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CONFERENCE OF PARLIAMENTARY AND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS IN MALAYSIA 2017

 

13 MEI 2017

The delegation of Speakers and Deputy Speakers representing the Federal Parliament and other State Legislative Assemblies in Malaysia will be hosted by the Selangor State Legislative Assembly at the annual Conference of Parliamentary and Legislative Assembly Speakers Malaysia 2017. The Conference which aims to provide a platform of exchange will be held from Friday, 12 May 2017 to Sunday, 14 May 2017 at the Concorde Hotel, Shah Alam.  

The first Speakers’ Conference of the Federation of Malaya was held in 1962 at that time in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly in Kuala Lumpur. This tradition was revived in 2014 in Malacca, then in Kuala Lumpur in 2015 and subsequently in Johor in 2016. This year, Selangor plays host to the theme of “Transforming Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies.” 

First woman Speaker Hannah Yeoh and Professor Emeritus Datuk Dr. Shad Saleem Faruqi will jointly present a working paper in conjunction with the theme of transformation entitled – Towards a World Class Parliament: Proposals and Prospects. It is of major significance that the Selangor State Legislative Assembly has led the way having undertaken transformative reforms to strengthen the opposition by making it mandatory for the Opposition Leader to chair the Public Accounts Committee, to introduce Opposition Time and empower Select Committees in a bid to further improve check and balance mechanisms.

The Federal Parliament will present another paper entitled Transformasi Parlimen ke arah Memartabatkan Wadah Demokrasi. The idea for the theme of Parliamentary Transformation takes into account these reform proposals by the Federal Parliament on the following: Ministers’ Question Time, expanding the number of Select Committees and re-introducing the Parliamentary Services Act 1963 which will enable a clear separation of powers between Parliament and the Executive. These proposed reforms once implemented will strengthen the institution of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies and their roles as gate keepers of democracy.

This Conference will be launched by Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sultan Selangor. It is hoped that the proposals presented during the Conference will serve as suitable best practices to be emulated by the Federal Parliament and respective State Legislative Assemblies.

It is also hoped that this effort would further enhance and strengthen the position of all the State Legislative Assemblies in Malaysia as a true platform to represent the needs of the people, bringing effective check and balance and holding governments accountable.

Hannah Yeoh
Speaker
Selangor State Legislative Assembly

Media Statement by Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly

 

18 JANUARY 2017

I refer to the media statement by the Chairman of the Elections Commission (“EC”) Bil. 3/2017 dated 17 Januari 2017. Today, I have formally notified the EC in writing on the vacancy of N01 Sungai Air Tawar seat pursuant to the passing of Allahyarham Yang Berhormat Tuan Kamarol Zaki bin Abdul Malik.
 
According to the Second Part of The Laws of The Constitution of Selangor 1959, Chapter 5 Article LXX (5) A casual vacancy shall be filled within sixty days from the date on which it occurs:
 
Provided that if a casual vacancy is established on a date within two years of the date the Legislative Assembly shall, in accordance with Clause (3), stand dissolved, such casual vacancy shall not be filled unless the Speaker notifies the Election Commission in writing that the numerical strength of the party that constitutes a majority of all the members of the Legislative Assembly is being affected by that vacancy, in which event such vacancy shall be filled within sixty days from the date of the receipt of that notification.
 
I have notified SPR that the numerical strength of the party that constitutes a majority of all the members of the Legislative Assembly is NOT affected by the vacancy of N01 seat.
 
Once again, on behalf of all elected members of the Legislative Assembly we convey our deepest condolences to the family of Allahyarham Yang Berhormat Tuan Kamarol Zaki bin Abdul Malik. The Selangor State Legislative Assembly has lost a member who was committed in fulfilling his electoral mandate to the people of Sungai Air Tawar.

Hannah Yeoh
Speaker
Selangor State Legislative Assembly

Kenyataan Akhbar Speaker Dewan Negeri Selangor

 

17 JANUARI 2017

Merujuk kepada kenyataan media Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Malaysia (“SPR”) Bil. 3/2017 bertarikh 17 Januari 2017, saya selaku Speaker Dewan Negeri Selangor telah menghantar surat rasmi kepada SPR pada hari ini untuk memaklumkan mengenai kekosongan luar jangka kerusi N01 Sungai Air Tawar berikutan kematian Allahyarham Yang Berhormat Tuan Kamarol Zaki bin Abdul Malik.
 
