I received an email from a political observer who noted that Datuk Seri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, the retiring Minister for Energy, Water and Communications appeared to be wrestling with the truth and his dubious 36-year political legacy.
This is the email that I received referring to Keng Yaik:
“With his political career coming to an end after 36 years, LKY has been wrestling with the truth and his political legacy.
“Four days ago, LKY joked in Malacca that he wanted to retire as after being scolded by Lim Kit Siang-Lim Guan Eng father-and-son for his whole life, he did not want to be scolded by the grandson!
“It has been perceptively observed that there is always a kernel of truth even in jokes made by politicians, and LKY is no exception. In his subconscious, he is aware that he has left a dubious political legacy after 36 years which cannot stand scrutiny whether by the present or future generations.
“As one of the longest-serving Cabinet Ministers, together with MIC President Samy Vellu, LKY will have to accept full responsibility for the parlous state of the Malaysian nation today 50 years after Merdeka – in particular, in abandoning the Merdeka social contract on a secular nation by being the first national leader to support Mahathir’s declaration of Malaysia as an Islamic state, the rise in religious intolerance and extremism, the extension of the New Economic Policy from 20 years to 50 years, the plunge in educational standards and international competitiveness, the destruction of an independent judiciary and professional police, the rise in crime, rampant corruption, gross human rights abuses through ISA detentions and suppression of press freedoms.
“These are o failures by LKY to future generations. No wonder LKY is afraid of being scolded by Lim Kit Siang’s grandson, representing a third generation of Malaysians!
“Two days ago, however, LKY was trying to hide the truth. He accused the Lim Kit Siang-Lim Guan Eng father-and-son of wanting to build a ‘Lim dynasty’ in Penang, claiming that Kit Siang would abandon Perak and together with Guan Eng jointly attack Penang – and declaring that he would not allow the duo to succeed.
“Here, LKY was hiding the truth, that the Gerakan leaders are worried about such a scenario in Penang.”
I find this email a most interesting analysis. Food for thought, indeed.
The best present for that Old Bum Lim Keng Yaik is for his Gerakan Party to be wiped out in the polls. And the old jackal will be remembered as one of the scums who let down the country
`..in particular, in abandoning the Merdeka social contract on a secular nation by being the first national leader to support Mahathir’s declaration of Malaysia as an Islamic state..`
Very true. The pic was in the Star paper with him grinning ear to ear, and his hand raised high.
Aiyah don’t be so harsh lah after all he’s leaving.
This post serve no purpose but to satisfy Lim Kit Siang’s personal vendetta towards LKY.
Why waste time on somebody who is not going to play any role in the management of our country?
Not that we can change the history.
LKY was party to this too:
Lulu’s Concerned About What’s Happening In Schools
http://whatalulu.blogspot.com/2008/01/lulus-concerned-about-whats-happening.html
I think Lim Kit Siang should call it a day too. It’s a noble act, unlike Lee Lam Thye who has sold his soul to the devils.
Think about it Kit, maybe you’re could be like Mahathir who was a liability to BN prior to the 2004 GE.
My 2 cents…………..
Hope this comment is not deleted.
Who knows maybe BN could then get a Director`s post or something for Kit in recompense for all that Operation Lallang nonsense they did.
I have to agree with g2geetoo, Kit needs to groom new and vibrant leaders in DAP to make it more relevant. The ‘chinaman’ style of Kit also works against the party when it comes to other races.
It is time DAP be seen to be multi-racial type of party and leaders speaking fluently in all languages, especially during parliament debates and when making press statements. Gone are the days where broken pasar English or Bahasa are acceptable.
Every time Samy speaks, we all crack up laughing, that bugger should have been buried years ago.
Think about it Kit, its time to go play with your grandson and let the younger ones be in the forefront. Teach them, guide them and certainly, criticize them! Just my thoughts………
Just an opinion.
Support the idea for Uncle LKS to pass the baton to the successor but continue as second liner to support and back up.
