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Media statement by Teresa Kok, Senior EXCO for Investment, Industry and Trade and MP for Seputeh dated 1 September 2010 in Shah Alam

Record of invitations to Selangor Malay Chamber of Commerce (DPMMS) to participate in meetings with Selangor State Government prove that DPMMS’s claim of being sidelined is false

Following the criticism by head of Selangor Malay Chamber of Commerce (DPMMS) Tan Sri Rozali Ismail that Selangor State Government has been sidelining DPMMS, SSIC as the investment promotion arm of Selangor has looked at records of DPMMS’ attendance in meetings relating to economics and investment that have been held ever since Pakatan Rakyat became the government in Selangor.

As the EXCO responsible for investment, industry and trade, I wish to stress that for all meetings of the Investment, Industry and Trade Standing Committee which I chaired, all chambers of commerce and investment in Selangor have been invited and DPMMS was no exception.

In addition, all chambers of commerce and both domestic and foreign investors societies, including DPMMS, are regularly invited to participate in dialogues with the Menteri Besar, EXCOs and senior state government officers. Continue Reading »

Kenyataan media oleh Teresa Kok, EXCO Kanan Pelaburan, Perindustrian dan Perdagangan dan Ahli Parlimen bagi Seputeh bertarikh 1 September 2010 di Shah Alam

Semakan jemputan kepada Dewan Perniagaan Melayu Malaysia Selangor (DPMMS) untuk menyertai mesyuarat-mesyuarat bersama Kerajaan Negeri Selangor membuktikan bahawa tuduhan DPMMS dipinggirkan tidak berasas

Berikutan kritikan Pengerusi Dewan Perniagaan Melayu Malaysia Selangor (DPMMS) Tan Sri Rozali Ismail bahawa Kerajaan Negeri Selangor telah meminggirkan DPMMS, SSIC selaku pusat pelaburan negeri Selangor telah menyemak kehadiran DPMMS di dalam mesyuarat-mesyuarat mengenai ekonomi dan pelaburan di Selangor semenjak Pakatan Rakyat menerajui kerajaan di Selangor.

Sebagai EXCO yang menjaga bidang pelaburan, perindustrian dan perdagangan, saya ingin menegaskan bahawa bagi semua mesyuarat-mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Tetap Pelaburan, Perindustrian dan Perdagangan yang dipengerusikan oleh saya, semua dewan perniagaan dan pelaburan di Selangor telah dijemput, termasuk DPMMS.

Selain itu, semua dewan perniagaan dan persatuan pelaburan tempatan ataupun persatuan pelaburan asing, termasuk DPMMS sering dijemput menyertai dialog dengan Menteri Besar, ahli-ahli MMKN dan pegawai kerajaan kanan juga.

Selain itu, Selangor Business Council juga dirangkumi oleh ahli DPMMS.

Di sini, saya ingin memaparkan kehadiran DPMMS di dalam semua mesyuarat dengan Kerajaan Negeri Selangor untuk rujukan DPMMS dan Tan Sri Rozali Ismail.

Jadual Jemputan Penyertaan kepada Dewan Perniagaan Melayu Malaysia Negeri Selangor Dalam Program-Program Berkaitan Ekonomi Anjuran Kerajaan Negeri Selangor

Semakan kami menunjukkan bahawa Tan Sri Rozali Ismail tidak pernah menghadiri mana-mana mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Selangor. Jadi saya tidak pasti sama ada beliau sedar akan kesemua jemputan-jemputan yang telah dihulurkan oleh Kerajaan Negeri Selangor kepada DPMMS selama ini.

Carta kehadiran ini juga menunjukkan bahawa wakil DPMMS pernah menghadiri lima daripada lapan mesyuarat berkenaan dengan ekonomi dan perdagangan yang telah diadakan. Kehadiran wakil DPMMS ini menunjukkan bahawa kritikan Tan Sri Rozali ismail ini adalah palsu dan tidak berasas.

Teresa Kok

Teresa Kok: Hishamuddin patut cermin diri
Ogos 31, 10 4:39pm

Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein patut mencermin dirinya sendiri sebelum menghukum dengan gelaran-gelaran tertentu, kata exco kanan Selangor Teresa Kok.

Teresa mempersoalkan daripada mana Hishamuddin mendapat hak sebagai pihak berautoriti dalam hal moral untuk menyifatkan orang lain sebagai ‘kotor’ sedangkan ahli parlimen Serdang Teo Nie Ching dengan hati terbuka masuk ke dalam surau kerana diundang.

