Question on ACA investigations into Ling Hee Leong’s RM1.2 billion corporate acquisitions in three months at the age of 27 put on last day of Parliament on July 31 to give ACA ample time to present a comprehensive report

The question is to ask the Prime Minister "the outcome of Anti-Corruption Agency investigations into the ACA report as to how Ling Hee Leong, son of MCA President and Transport Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Ling Liong Sik could at the age of 27 and without any corporate track record embark on corporate acquisitions exceeding RM1.2 billion in a matter of three months and whether there had been improper use and influence of his father’s political and Ministerial position."

Other parliamentary questions which I have given notice for the third week of Parliament includes:

• To ask the Minister for Energy, Telecommunications and Posts whether the government has conducted a review on the viability of the RM13.6 billion Bakun hydroelectric power project in view various technical mishaps; the poor response of the one-for-one Ekran rights issue, which was greatly undersubscribed by 63 per cent; the last-minute change in the whole capital structure of the project, from the originally proposed RM6 billion equity capital and RM8 billion borrowings to RM3 billion equity capital and RM11 billion borrowings; and most serious of all, the lack of accountability and transparency in the various aspects of the implementation of the project; and to state the government’s position on each of these problems.
• To ask the Minister for Youth and Sports the give a state-by-state breakdown of the total amount of the Youth Economic Trust Fund loans which have been given out to date; together with details as to the total number of applicants and the number who are successful; whether this Youth Economic Trust Fund is reserved only for bumiputeras, and if not, a breakdown of the loans given out to bumiputeras and non-bumiputeras.
• To ask the Minister for Transport the reasons why Kedah had beaten Penang as the site for new International Airport when Penang had always been the favourite for the location of the northern regional airport and whether this decision was made from purely economic or other considerations.
• To ask the Minister for Education to state how many of the 883 schools totally without power supply and 440 schools with limited power supply have now been provided with power or steady supply, giving a state-by-state breakdown of schools concerned; and whether the Government has a scheme to ensure that by the year 2,000 all schools would be provided with steady supply of power so that they could also be connected to the Information Superhighway.
• To ask the Prime Minister the outcome of the police report which had been lodged by the MP for Kota Melaka, YB Lim Guan Eng, against the UMNO Youth Leader, YB Zahid Hamidi for publicly demanding for the revocation of the former’s citizenship, which is an offence of sedition entailing automatic disqualification as a Member of Parliament for questioning one of the four entrenched sensitive issues in the Constitution.
• To ask the Prime Minister what medical provision had been given to the former MP for Teluk Intan, Ong Tin Kin, whether inside or outside the country, stating the nature and costs of treatment; and whether there is any basis in the allegation that Ong Tin Kin died because he was not given the best medical treatment possible because of his straightened financial position.

(10/7/97)