Berdasarkan kepada Bahagian Kedua Undang-Undang Tubuh Kerajaan Selangor 1959, Bab 5 Perkara LXX (5) sesuatu kekosongan luar jangka hendaklah diisi dalam masa enam puluh hari dari tarikh kekosongan itu berlaku:
 
Dengan syarat bahawa jika sesuatu kekosongan luar jangka dipastikan pada suatu tarikh dalam masa dua tahun dari tarikh Dewan Negeri itu akan terbubar mengikut Fasal (3), maka kekosongan luar jangka itu tidak boleh diisi melainkan jika Speaker memberitahu Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya secara bertulis bahawa kekuatan bilangan parti yang membentuk majoriti semua Ahli Dewan Negeri adalah terjejas oleh kekosongan itu, dan dalam keadaan sedemikian kekosongan ini hendaklah diisi dalam masa enam puluh hari dari tarikh pemberitahuan itu diterima.
 
Saya telah memaklumkan kepada SPR bahawa kekuatan bilangan parti yang membentuk majoriti semua Ahli Dewan Negeri adalah tidak terjejas oleh kekosongan kerusi N01.
 
Sekali lagi, saya selaku Speaker Dewan Negeri Selangor dan seluruh Dewan Negeri Selangor merakamkan ucapan takziah kepada keluarga Allahyarham dan Dewan Negeri Selangor telah kehilangan seorang Ahli Dewan Negeri yang komited dengan amanah yang telah diberikan kepada beliau oleh rakyat.

Hannah Yeoh
Speaker
Dewan Negeri Selangor

Kenyataan Media SELCAT mengenai Aduan Status Tanah Lot 68054 Mukim Tanjung Dua Belas, Daerah Kuala Langat, Selangor

 

19 OKTOBER 2016

Jawatankuasa Pilihan Khas Mengenai Keupayaan, Kebertanggungjawaban, dan Ketelusan (SELCAT) Negeri Selangor telah menyiasat isu status tanah di Lot 68054, Mukim Tanjung Dua Belas, Daerah Kuala Langat Selangor yang telah dilaporkan dalam media.

Pada 11 Oktober 2016, SELCAT telah mendapatkan penerangan dan taklimat berhubung isu ini daripada Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Selangor, Pejabat Tanah dan Galian Negeri Selangor (“PTG Selangor”), Jabatan Perancangan Bandar dan Desa Negeri Selangor, Pejabat Daerah / Tanah Kuala Langat dan Majlis Daerah Kuala Langat (“MDKL”).

Melalui taklimat ini, Lot 68054 disahkan tidak termasuk dalam kawasan pewartaan Paya Indah Wetland seperti yang didakwa. Kawasan yang diwartakan sebagai Paya Indah Wetland hanyalah Lot 3974 (389.91 hektar) dan Lot 4827 (60.85 hektar). Lot 68054 asalnya merupakan tanah milik Kerajaan Negeri. Namun, pada tahun 1994, Kerajaan Negeri di bawah pimpinan Barisan Nasional ketika itu pula telah pun memindah milik tanah tersebut kepada tanah milik persendirian.

Pada tahun 1996, Kerajaan Negeri turut memberi kelulusan meminda syarat nyata dan jenis kegunaan tanah kepada bangunan perumahan/perusahaan ringan dan pada tahun 2004, kelulusan bersyarat telah diberikan (conditional approval) untuk menukar status tanah lot berkenaan daripada pertanian kepada pembangunan bercampur. Walaubagaimanapun, penukaran status tersebut tidak berlaku kerana pemilik tidak menjelaskan bayaran premium.

Pada tahun 2014, Salak Land Development Sdn Bhd telah membuat permohonan sekali lagi bagi menukar syarat tanah daripada pertanian kepada bangunan kediaman tetapi telah ditolak kerana tidak selaras dengan Rancangan Tempatan 2020. Yang Dipertua MDKL telah diminta untuk mengkaji semula Penggubahan Guna Tanah Rancangan Tempatan tersebut.

