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Lim Lip Eng

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 07:21 AM PST

Lim Lip Eng


MP slams DBKL over lack of transparency

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 08:39 PM PST

Source: http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=26715%3Amp-slams-dbkl-over-lack-of-transparency&Itemid=2#.Txq1VWcNDDk.facebook (Written by Douglas Tan, Malaysia Chronicle, 21/1/2012)
Segambut Member of Parliament Lim Lip Eng today slammed DBKL over the lack of transparency by their refusal to reveal the details of the recently approved RM2.3 billion DBKL Budget for 2012.
At an open consultation meeting on Thursday 19th January, with the Mayor of Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Seri Ahmad Fuad bin Ismail, the mayor informed YB Lim that he was unable to provide a detailed copy of the budget, and that only a "ringkas" (summary) was available. When asked as to why the full budget could not be made available to the public, the mayor remained silent and refused to give an answer.
"This is outrageous," Lim exclaimed. "Why are DBKL unable to provide us with a detailed copy of the budget? As wakil rakyat, we have the responsibility to report back to our constituencies as to how the money is being spent!"
Where is the People First?
The DAP MP was quick to point out that this went against Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's pledge to ensure greater transparency and accountability, consistent with the principle of "Rakyat Didahulukan". "Even in parliament, we are given a full copy of the national budget before it is debated," he said. "How come we are unable to get a copy of the DBKL budget, especially after it has been approved?"
YB Lim lamented that although he was a member of parliament in Kuala Lumpur, DBKL is accountable only to the Prime Minister's department, and is not answerable to elected representatives. "It insults the intelligence of the people of Kuala Lumpur when a local government refuses to disclose how they want to spend the taxpayer's money, especially as they are appointed not elected. I call on the Prime Minister to show his sincerity for reforms by forcing DBKL to release their full budget to the public."
A check on the DBKL website on Saturday 21st January showed that no details of the 2012 budget were available. The 2012 DBKL budget is almost 44% larger than the entire budget of the state of Selangor which is RM1.6 billion.

Hannah Yeoh

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 07:06 AM PST

Hannah Yeoh


Happy Chinese New Year!

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 05:34 PM PST


Here's wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year! Have a wonderful reunion dinner with your loved ones tonight. May 2012 be a year of hope, peace, joy and good health for all Malaysians. Gong Xi Gong Xi!

Happy Chinese New Year!

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 05:33 PM PST


Here's wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year! Have a wonderful reunion dinner tonight with your loved ones. May 2012 be a year of hope, peace, joy and good health for all Malaysians. Gong Xi Gong Xi!

Lim Guan Eng

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 01:36 AM PST

Lim Guan Eng


2012 Chinese New Year Message (National)

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 08:31 PM PST

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.

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)

Malaysia's failure to compete is compounded by the horde of Malaysians leaving. Even the BN government concedes that 2 million Malaysians have left the country since Merdeka in 1957. Countless Malaysians have PR in foreign countries including present Ministers and former Ministers. No one blames the 2 million Malaysians for leaving when the present policies stresses more on politics of division and hate than results-oriented performance drive our best and brightest away.

A recent example is the unfair, harsh and humiliating treatment of temporary Chinese primary school teachers by reducing their benefits arbitrarily without any consultation. How much will it cost the Federal government to continue maintaining existing benefits or even increasing them to temporary teachers? I doubt that such costs will exceed the RM250 million National Feedlot Corporation scandal where money meant for rearing cows is used instead to purchase luxury condos.

Why allow the few cronies to earn extraordinary profits at the expense of 28 million Malaysians. For instance, it took RM 6 billion to build the North-South Highway. But the toll operators have collected RM 24.3 billion as at 31.12.2010 and yet can continue to collect toll till end 2038 and increase toll every year! As the toll operators have already made RM18.3 billion in profits, there is no reason why toll can not be abolished.

Even more talented Malaysians will leave if BN continues to blame the Chinese and minorities for the federal government's failed policies or use the Chinese threat to frighten the Malays. How can the Chinese be a threat to Malays when critical economic sectors such as banking, insurance, ports, highway toll concessions and infrastructure, transport, automotive industry, IPPs, sugar, rice, flour, plantation products, oil and gas are dominated by Malays?