“Beliau (Teo) sendiri telah membuat permohonan maaf kepada semua pihak terbabit. Saya fikir Hishammuddin menggelarnya sebegitu hanya kerana beliau bukan Islam atau kerana beliau seorang perempuan,” katanya. Continue Reading »

Teresa Kok wants Hisham to retract ‘dirty’ remark

By Adib Zalkapli

August 31, 2010

Hishammuddin under fire for his remark on Serdang MP

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 – Selangor executive councillor Teresa Kok asked Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein today to retract his statement and apologise to Serdang MP Teo Nie Ching for calling her “dirty.”

Kok said the Home Minister’s remarks would only promote racial hatred.

“With that disparaging statement, Hishamuddin is once again fanning the flames of racial discontent like how he openly supported the Shah Alam cow head protestors last September. He backtracked later only upon public uproar,” said the DAP organising secretary.

“Hishamuddin must immediately retract his statement and publicly apologise to Teo Nie Ching or he and 1Malaysia will forever have no credibility in the eyes of the public,” she added. Continue Reading »

Teresa Kok blast Hisham over ‘dirty’ Teo remark

Aug 31, 10 2:18pm

Seputeh MP and DAP publicity secretary Teresa Kok has lashed out at Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein for describing fellow DAP parliamentarian Teo Nie Ching as “dirty” and her visit to suraus as a “disaster” for the Muslim community.

In a statement issued today, the senior Selangor exco (right) said Hishammuddin has sunk to “a new low” and displayed the hypocrisy of his character in the terms he used to describe Teo, who is Serdang member of parliament.

“I question where Hishamuddin received the knowledge and moral authority to judge anyone to be dirty, least of all Teo Nie Ching, who entered the surau in sincerity and with an open heart, and only because the surau leaders invited her in. Continue Reading »

I have just issued a press statement in response to Hishamuddin Hussin’s reprehensible remark that saudari Teo Nie Ching is “dirty”.

Mosque visit: Teo was ‘deemed dirty’, says Hisham

Aug 30, 10 10:45pm

Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said today he was shocked that Serdang member of Parliament Teo Nie Ching had the support of PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat over her visit to a surau (Muslim prayer hall) as it confused Muslims.

“Teo had no business to be inside Surau Al-Huda as she was deemed dirty but Nik Aziz said its alright, we are modern now. What disaster can we expect next? Continue Reading »

(Refer to MalaysiaKini’s report on Hishamuddin calling Teo Nie Ching dirty here.)

Press statement by Teresa Kok, Senior EXCO in Selangor State Government and MP for Seputeh on 31 August 2010 in Shah Alam

Hishamuddin Hussein sinks to new low of hypocrisy by calling Teo Nie Ching “dirty”

Home Minister and UMNO vice-president Hishamuddin Hussein truly sank to a new low when he called Teo Nie Ching “dirty” and likened her presence in the surau to a “disaster”. (Source: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/141518).

I question where Hishamuddin received the knowledge and moral authority to judge anyone to be dirty, least of all Teo Nie Ching who entered the surau in sincerity and with an open heart, and only because the surau leaders invited her in. She has already issued a humble public apology to all concerned.

I shudder to think if Hishamuddin considers Teo Nie Ching dirty because she is non-Muslim or simply because she is female.

Hishamuddin should look in the mirror to check if he himself is spotless and clean before passing judgment on others.

Hishamuddin’s statement smacks of a holier-than-thou hypocrisy and is truly shameful for a cabinet minister who propogates this 1Malaysia concept which supposedly espouses unity among all Malaysians.

With that disparaging statement, Hishamuddin is once again fanning the flames of racial discontent like how he openly supported the Shah Alam cow head protestors last September. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoKxT42N6d8) He backtracked later only upon public uproar.

Hishamuddin must immediately retract his statement and publicly apologise to Teo Nie Ching or he and 1Malaysia will forever have no credibility in the eyes of the public.

Teresa Kok

‘Bos SYABAS berdendam dengan MB S’gor’
Ogos 30, 10 6:29pm

Exco kerajaan Selangor Teresa Kok membidas presiden Dewan Perniagaan Melayu Selangor, Tan Sri Rozali Ismail kerana mendakwa negeri itu telah meminggirkan orang Melayu dalam bidang perniagaan.

Dalam satu kenyataan yang keras hari ini, beliau berkata, Rozali tidak puas hati dengan kerajaan negeri, berpunca daripada pertikaian mengenai kadar tarif air.

Rozali adalah pengerusi eksekutif syarikat konsesi air, SYABAS, yang menyaman kerajaan Selangor yang enggan menaikkan kadar tarif air.

Teresa berkata, beliau percaya Rozali membuat kenyataan tidak berasas kerana dendam peribadinya terhadap Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim dan kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat kerana cuba membeli SYABAS yang menjadi penjana sumber kewangannya. Continue Reading »