Pemilik tanah telah membuat permohonan untuk mengubah (rezoning) Rancangan Tempatan Kuala Langat (RTKL) 2020 bagi Lot 68054 dan pihak MDKL serta Jabatan Perancangan Bandar dan Desa Negeri Selangor telah mengesahkan bahawa pengubahan ini telah dilakukan mengikut proses yang diperuntukkan.

Seterusnya, pada awal tahun 2015, Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Selangor (MMKN) telah meluluskan permohonan mengubah jenis kegunaan tanah Lot 68054 kepada bangunan kediaman seperti syor PTG Selangor dan turut mensyaratkan bahawa pemilik tanah perlu memenuhi syarat yang ditetapkan oleh Jawatankuasa Sensitif Alam Sekitar.

SELCAT juga dimaklumkan bahawa penjelasan awam mengenai isu ini telah dibuat sebelum ini oleh Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Tetap Pelancongan, Teknologi Hijau, Hal Ehwal Pengguna dan Alam Sekitar YB Elizabeth Wong. Aduan rasmi kepada SPRM telah pun dibuat oleh pihak lain berhubung isu status Lot 68054.

Kesimpulannya, Lot 68054 tidak termasuk dalam kawasan Paya Indah Wetland yang telah diwartakan oleh Kerajaan Negeri dan proses penukaran status tanah daripada pertanian kepada bangunan kediaman telah dilakukan mengikut proses yang diperuntukkan.

Berdasarkan fakta yang telah disebutkan ini, SELCAT mendapati bahawa tiadanya keperluan untuk SELCAT mengadakan pendengaran terbuka mengenai isu ini. Keputusan ini dicapai sebulat suara oleh ahli jawatankuasa SELCAT seperti berikut:
1. Y.B. Puan Hannah Yeoh (Pengerusi SELCAT- DAP)
2. Y.B. Tuan Mohd Shafie bin Ngah (PAS)
3. Y.B. Haji Saari bin Sungib (AMANAH)
4. Y.B. Puan Haniza binti Mohamed Talha (PKR)
5. Y.B. Datuk Sulaiman bin Abdul Razak P.M.W, S.M.S, K.M.N.,P.P.N. (UMNO)
6. Y.B. Ng Suee Lim (DAP)
7. Y.B. Tuan Dr Xavier Jayakumar a/l Arulanandam (PKR)

Hannah Yeoh
Pengerusi SELCAT
Dewan Negeri Selangor

Kenyataan Media SELCAT bertarikh 17 Februari 2016

 

27 FEBRUARI 2016

Jawatankuasa memutuskan untuk menyiasat perkara ini kerana kadar insiden jangkitan wabak denggi yang tertinggi di Malaysia berlaku di Negeri Selangor. Menurut maklumat terkini Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Selangor untuk tahun 2015 sebanyak 63,198 kes denggi telah dilaporkan dan menurut Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia sebanyak 7,335 kes denggi dilaporkan untuk tempoh 1hb Januari 2016- 2hb Februari 2016.

Selain daripada Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia, tugas dan tanggungjawab untuk memastikan wabak denggi ini terkawal juga terletak di bawah bidangkuasa Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan, Pejabat Tanah & Daerah, Kerajaan Negeri dan Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Selangor. Jawatankuasa juga mengambil maklum kerisauan wabak virus Zika.

Tujuan pendengaran awam ini adalah untuk menyiasat punca penyebaran penyakit denggi, kecekapan pengurusan, perlaksanaan aktiviti pencegahan dan pembanterasan serta perbelanjaan dana dalam usaha untuk menangani wabak denggi di Negeri Selangor.

Dua (2) Ahli Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri, kesemua Pegawai-Pegawai berkaitan daripada Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Selangor, Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan dan Pejabat Tanah & Daerah telah disaman untuk memberikan keterangan.

Pendengaran Awam tersebut boleh diikuti di laman sesawang Selangorku http://www.selangorku.com atau http://tv.selangorku.com/ yang bermula pada 10 pagi. Semua pihak yang terlibat secara langsung akan disaman hadir untuk memberi keterangan kepada SELCAT.

Hannah Yeoh
Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pilihan Khas Mengenai Keupayaan, Kebertanggungjawaban dan Ketelusan (SELCAT)

Media Statement dated 1 September 2015

 

1 SEPTEMBER 2015

I refer to the Malay Mail report in which the Deputy Prime Minister has promised Selangor BN two cabinet posts if they were to regain Selangor and the Bernama report of Zahid Hamidi telling Selangor BN to move effectively as opposition.