We must grow up believing in our abilities, trusting each other and have faith that Malays and non-Malays can be world champions. Malays and non-Malay kids must grow up respecting each other as Malaysians and hating only corruption. 2000-9 is the lost decade of corruption where RM1,077 billion of "black money" was illicitly and secretly taken out of Malaysian.

Enough is enough! Let us implement policies that will stop corruption, wipe out poverty, attract back Malaysian talents so that Malaysia can be a high-income nation enjoyed by everyone regardless of race, religion or gender.

Let us welcome the Year of the Dragon by implementing policies that are clean, fair, competitive and improves our standard of living.
Happy Chinese New Year!

—-Mandarin Translation —
民主行动党秘书长兼巴眼区国会议员林冠英于2012年1月22日在吉隆坡发表2012年农历新年献词:

唯有廉政、公平、竞争力及改善人民生活、吸引人才回国,马来西亚才可能转型成为人人共享繁荣的高收入国。

是时候推行廉政、公平、竞争力及改善人民生活的经济政策,吸引人才回国,马来西亚才可能转型成为人人共享繁荣的高收入国。让我们在水龙年踏出第一步,于来届大选让"万象更新",好让全民可以在2020年享受国家繁荣。

没有公开招标、只让特定朋党受益,现行政策腐败、不透明,只会让马来西亚越来越落后。最好的比较例子就是韩国。1970年,马来西亚人均收入为380美元,韩国是260美元。2010年既40年后,马来西亚的人均收入为7760美元,而韩国已经超越我们三倍,达1万9890美元(世界银行报告)。

马来西亚无法竞争,也导致大批马来西亚离开这个国家。就连国阵政府也承认,自1957年独立以来,已有200万马来西亚人离开。无数的国人在外国拥有永久居留权,包括我们的现任及前任部长。我们不怪这200万移民的马来西亚人,因为是现有那种导致分裂及制造仇恨的政策,把我们最好、最聪明的国民逼走。

最新的例子就是,政府独断地减少华小临教的福利,让他们遭受不公平、冷酷及侮辱的对待。联邦政府若维持临教的福利甚至增加他们的福利,会花他们多少钱?我怀疑这笔费用是否超过国家养牛中心丑闻2亿5000万令吉?这笔原本应该用来养牛的钱,被滥用来购买豪华公寓。

为什么我们要牺牲全体2800万国民的利益,让几个朋党赚取额外好处?例如:南北大道承建费为60亿令吉。但是收费站在2010年12月31日已经收取了243亿令吉。它们不但可以继续收费到2038年,而且还可以年年调高过路费!既然收费站已经赚了183亿令吉,为什么不能废除收费站?

如果国阵继续怪罪华人及少数民族,不正视本身失败的政策,或者用华人来威胁马来人,更多马来西亚人才将会移民。当许多重要的经济领域如银行、保险、港口、汽车、独立发电厂、白糖、白米、面粉、种植业、石油及天然气都已经被马来人主导,华人如何威胁马来人?

我们要相信自己的能力、互相信任、要有信心,无论是 马来人或非马来人都可以成为世界冠军。马来人或非马来人的孩子都必须在相互尊重、视彼此为马来西亚人的情况下成长,他们只能仇视贪污。2000年至2009年间,我们因贪污而导致1兆7700万令吉黑钱外流。

够了,让我们实施能够除贪、扶贫、吸引人才回国的政策,打造马来西亚可以成为一个各族、各宗教或男女老少都能分享繁荣的国家。
让我们通过推行廉政、公平、竞争力、提升人民生活水平的政策来迎接龙年,祝各界新年快乐!

林冠英

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Posted: 22 Jan 2012 01:08 AM PST

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Posted: 21 Jan 2012 03:14 AM PST

Lim Kit Siang

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 11:10 PM PST

Lim Kit Siang


Happy Chinese New Year!

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 08:36 PM PST

They are going to convict Anwar – that is certain!

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 08:32 PM PST

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Pengisytiharaan harta

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 07:35 AM PST

— Aspan Alias The Malaysian Insider Jan 21, 2012 21 JAN — Sekarang isu pengisytiharan harta oleh ahli Jemaah Kabinet menjadi bahan perbincangan rakyat ramai di mana-mana. Belum pun habis dengungan saranan yang anjurkan oleh DAP serta MACC, Nazri Aziz, seorang menteri kanan kerajaan negara, dengan pantas tidak bersetuju dengan cadangan itu. Nazri memberikan alasan [...]

