Lim Lip Eng: March 2008

Sunday, March 30, 2008

DBKL, stop harassing hawkers, petty traders, DBKL tenants and others!

JOINT PRESS RELEASE OF THE 10 OPPOSITION MPs IN KUALA LUMPUR

The 10 opposition Members of Parliament (namely Bandar Tun Razak, Batu, Cheras, Wangsa Maju, Kepong, Titiwangsa, Lembah Pantai, Bukit Bintang, Segambut and Seputeh) met last night (25-03-08) at Federal Hotel. more

Thursday, March 27, 2008

FT Minister and his deputy - jestering.

BN won only 1 out of the 11 Parliamentary seats in KL. Was this not a clear mandate by the KL people of a loss of confidence in BN? Why then is there no representation from the winning parties representing the majority? The FT minister and his MIC deputy can be likened to some back office janitor where despite it is clear that their parties are neither needed nor even wanted by the mass majority of people residing in KL. The people spoke clearly through their votes that they have enough of BN politicians lording over the KL City Hall.

However, BN choose to soldier on, ignoring the call of the people and put "jester" robes on Zulhasnan and Saravan, drawing laughter as mock leaders.

The almost utter rejection of MIC of which all their top leaders were send packing in the recent election resulted in their second tier members coming into the limelight. In a show to appease their coalition buddies, the PM "awarded" Saravanan of MIC with this City Hall "jester" position.

The redundancy of this job can further be seen by the fact that most, if not all matters within the City Hall falls under the directive and leadership of the City Mayor. Another well-known fact is that the FT Ministerial was enlarged by PM in 2004 to include Labuan and Putrajaya as well as to create more seats in his mega Cabinet and to appease his many barons.

MIC is probably staring into the final leg of their journey, very much like PPP and Gerakan. Perhaps it would make more sense for MIC and for Saravan personally to quit the BN to regain the trust of Malaysian from outside. If the very loud and utterly confident great MIC leader Samy Vellu can fail the Indians though he was in the Cabinet for 30 years, what little hope can Saravan achieve anything but just nod his head and play along?

And "no" Saravan, hear it again, people from Segambut and elsewhere in Kuala Lumpur don't want your MIC. They have spoken in the election.

People in Tapah are among the few who still habour hope for MIC to represent them in the Parliament. But I see that unlikely as Saravan seems more preoccupied with FT matters. With the major loss suffered by MIC in recent general election and possible demise in 2013 or earlier, Saravan’s busyness as a "court jester" in the corridors of KL City Hall could well herald the ultimate demise of MIC.

Honestly, does MIC still have any teeth among the BN fellows?

LIM LIP ENG
DAP MP for Segambut, KL
27/3/2008

根据报道，马华加埔区会主席，许炎才即日起辞去市议员、村委会主席等各职位，并要求区会属下总辞。他指出，区会党员不是厚颜无耻、栈恋职位的人，不能赖着不走，必须放手让新执政党自由组织地方政府。

许炎才可说是马华少数有强烈政治道德感的领袖，相比之下，某些雪州马华市议员近期对记者表示“不会走”的意思，不禁佩服许炎才的政治胸怀。所谓“一朝天子一朝臣”，有关官委市议员固然可以凭委任状来个“赖着不走”，但是基于不同的党派背景，他们是否可以听命于现任雪州政府，甘心与当前执政党合作，来为人民提供更好的服务呢？他们或许可以超越政党背景，以个人身份来寻求继续服务，但是，本身是否可以从党职中间抽身而出，或甚至辞掉党职，以示清白之心，真心为人民服务呢？或许有一些人就打算赖着不走，来个阳奉阴违，为目前当权政府制造麻烦，或让新执政政府失去半年推展新政的时间。

新政府成立此刻，急需“贤”与“能”的人士，若单单只是不同党派的普通党员，相信只要有表现、有成绩，并没有任何恶劣名声的人，都可以有机会继续服务人民。但，本身若身兼党的高职，又要同时听命于敌对执政党的指令，那他还会真心为人民的利益来服务吗？他会把执政政府的利益，放在高于党的利益之上吗？

他们现在可以搬出法律来让自己续任有关职位，但是，也让自己失去君子的风度，更甭说政治道德感，正如许炎才先生所说：“厚颜无耻、栈恋职位”。难道某些议员们，非要等新政府发现本身的不法行为时，才舍得放下权位。可能到时候名誉受损，或惹上官非，那就更不值了。

林立迎
13 March 2008

New MP wants funds for sports

(Photo courtesy from www.thestar.com.my)

The Star - SEGAMBUT MP Lim Lip Eng said he would be speaking to the other nine opposition MPs in the Federal Territory to see if they could collectively apply for an allocation from the government for sports development in their respective constituencies.

According to him, each of the constituencies could get as much as RM1mil for the purpose if the applications were successful.
“The people at some of these places are now using their own funds to organise sporting events.

Such funding should come from the government,” he said.

Lim was speaking after launching a football competition at Sekolah Kebangsaan Sungai Penchala recently.

The competition, organised by the Tengku Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque committee, was part of the village's Maulidur Rasul celebration. more