We are all too familiar with BN’s empty promises. However it still unsettles the stomach when Cabinet positions are dangled so unashamedly as motivation for party members to work.

I would like to remind the Deputy Prime Minister (in case he has missed the multiple news reports) that the Selangor State Legislative Assembly has already put in place a mechanism to empower Selangor BN to function effectively as the opposition. Our Standing Orders have been amended effective late last year to make it compulsory for the Public Accounts Committee to be chaired by the Opposition Leader.

Since that historic amendment, the Opposition Leader then Datuk Mohd Shamsudin Lias has decided to tender his resignation and that position has been vacant since December 2014. If Selangor BN is serious about serving the people of Selangor, a good start would be to appoint an Opposition Leader and start chairing the Public Accounts Committee which is available for them anytime. Until and unless that is done, they should stop fooling the people with ‘sandiwara’ road shows outside the House.

Malaysia is in dire need of leadership at the national level and there should be a stop to Cabinet positions being offered so freely to party members who are not qualified to administer good governance in Putrajaya. If they cannot even serve as Opposition Leader in Selangor, they are nowhere ready to serve in the already inflated Cabinet of Putrajaya.

Hannah Yeoh
Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
State Assemblyman for Subang Jaya

MEDIA STATEMENT DATED 19 AUGUST 2015

 

19 AUGUST 2015

I read with disappointment the excuses given by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Paul Low in the Star report titled Malaysia not ready for Freedom of Information Act.

It is appalling to note that even with such a bloated Cabinet, no Minister is able to work on the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. He said, “To (set up) FOI, you may need 300 people to deal with so much information, so it’s not an Act alone. You need information officers. At the moment, that’s not feasible”.

The Selangor State Government has enacted the Freedom of Information legislation in 2011 and came into force in 2012/2013 after its Rules and Regulations and Appeal Board were put in place. To examine its implementation and effectiveness, the Special Select Committee for Competency, Accountability and Transparency (SELCAT) conducted a public hearing in early 2015 and summoned all Information Officers to give an account.

In Selangor, we have a total of 41 Information Officers. Training did not cost the state government much, only RM4,362. Allowances for the Information Officers amounted to RM246,000. The FOI, like all other legislations has its shortcomings and would require tweaking from time to time but SELCAT was open enough to conduct a public hearing and made its findings available online. The report has been tabled, debated and passed in the State Assembly in April 2015. The Selangor State Government has similarly tabled their response to our recommendations in the current on-going session of the State Assembly.

It takes political will to enact the FOI legislation. Without it, you will get precisely what Paul Low is talking about – excuses. A government that has problem disclosing information to the taxpayers is one who has many skeletons to hide. It is unfortunate that despite being a former President of Transparency International, Paul Low has diminished the value of government transparency.

Paul has gone on to say that while some official information might be declassified, it would need a change of culture in both government and society. I offer a correction to the honourable Minister’s statement that what we need is not a change of culture in government but a change of government itself. Selangor and Penang have shown the way to freedom of information, we are ready to show Paul Low and this new Cabinet of PM Najib how we can do the same for Putrajaya.

Hannah Yeoh
Chairman of SELCAT
Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly

Pelancaran Sesi Kedua Program ADUN Muda Selangor Tahun 2015

 

15 OGOS 2015

Program ADUN Muda Selangor 2015 (Sesi II) akan dibuka permohonannya mulai 3 Ogos hingga 23 Ogos 2015, di mana ianya dianjurkan oleh Pejabat Speaker dengan kerjasama Jawatankuasa Tetap Pembangunan Generasi Muda & Sukan dan Jawatankuasa Tetap Pendidikan Negeri Selangor.

Sesi Kedua Program ADUN Muda Selangor 2015 akan diadakan selama 2 hari di Bangunan Annex, Dewan Negeri Selangor, Shah Alam. Ia dibuka kepada pelajar-pelajar dalam lingkungan umur 18 – 24 tahun daripada institusi-institusi pengajian tinggi awam, swasta, badan-badan bukan kerajaan (NGO), penggerak belia tempatan (PeBT) serta persatuan-persatuan mahasiswa. Seramai 56 orang anak muda akan dipilih untuk menyertai program ini dan mewakili setiap kawasan DUN di dalam Dewan Negeri Selangor.