On changing horses midstream and the man who can walk on water

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 07:24 AM PST

— Sakmongkol AK47 The Malaysian Insider Jan 21, 2012 JAN 21 — The prime minister told the people not to change horses midstream. So we asked, don't we change even if the horse is limping and is running on three legs? In endurance races, riders change horses in order to arrive at the destination. Malaysians [...]

Dua graduan UiTM sertai DAP

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 05:51 AM PST

Roketkini.com IPOH, 21 JAN: Dua graduan muda jurusan undang-undang daripada UiTM yang berminat dengan politik telah memilih untuk menyertai DAP. Mereka adalah Fairuz Azhan Amirruddin dan Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud. Fairuz Azhan, 25, merupakan seorang penulis manakala Dyana Sofya, 24, seorang peguam. Penyertaan mereka dilihat sebagai keseinambungan populariti parti tersebut di kalangan profesional Melayu yang [...]

Rosmah’s ‘shopping spree’ hits Aussie paper

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 05:23 AM PST

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Let Malaysian Chinese unite as one Dragon and together with other Malaysians, effect a change of power in Putrajaya in 13GE

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 01:35 AM PST

With the closer approach of the 13th General Elections, whatever the date decided by the Prime Minister to dissolve Parliament, one common aspiration uniting Malaysians is gathering momentum – the possibility and potential for change of power at the federal level for the first time in the nation's 54 year history. Let Malaysian Chinese unite [...]

MY VOICE FOR NATION

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 01:03 PM PST

MY VOICE FOR NATION


Unite and kick out BN, Kit Siang tells Malaysian Chinese voters

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 03:44 AM PST

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Posted: 20 Jan 2012 08:17 PM PST

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Posted: 21 Jan 2012 09:26 AM PST

Philosophy Politics Economics


6 Second Generation Patrol Vessels: RM6 billion or RM9 billion?

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 02:51 AM PST

The Pakatan Rakyat Member of Parliaments – Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, Saifuddin Nasution and myself would like to thank the Ministry of Defence for making arrangements to provide clarifications to us over the recent procurement controversies yesterday.

One of the key issues which required urgent clarification was the disparity between the originally stated RM6 billion to acquire 6 SGPVs, first highlighted in February 2011 which was subsequently increased to RM9 billion in December 2011.

Below is a chronology of events and statements made:

  • On February 5th 2011, Bernama reported that "the government has agreed to allocate RM6 bil to build six second generation patrol vessels for the Royal Malaysian Navy, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Saturday" in an article entitled "RM6 bil approved for 6 patrol vessels". It was mentioned that Boustead Naval Shipyard will be awarded the contract to build the ships.
  • On 12 February 2011, the New Straits Times also reported that the Royal Malaysian Navy Chief, Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar said that "the RM6 billion package deal for six second-generation offshore patrol vessels is considered reasonable… the cost included weapon-system installation, radar technology and other sophisticated equipment to enhance the armed forces' firepower."
  • On 8th March 2011 in Parliament, Dato' Seri Zahid Hamidi had further clarified that "pada masa ini pihak kerajaan masih belum memuktamadkan harga. Sejumlah RM6 bilion telah diperuntukkan sebagai siling dalam Rancangan Malaysia Kesepuluh dan sebahagian akan melimpah ke Rancangan Malaysia Kesebelas dan mungkin hingga ke Rancangan Malaysia Kedua Belas." (pg 6). He repeated the same on 21 March 2011 in Parliament (pg 52).
  • On 16th December 2011, Boustead Holdings Bhd has announced on Bursa Malaysia that its subsidiary Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd has received the "letter of award to undertake the construction of the ships" from Ministry of Defence Malaysia "to design, construct, equip, install, commission, integrate, test and trials, and deliver six LCS" for the new ceiling price of RM 9.0 billion.

At the meeting yesterday, the Secretary-General of Defence Ministry, Dato' Seri Ismail Ahmad "clarified" the apparent increase in the cost:

  • Firstly, Dato' Seri Ismail claimed that the announcement made by Boustead Holdings Bhd refers to a "letter of intent" and the agreement has not been finalised. However this contradicts the statement made by Boustead to the stock exchange which clearly stated that it is a "letter of award".
  • Secondly, Dato' Seri Ismail claimed that the Defence Minister's reply in parliament was perhaps wrongly interpreted. What the Minister apparently meant was that RM6 billion was just for the 10th Malaysia plan and did not include the RM3 billion budgeted in the 11th Malaysia Plan. Therefore the price was RM9 billion for the 6 ships all along, and never RM6 billion.