I don’t know how Gerakan got sweet-talked into joining BN. It was formed as an opposition party but somehow the leaders feel it is better to join the ruling party. Perhaps one of the lures was the administration of Penang, but if an opposition party can give up its ideals so easily, it is not worth the support of Malaysians.
yawning……sooooooooo boring…..are we finish with individual bashing..can we now discuss about some real important social and economic issues that are dear to all Malaysians.well let us know when you are ready….bye…….i am off to beauty zzzzzzzzzzz…
PGRM = Parti Gadaikan Rakyat Malaysia
This Gerakan’s LKY is not Sg’s LKY.
History will judge our LKY, who is worried that he might not have an RIP time later six feet underground.
g2geetoo said: “I think Lim Kit Siang should call it a day too. ”
Do you know how old Kit is? And how old are you?
Politicians should retire when they have nothing to contribute or have become a liability to the nation. I see no reason for kit to call it a day. Incidentally, no opposition MP has contributed to Parliamentary debate than Kit.
Ronald Reson stood for reelection when he was 74 and President Nathan of Singapore was relected when he was past 80.
Wait till you get old, mr g2geetoo.
Incidentally, kit is only 66.
Correction to the above:
Incidentally, no opposition MP has contributed to Parliamentary debate more than Kit has.
All the while doing nothing, now Gerakan gets desperate:
http://yennamike.blogspot.com/2008/01/election-special-gerakan-forms-task.html
(Penang, Sunday): After the “929 declaration†of the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad at the Gerakan national delegates’ conference on September 29 last year, Barisan Nasional leaders including Gerakan President and Primary Industries Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik had sought to assure Malaysians that Mahathir’s declaration that Malaysia is an Islamic state was not “a statement of intent†as the statement was “a fact and the reality that exists†for 44 years and that there was no intention to amend the Constitution.
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Ten days ago, former Federal Court judge, a professor at the International Islamic University Malaysia and currently Suhakam Deputy Chairman, Tan Sri Harun Hashim, publicly called for the amendment of the Constitution to put beyond a shadow of doubt that Malaysia is an Islamic state in line with the “929 Declarationâ€.
http://www.limkitsiang.com/archive/2002/may02/lks1578.htm
Not many people can grow old gracefully. Kit is not very eloquent. He speaks in anger most of the time. He is no doubt a fighter or some people call bulldozer. We need a charismatic speaker who can deliver. Being old, doesn’t automatically qualify you as wise.
A wiseman always rides with tide instead of against it. The current tide is “Fight youth with youth” – The Khairy factor.
BTW, I’m not far behind Kit’s age. At least he has got a legacy behind him now…..The Rocket Kit!
No offence Uncle Lim, we’ve met many many years ago and I can never forget the good deed you have done for me.
DAP’s electoral pact with PKR not to split votes by 3 cornered fights in Penang is good for DAP but it must not be price of traditional strongholds and safe seats of DAP in quid pro quo trade off with Anwar’s PKR.
This is because whilst DAP’s position with non malay/muslims constituencies is strong, the position of Anwar’s PKR with malay/muslims constituencies remains at best very questionable, which does not help at all to mitigate the risks to which DAP still faces in Penang in struggle to secure the state govt for the Opposition in this coming election….
