Shadow Policy Committee

Penang Chief Minister and DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng will be holding his Chinese New Year Open House on 3 February 2011 (Thursday) from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm situated at the Penang International Sports Arena (PISA) Stadium. All party members, supporters and well-wishers are invited to this most auspicious event. Wishing all Gong Xi Fa Cai & Happy Chinese New Year. See you all there...

Majlis Rumah Terbuka Tahun Baru Cina 2011 DAP Pulau Pinang Tarikh: 11 Februari 2011 (Jumaat) Masa: 7.30 mlm - 10.00 mlm Tempat: St Anne's Hall, Bukit Mertajam Majlis Rumah Terbuka Tahun Baru Cina 2011 Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang Tarikh: 6 Februari 2011 (Ahad) Masa: 6.00 ptg - 10.30 mlm Tempat: Kompleks Pasar Awam, Balik Pulau, P.Pinang Semua adalah dijemput hadir.

At the State Committee meeting today, it has finalized the office-bearers and appointees' line up as follows: Chairman: Sdr Chow Kon Yeow Deputy Chairman: Sdr P.Ramasamy Vice Chairmen: Sdr Jagdeep Singh Deo; Sdr Lim Hock Seng Secretary: Sdr Ng Wei Aik Assistant Secretary: Sdri Lim Hui Ling Treasurer: Sdr Wong Hon Wai Assistant Treasurer: Sdr Tan Hun Wooi Organizational Secretary: Sdr Teh Yee Cheu Asst Organizational Secretary: Sdr Lay Hock Peng; Sdr Harvinder Singh Publicity Secretary: Sdri Chong Eng Asst Publicity Secretary: Sdr Gooi Seong Kin Political Education Director: Sdr Danny Law Heng Kiang Committee Members: Sdr Koay Teng Hai; Sdr RSN Rayer; Sdr Zulkifli Mohd Noor; Sdr Phee Boon Poh; Sdr Lau Keng Ee; Sdri Lim Siew Khim. Congratulations to all members of the new State Committee!

The Penang state government will call for an all party meeting to mobilize and unite support amongst all penangites against the proposed RM9.40 toll rate for both the Penang first and second bridge. I'm surprised at Gerakan’s opposition to the increase in toll rate to RM9.40 by 2013 for both bridges when the Cabinet, including Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon, has already approved the toll increase. Does it mean that Barisan National component party do not know what they are doing in Cabinet or the tail does not know what the head is doing. Or is this another example of double faced politics. However the Penang State Government welcomes all political parties and organizations who oppose the Penang bridges toll increase. We are willing to invite the Barisan National component parties to this anti RM9.40 Penang Bridge Toll Rate Meeting even though they may have supported this in Cabinet. The Penang State Government opposes the RM9.40 toll rate because of the lack of transpa...

Penang is waiting to see if Selangor is successful in enacting the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) as its own state legal adviser has hampered it, saying it is “unconstitutional”. Penang Chief Minister and DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng (picture) today repeated his call for freedom of information to mark World Press Freedom Day tomorrow. “In Penang, the state legal adviser has objected to the Penang state government’s intention to enact a FOI on the grounds that it is unconstitutional,” he said in a statement. He said the legal adviser’s opinion is that information is under the federal list of the federal Constitution and not within the jurisdiction of the state government. “The state government is closely following the efforts by the Selangor state government to enact the FOI and should this be successful will then enact a similar law in the Penang State Assembly,” he said. Lim lamented that DAP as well as other interested parties had long called for the abolis...

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has expressed concern over inconsistencies between the number of voters registered by the Election Commission (EC) and the number of residents recorded iin certain areas. The DAP secretary-general said his office has detected that there are, in two instances, more voters than the total residents recorded by the National Registration Department (NRD). “You cannot have more voters than residents,” Lim told reporters yesterday, urging the EC to clarify and act on the “phantom voters” it had recorded. He cited EC figures of 1,600 Indian voters in Terengganu, even though the NRD has recorded only 1,441 Indian residents there. In another instance, the EC stipulated there are 116,907 Malay voters in Sabah when only 115,349 Malays were recorded by the NRD as residents in the state. He said the anomaly was spotted after the DAP checked on electoral data released by the EC, which was published in The Edge recently. “Why is the EC not hiring a ‘ghost-buster’ to ...

Penang state government leaders, CM Guan Eng, Boon Poh (Exco) and Abdul Malek (Exco) together with some of the some of the senior citizens who received their cash awards today at Maybank, Jln Ong Yi How Branch in Butterworth. CM Guan Eng, State Exco members Boon Poh and Abdul Malek having chats with some senior citizens at the Maybank, Jln Ong Yi How Branch in Butterworth. The Penang state government's Senior Citizens Appreciation Programme was kick started yesterday with senior citizens came in thousands to selected Maybank branches in Penang and Seberang Perai to collect their cash appreciation award. Penang Chief Minister and DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng today thank members of DAP, PKR and PAS for their tireless effort in getting majority of the senior citizens in the state to register for the appreciation award. And today, Guan Eng who is also the Member of Parliament for Bagan dropped by at some of the Maybank branches located in Seberang Perai, mainly the Sungai Dua, Jl...

We would like to urge members and leaders of the Bagan Parliamentary Liaison Committee to stop their internal bickering on the JKKK appointment issues which had long underway until it resulted to an attempted resignation of a senior party leader. Why all this internal politicking by stabbing one's back and another? What benefit does all this have to do in our contribution to the party's stability? Why after gaining power after the last general elections, every party branch leaders are afraid of each others, watching over each other and be vary of each other? Why can't we work together and stand as one like we have been when we were in the Oppostion. We wish to remind all party members to refrain from making any speculations to the press by saying there will be resignations, by-elections and so on. We are also gravely disappointed with one of our parliamentary committee member (who is also a former election candidate in Seberang Perai Tengah previously) who has been identifi...

Transparency International’s (TI) recognition of anti-corruption efforts by the Penang state government through CAT governance is backed up by savings of nearly 12% of the 2008 Penang state budget of RM 36 million from operating expenditure. This RM 36 million savings has allowed the state government to carry out social programs and implement its people-oriented government of 3Es that: - Enables the people with skills, knowledge and education to provide equal opportunity for all to create wealth - Empowers the people with fundamental rights, basic freedoms and responsibilities with full observance for the rule of law - Enrich the people by sharing wealth and economic benefits to pursue socio-economic justice. The success of the Penang Pakatan Rakyat state government in fighting corruption has been commended by Transparency International in the 2009 Global Corruption Report(GCR) released yesterday that stated, “Penang state has introduced several measures to improve the regulatory envir...

DAP Penang will be arranging buses to Melaka for party members to attend our Late Sdr Teo Beng Hock's funeral which will be held on next Monday 20 July 2009 at 11am. The DAP Penang delegations will depart from Penang on this Sunday 19 July 2009 at 11.30pm. Party members who wish to join the state delegation are requested to register with our party headquarters as soon as possible. Please call 04-2271397 or 012-4301267 for further details on the trip.