)

Published on March 12, 2012, 6:05 pm in Penang. 1 Comment

12 March 2012

YB Dato’ Seri Kong Cho Ha
Menteri Pengangkutan
Kementerian Pengangkutan
Blok D5, Parcel D,
Pusat Pentadbiran Kerajaan Persekutuan,
62502 Putrajaya, Malaysia.

YB Dato’ Seri

Penang International Airport In A State Of Distress

With reference to our earlier conversation, I wish to bring your attention to the above subject.

In the last two to three weeks, the Penang International Airport has been in a state of severe distress. This is due to three reasons:

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Speech at the AseanDemoracy& Economic Development Forum in George Town, Penang on 9.3.2012 (en/cn)

Published on March 9, 2012, 6:17 pm in Democracy. 0 Comments

The fourth wave of democracy

It is generally accepted that the world has seen three waves of democracy. The first began with the adoption of democracy in early 19th century America and Europe, while the second wave occurred following the end of the Second World War through decolonisation and the restoration of democracy in many European countries. The third wave began in 1974, encompassing the democratic transitions of Southern Europe and Latin America all the way to the collapse of the Iron Curtain and the subsequent democratisation of the Eastern European countries.

In recent times, and certainly in the aftermath of the historic events now known as the Arab Spring, the world is once again undergoing a period of democratisation. In the Middle East, a region which has hitherto escaped democracy’s attention, totalitarian regimes and once-untouchable dictators such as Tunisia’s Ben Ali, Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak and Libya’s Colonel Ghadafi have been unseated and overthrown by their own people. The uprising of the Arab populace has spread like wildfire throughout the region, with many other regimes now under threat, most recently Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad.

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Happy Women’s Day

Published on March 8, 2012, 10:27 am in Federal government. 0 Comments

Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang akan merayu kepada Perdana Menteri agar memberikan layanan setimpal kepada Pulau Pinang dengan menambahkan peruntukan daripada RM2.88 bilion di bawah RMK-10 kepada lebih RM7.2 billion.(bm/cn)

Published on March 6, 2012, 7:01 pm in Penang. 0 Comments

Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang akan merayu kepada Perdana Menteri agar memberikan layanan setimpal kepada Pulau Pinang dengan menambahkan peruntukan daripada RM2.88 billion di bawah RMK-10 kepada lebih RM7.2 billion. Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang kesal bahawa hanya RM2.88 billion diperuntukan bagi melaksanakan 259 program/ projek bagi RMK-10 berbanding dengan RM6.54 bilion bagi melaksakan sebanyak 993 program/ projek di bawah RMK-9.

Memandangkan bahawa RMK-10 telah ditambah sebanyak 10peratus berbanding RMK-9, maka jumlah peruntukan untuk Pulau Pinang juga harus ditambah 10peratus daripada RM6.54 bilion di bawah RMK-9 kepada RM7.2 bilion di bawah RMK-10. Kegagalan Kerajaan Persekutuan berbuat demikian akan dilihat sebagai tindakan terus meminggirkan rakyat Pulau Pinang atau diskrimanasi terhadap negeri Pulau Pinang hanya kerana rakyat negeri ini telah memilih secara demokrasi Pakatan Rakyat untuk memerintah Pulau Pinang.

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Political Will, National Commitment And Even Personal Obligation Rather Than A Single Law Such As The WPA Will Determine Whether Integrity In Leadership Centred On An Ethically Based Society Can Be Established.(en/bm/cn)

Published on March 6, 2012, 6:57 pm in Corruption. 0 Comments

Speech by the Lim Guan Eng, Chief Minister of Penang, at the 4th Annual Corporate Governance Summit, Kuala Lumpur, on 6 March 2012.

(On The Topic: Whistleblowers Revisited – How Effective Has the Enforcement of the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010(WPA) Been in Malaysia?)

It gives me pleasure to speak to you today at this 4th Annual Corporate Governance Summit organised here in Kuala Lumpur. I have been asked to speak on the issue of the Whistleblowers Protection Act 2010 (or “WPA”) which was passed by the federal Parliament and has been in force in Malaysia since December 2010.

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Shocking RM2.52 Billion Losses In 2011 Suffered By MAS Marks A Spiralling Dive Of No Return For Our National Carrier Unless Failed Policies Are Replaced With Professional Management, Results-Oriented Work Ethic And A New Business Model Based On CAT (en/bm/cn)

Published on March 1, 2012, 4:36 pm in Corruption. 0 Comments

Press Statement by DAP Secretary-General and MP for Bagan Lim Guan Eng in Kuala Lumpur on 1.3.2012

Shocking RM2.52 Billion Losses In 2011 Suffered By MAS Marks A Spiralling Dive Of No Return For Our National Carrier Unless Failed Policies Are Replaced With Professional Management, Results-Oriented Work Ethic And A New Business Model Based On Competency, Accountability and Transparency(CAT)

The shocking net loss of RM2.52 billion for 2011 recorded by national carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is a stark reminder of how mismanagement and a failed business model has caused a crisis in the once-reputable and proud airline with its cash reserves almost bled dry.In fact, MAS has been on a downward spiral since the departure of now Minister in the Prime Minister Department Dato’ Seri Idris Jala in 2009, with its net profit of RM490 million in 2009 to RM234 million in 2010 plunging tragically to the record breaking staggering losses of RM2.52 billion in 2011.

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Why Should The Concession Of Penang Bridge Be Extended By 17 Years From The Abolition Of Toll In 2021 To 2038 Just To Avoid Paying The Toll Increases Of 10% Every 5 Years?(en/bm/cn)

Published on March 1, 2012, 3:37 pm in Economy. 1 Comment

Speech By Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng During The PR Penang Youth Toll Debate At Dewan Besar Sungai Dua Hall in Teluk Air Tawar, Penang On 29.2.2012 Released On 1.3.3012.

I am disappointed that Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop failed to accept a public debate in his constituency tonight on whether the abolition of toll on the North-South Expressway(NSE) and Penang Bridge would bankrupt the nation.

Malaysia would not go bankrupt if PR abolish the NSEW and Penang Bridge toll should we win the next general elections. Malaysia would go bankrupt because of corruption, abuse of power and cronyism.

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