DAP’s strategy may be ingenious – targeting UMNO for abuse of power, rise of racial polarization and religious extremism, and MCA and Gerakan to lose their seats for collusion – yet there are certain other factors operating strongly against Opposition in this battle for half of the 40 state seats with more than 60% Chinese voters and the remaining three have more or less even numbers of Malays and non-Malays and balance of 17 with predominantly Malay voters ie:-
1. The Penang Chinese, labeled as “kiasu†are expected – in the absence of some apocalyptic event galvanizing the whole population against BN – to stick to their traditional strategy of getting the Opposition to deliver some check and balance via parliamentary seats and the state seats to BN to deliver (through Federal funding) the economic and material goods at the same time. Penang Chinese “kiasu†attitude of not taking risks where their individual economic and material interests are at stake is admited even by Penangites;
2. if UMNO is being taught a lesson by DAP/PKR, some Penangites feel it will result in reducing the non-Malay representation (MCA & Gerakan) in government even if such representation is “token†than real in terms of addressing non malays’ needs and grievances;
3. other traditional advantages of BN such as delineation of electoral boundaries (some call it gerrymandering) where Kubang Semang with majority Malays can have 1 state seat as par with Tanjung’s 80,000 (just like other constituencies in PJ/KL and other urban areas);
4. or the heavily oiled machinery of BN – the fact that this time around campaigning around Chinese New Year time provides a perfect pretext and milieu to distribute ‘ang pows’ in all the densely populated lower economic group constituencies of Ayer Itam, Rifle Range, Boundary Road, Paya Terbang and donations to Chinese schools etc….Money will come in heavily this time around from BN because of big stakes and festive Chinese New Year (chosen for polling) offers the perfect excuse that its not money politics when it is;
5. or the unlikelihood of the 17 malay dominant constituencies ever changing support to PKR or PAS in abandonment of UMNO or BN;
6. the only substantial Indian is Seberang Prai and as for other constituencies especially malay majority, not enough is known whether they (supposedly alienated by the Hindraf’s treatment) could play the king maker role of tipping the scales in the 17 Malay dominant constituencies the other way in a straight fight between BN and PKR/PAS.
In the premises DAP’s attempt at Penang is good but since success is not promised, it should not relinquish or forsake its traditional strongholds in other states for the benefit of PKR because, weighing everything, there is no indication that PKR can do much to help DAP to capture sufficient seats to control the state govt in Penang. Keng Yaik’s highlighting younger Guan Eng about Anwar and his tricks should not be taken lightly.
Overall DAP sticking to your well tried formula is expected to do better nationwide taking into consideration Sabah and Sarawak.
Part of the plan also involved having Tengku Razaleigh, who is fondly called Ku Li, appointed the mentri besar.
However, several state Umno insiders expressed doubt that the 71-year-old Kelantan prince would contest at state level, believing that he would prefer to be at federal level.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/30/nation/20163131&sec=nation
I think YB Lim Kit Siang is younger than Tengku Razaleigh. Karpal Singh also. And there are many young ones in DAP coming up too.
Good mix looks like.
DAP’s electoral pact with PKR not to split votes by 3 cornered fights in Penang is good for DAP but it must not be price of traditional strongholds and safe seats of DAP in quid pro quo trade off with Anwar’s PKR.
This is because whilst DAP’s position with non malay/muslims constituencies is strong, the position of Anwar’s PKR with malay/muslims constituencies remains at best very questionable, which does not help at all to mitigate the risks to which DAP still faces in Penang in struggle to secure the state govt for the Opposition in this coming election….- Jeffrey
Exactly what I keep saying!
g2geetoo, why you are so mean to Kit?
Have you ever visited the Parliament in session?
How many people in Malaysia dare to confront the UMO crooked MPs days in and days out?
How many people in Malaysia can stand all the abuses, fight back strongly and still stand tall after all these years?
Tell me who the UMO cronies and corrupts worry the most? Bodohwi, Najib? No no no, it is Kit. Kit will expose all wrongdoings head on!
Tell me which opposition candidate UMO hope not to see most again in the next Parliament? it is Kit.
Tell me among all the politicians in Malaysia, who is most deligent? Who sacrifice the most for the country?
Kit is not the Party Secretary General. He is not Party Chairman neither. Kit is Opposition Leader in Parliament.
I think Uncle Lim will call it a day when justice and fairness for all Malaysians arrive one fine day. So if you want him to retire early, better help make his wishes come true sooner than later.
The Malaysian Chinese Association estimates that 25 percent of Chinese students quit school before they are 18. This puts the annual dropout figure at over 100,000 – what the party’s youth wing calls a “silent epidemic”. – January 30 2008, The Straits Time, Singapore
Among the dropouts, some become apprentices in workshop, picking up skills like plumbing or motor-repair. But many more, eager to make a quick buck, find themselves in illicit trades, such as peddling DVDs or collecting debts for loan sharks.