Malaysians can now make their own judgement as to whether the explanation given by the Defence Ministry is acceptable or even credible.

I had asked during the meeting that if the actual purchase price or original budget was to be RM9 billion, then why did the Defence Minister announce on 5th February 2011 that it was RM6 billion to acquire 6 ships?

I further added, if it was indeed RM9 billion and not RM6 billion all this while, why was it that it took more than 9 months for the "correct" RM9 billion figure to be exposed via the Boustead announcement?

No further clarification was given by the Defence Ministry or the Minister besides insisting that it was all along a RM9 billion acquisition.

The above controversy provides one of the clearest instances why it is imperative for the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Defence Expenditure, modelled after the United States House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations which looks after defence policies as well as the US Defense Budget Appropriation Committees which review and approve detailed defence expenditure.

The setting up of such a committee with access to all the necessary and relevant documents will ensure that no one will be left with any doubt over whether it was RM9 billion all along or whether there was a massive increase in price from RM6 billion.

Pakatan Rakyat MPs to meet Zahid

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 02:56 AM PST

Pakatan Rakyat Member of Parliaments, Saifuddin Nasution, Dr Dzulkefli Ahmad and myself will meet with Dato' Seri Zahid Hamidi tomorrow 19th January 20112 (Thursday) at 3 pm at the Ministry of Defence after receiving his invitation to discuss the recent controversies with regards to defence procurement.

Among the issues which we will raise with the Minister is the contract signed by the Ministry of Defence with Boustead Naval Shipyards "to design, construct, equip, install, commission, integrate, test and trials, and deliver six Littoral Combatant Ships (Frigate Class)" for the amount of RM9 billion last month.

The RM9 billion contract was signed despite the Minister of Defence having told the Parliament twice in March last year that the ceiling price set for the acquisition of these ships was set at RM6 billion. This represents a huge increase of RM3 billion or 50% of the original budget.

Malaysians are even more concerned when Boustead announced that the ships will be built by scandal-ridden French warships manufacturer, DCNS. While the ship-building history and capabilities of DCNS are not in doubt – DCNS has been found guilty of bribing government officials in Taiwan and has been fined by the Courts €630 million (approximately RM2.5 billion).

The Taiwanese government has continued its litigation against DCNS by filing another NT$ 3.0 billion (RM310 million) in additional compensation from DCNS, above and beyond the sum above, for prohibited commissions and kickbacks at the International Court of Arbitration.

Malaysians are of course well aware of the €115 million (~RM500 million) paid to Perimekar Sdn Bhd for "coordination and support services" in the Malaysia's purchase of 2 Scorpene submarines from DCNS which cost €1.34 billion (~RM6.5 billion). Perimekar was owned by the Prime Minister and the then Defence Minister Dato' Seri Najib Razak's close associate, Abdul Razak Baginda. It was also a newly set up company with no prior experience in providing defence support and coordination services.

The Ministry of Defence must also provide clarity over the RM7.55 billion purchase of 257 armoured personnel carriers at RM29.4 million each. It has been publicised widely that Deftech Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of DRB-Hicom Bhd owned by Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al Bukhary which was awarded the contract, has purchased the "base system" from Turkish defence company, FNSS Defence Systems for approximately US$559 million (~RM1.7 billion).

The Minister must provide transparency over the above procurement, especially since it was conducted without any open tender. The Government must provide details of equipment and services which makes the difference between the acquisition cost of RM7.55 billion relative to the "base system" of only RM1.7 billion.

Most importantly, given the size, specialisation and sensitivity of defence procurement, we would like to repeat our call for the Malaysian government to set up the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Defence Procurement modelled after the United States House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations which looks after defence policies as well as the US Defense Budget Appropriation Committees which review and approve detailed defence expenditure.

The set up of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Defence Procurement will lead to greater accountability and transparency to ensure that the rakyat's wealth will not be frittered away, especially in the light of the warning by Datuk Idris Jala that Malaysia might be bankrupt by 2019 if Government expenditure is not curtailed.

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