Tempoh permohonan akan dibuka selama 3 minggu mulai 3 Ogos 2015 hingga 23 Ogos 2015. Pemohon-pemohon yang berminat untuk menyertai program ini dikehendaki membuat permohonan secara online di laman web dewan.selangor.gov.my. Panel pemilihan akan terdiri daripada YB Hannah Yeoh, YB Tuan Mohd Shafie bin Ngah dan YB Nik Nazmi bin Nik Ahmad. Keputusan pemilihan akan diumumkan di laman web rasmi dewan.selangor.gov.my pada 27 Ogos 2015.

Program ADUN Muda Selangor merupakan satu program khas bagi mahasiswa dan mahasiswi kelahiran Selangor dan yang sedang belajar di institusi pengajian tinggi di sekitar Selangor. Tujuan program ini adalah untuk memberi pendedahan politik di peringkat awal kepada anak-anak muda agar lebih berminat untuk melibatkan diri dalam proses penggubalan undang-undang khususnya untuk menjadi bakal penggubal undang-undang sama ada di peringkat tempatan mahupun kebangsaan. Mereka akan diberi peluang untuk mengalami prosiding sebenar sebagai ahli-ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) dalam satu sidang Dewan Negeri dan mencadangkan serta membahaskan usul-usul khususnya yang memberi impak kepada golongan anak muda. Persidangan tersebut nanti akan dipengerusikan oleh YB Hannah Yeoh (Tuan Speaker) dan YB Tuan Mohd Shafie bin Ngah (Tuan Timbalan Speaker).

Melalui program ini, mahasiswa dan mahasiswi digalakkan untuk meningkatkan pemikiran kritis tentang polisi-polisi kerajaan, serta berpeluang mengenali ADUN-ADUN Negeri Selangor dengan lebih dekat.

PEJABAT SPEAKER DEWAN NEGERI SELANGOR

Official Visit by Members of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly To Singapore

 

11 JUNE 2015

15 members of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (SSLA) led by Speaker Hannah Yeoh made an official visit to Singapore recently. The visit was aimed at forming bilateral ties between the Singapore Parliament and the State Assembly and to learn best practices from key agencies in Singapore.

First woman Speaker Hannah Yeoh paid a courtesy call on Madam Halimah Yaacob, also the first woman Speaker of the Singapore Parliament at the Parliament Building. Speaker Hannah Yeoh and Speaker Halimah Yaacob exchanged views on several parliamentary issues such as Order of Business, parliamentary security and administrative matters. Speaker Hannah Yeoh also discussed reforms made by the Selangor State Legislative Assembly to strengthen the opposition and empower the Select Committees in a bid to further improve check and balance mechanism.

The delegation was also invited by S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University to speak at a dialogue session titled “The Future of Selangor’s Economy and Politics”. Five members from the delegation – Speaker Hannah Yeoh, YB Dr. Idris Ahmad (Ijok – PKR), YB Saari Sungib (Hulu Kelang – PAS), YB Rajiv Rishyakaran (Bukit Gasing – DAP) and YB Kamarol Zaki (Sungai Air Tawar – BN), spoke on various issues concerning current political and economic affairs in Selangor to an audience which was made up of RSIS graduate students and other members of the public.

As the delegation comprises members of the Select Committee on Local Government, Land Office and Poverty Eradication, the visit was also gravitated towards finding best practices in several key areas such as waste management, affordable public housing scheme and management, road maintenance and town/land use planning. The delegation visited Headquarters of Housing Development Board (HDB), Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), Land Transport Authority (LTA), Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and the Ang Mo Kio Town Council.

All suitable best practices are to be incorporated as recommendations to the State Government in reports which will be prepared and tabled by these Select Committees in the Assembly. This proves that the Assembly is not a rubber stamp to the executives but rather it acts as a check and balance mechanism to ensure efficiency, accountability and transparency in the running of the State Government.

It is also hoped that this effort would further enhance and strengthen the position of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the leading legislative body in Malaysia.

Hannah Yeoh
Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
State Assemblyman for Subang Jaya