Police statistics do not show the number of dropouts involved in criminal activity. But MCA officials say anecdotal evidence suggest that more youngsters these days are prepared to break the law to earn a living. – The straits Time, Singapore
“It’s very sad to see young Chinese dropping out of school at the age of 15 to 17 and ending up trying to evade police arrest every day,” MCA Youth’s education bureau chief Wee Ka Siong told The Straits Times.
The party is deeply concerned, not only because education has always been important to the Chinese community.
“With globalisation, not having the paper qualification puts you at a disadvantage. We do not want young, able Malaysians to lose out,” said Mr Wee, also a lawmaker from Johor. – The Straits Time, Singapore
Not only the Indian community has become the new underclass, the Chinese community has became less educated too. Looks like Hishamudin’s education blueprint did a wonderful job! At the same time, we should give a big thank you for Tun Ling Liong Sik, and about to be Tun Lim Keng Yaik for their decades of dedication towards serving the Chinese and Indian community in Malaysia. We certainly hope that future Tun Ong Ka Ting and Tun Koh Tsu Kun will continue the glorious legacies of MCA and Gerakan.
I disagree completely with g2geetoo. Indeed although YB Lim KS may not be the most eloquent ( in BM) of all the politician but his committments, rigor and vision more than make up for it. Just like MM Lee Kwan Yew across the causeway, he has still much more to do and accomplish. I must say that we need him even more now because the country is in a much greater mess after the Mahathir era. He is definately someone the government hopes will disappear soon from politics so that they may continue to rough shod racist and religious policies down your throat.
To be fair to LKY, I think he is not as bad as LLS and his gang. When he broke off from MCA, at least he stood his gun; many of the group such Michael Chen turned coat later. Of course on the whole, they did not do much for those they claimed they respresented, except for themselves. Remember Paul Leong, it seemed he got his overseas PR when he was still a minister. Likewise we still have one certain deputy minister who also had PR of another country while serving the country!! I am sure , maybe the whole cabinet have their PRs too. All getting ready to jet out like those African leaders!! I only hope that the BUMIS are awaken to all these cheats b4 they get cheated for another 50 years.
I do not see why cooperation with Anwar’s PKR will necessarily result in significant trade off by DAP notwithstanding a possibility that the PKR may not have as much clout with the malay/non muslim anywhere and therefore may not be able to lend the desired support. A coalition of opposition will make more sense to many more voters than a weak, isolated and splintered opposition each with its own agenda. If voters think that the opposition cannot even agree amongst themselves to form a coalition you cannot really blame them for doubting the ability of the opposition to do no more than make some noise in Parlimant let alone rule a State or the entire country. No doubt DAP is strong in some traditional strongholds but obviously this has not been sufficient to influence the turn of event and fortune in the country or more specifically, the fortune of the less privileged.
This election is about as good a time the opposition may ever get to show what it is make of. The country is in definite decline in all areas because of decades of mismanagement, corruption and racist policies. Mahathir the main culprit or main cause of such decline appeared to have woken up from his slumber albeit a bit late now. I still cannot find a reason why he is still bashing Singapore. I think not many people are stupid enough to think that the status quo and race base politics and political parties has worked for the country. In fact many realise that it is this stupid race base politics that has ruin the chance of Malaysia to achieve what it is capable of achieving. Sure some may persist to vote in the kiasu way that they are used to but in the end, they really deserve the government they vote in. If the BN is not trounced properly this time round, I do not think there is much future left in Malaysia. The little Napoleons who were brought up to think that the world owe them a living will surely shit on the rest of the minority groups who will with time become more minor with the flight of their more able ones forever. There is not much time left. Please cooperate.
“Counter filth and lies on Internet”, says Keng Yaik
The Barisan Nasional should find ways to challenge the anti-government “filth and lies†now spreading in the Internet, said Gerakan adviser Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik.
I say bring it on and come here anytime – 24 hours a day there will be people entertaining you.