Steven Sim

  看守首相纳吉在上周四来槟时，宣布若国阵拿下槟州，便会废除摩托骑士的槟城大桥过路费，以及在槟州兴建6万5000间可负担房屋。 当纳吉向槟州人民端出这么一个回收过，而且还是没有兑现的冷饭竞选诺言时，这明确显示了巫统国阵在把槟州子民当笨蛋耍。   首先，摩托骑士免大桥过路费的宣言，其实早在2013年便出现在槟国阵的竞选宣言里。 (Source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2013/04/18/ge13-penang-bn-launches-manifesto-aimed-at-making-state-a-liveable-worldclass-city/) 就算国阵当时并没赢下槟州，但依然拿下了联邦政府，而槟城大桥过路费便是属于联邦政府权限管辖。但在过去5年，国阵政府却没有履行自己的承诺，为槟州摩托骑士废除大桥过路费。 希盟政府则恰好相反，虽然州政府对收费站没有权限，但依然盖了峇眼29路，作为摩托骑士避开双溪育收费站的替代道路。 第二，国阵虽然答应的6万5000间可负担房屋，但他们却无法兑现在2013年答应，在亚依淡及阿逸布爹兴建的9999间可负担房屋。他们不仅没有如预期的盖好，联邦政府甚至不曾在槟州完成任何一间一马人民房屋（PR1MA）计划。 相反，州政府则是盖了2万5555间可负担房屋，目前兴建的则有1万9828间，以及在规划中的2万9978间。 在过去5年，槟州国阵及掌权中央的巫统国阵政权长期忽视槟州，并一直以来把槟州人民当二等公民。如今更在选举时重炒冷饭承诺，试图吸引我们的选票。 十年毫无建树，如今却威胁槟城人在来届大选“要嘛选国阵，要嘛一无所有”。 我想，槟州及全马人民想对国阵说的话也非常清楚，那就是：没有国阵，大家都可以活得很好。   行动党大山脚国会议席候选人沈志强      

Media statement by Steven Sim, DAP-Pakatan Harapan GE14 candidate for Bukit Mertajam 14 APRIL 2018 | BUKIT MERTAJAM Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Razak on his visit to Penang last Thursday announced that if Barisan Nasional wins, the government will abolish Penang Bridge toll for motorcyclists, and build 65,000 units of affordable housing in Penang. Clearly, … Continue reading →

Five years ago, on 19 April 2013, I was named as the DAP candidate for Bukit Mertajam in the 13th General Election. I accepted the responsibility with much trembling and fear: On one hand I was proud to be able to stand in the frontline especially to represent my “kampung”, Bukit Mertajam, in the battle … Continue reading →

2007年的时候，我决定加入政党并为社会“做些事情”。 那问题是”要做什么”？ 我当时没有概念，不过对于那时25岁的我来说，是时候尽我的本份。

所以我便前往一间位于槟城的政党总部。作为一个上班族，我只能在星期六早上前往。结果被办公室里的员工告知下周再来，因为他们周末没上班。这就是为什么，我最终没有成为 Continue reading →

The Rocket in my heart, Justice as my badge In 2007, I decided to join a political party and “do something” for the society. As to the question, “do what?”, I was not sure, but I felt that as a 25-year old, it was time for me to do my part. So I went to … Continue reading →

Today is finally THE last day of Parliament for this term. Because we do not practice a fixed-term, and the power to dissolve Parliament is solely in the hands of the Prime Minister, we have been kept guessing when will be the dissolution in the past 18 months. So I know, many MPs including me … Continue reading →

When elections near, strange things happen. But how strange was last week? We had a ghost come to Parliament… but I am getting ahead of myself. Let me begin with Monday, March 26. The week opened with three DAP lawmakers, Ngeh Koo Ham (Beruas), Nga Kor Ming (Taiping), and V Sivakumar (Batu Gajah), being suspended … Continue reading →

A ghost came to Parliament today, His voice haunted the Lower House, The honourable members heard him say, “Recall thy vows, recall thy vows.” The Speaker said he cannot see, The ghost whose voice we hear, A minister taunted haughtily, “The voice is all too familiar!” ‘Twas a voice which reverberated, In many a noble … Continue reading →

Originally published in The Malaysian Insight. By Looi Sue-Chern. MALAYSIA cannot do away with identity politics, which is shaped by one’s religion, ethnic, culture, language, social class, gender and other aspects of their identity, said DAP lawmaker Steven Sim. The Bukit Mertajam MP said it was the wrong question to ask people whether they identified … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 21 MARCH 2018 | KUALA LUMPUR On 19 March 2018, I asked in Parliament about the status of the flood aid promised by the Prime Minister for the Penang November 2017 flood victims. Minister in Prime Minister’s Department, Shahidan Kassim said that only RM5,467,250 will be … Continue reading →

2018年3月20日 | 吉隆坡 在本月18日，我在国会里询问了首相，有关他答应发放给槟州2017年11月大水灾的灾后援助金。 然而，首相署部长沙希旦却宣布，只发放了546万7250令吉于槟州2万1869户灾黎，也就是每户人家只获得250令吉。这笔钱也是在2018年3月11日开始发放，而这已是11月灾后的4个月。 相反，槟州政府仅在灾后1个月，即2017年12月便发放3664万7100令吉于5万2353户人家，而每户人家共获得700令吉援助金。 而联邦政府在2015年时，向吉兰丹及彭亨州的灾黎发放了每户500令吉的援助金。而首相也在2017年11月7日探访槟州时，承诺将会给予槟州相似的援助。 在2018年2月，沙希旦在玻璃市宣布，联邦政府将会给予全国10州水灾灾黎每户500令吉援助金。 然而，槟州灾民最后却只获得250令吉，更甚的是并不是每一户受灾家庭可以获得联邦的援助。 当我在国会向联邦政府要求，提高援助金额至500令吉，部长竟然表示政府没有足够的预算。 这不但令人失望，更让人惊讶。 国阵在槟城耗资上百万制作专业等级的假新闻视频，付钱在报纸上打广告，并发动海报战试图推倒槟州政府，但他们却宣称他们没钱援助槟州水灾灾黎！ 为何槟城人被当成二等公民？我们槟城人也有缴税，而不像刘特佐和里扎 我们并没有要求他们可以媲美槟州政府所发出的援助金，只是要求他们发出和其他州属一样多的援助金，兑现首相的承诺。 大山脚国会议员沈志强

Sebahagian ucapan bahas titah DiRaja oleh Ahli Parlimen Bukit Mertajam Steven Sim pada 12 MAC 2018 di Dewan Rakyat 130318 | KUALA LUMPUR Pada 30 Mac 2015, saya telah membangkitkan bantahan saya terhadap gejala penjualan arak murah di Malaysia. Melalui usaha masyarakat sivil termasuk Malaysian Anti-Cheap Liquor Movement yang diketuai oleh Saudara David Marshell dari … Continue reading →

Sebahagian ucapan bahas titah DiRaja oleh Ahli Parlimen Bukit Mertajam Steven Sim pada 12 MAC 2018 di Dewan Rakyat 12 MAC 2018 | KUALA LUMPUR Saya ingin mendedahkan satu amalan yang tidak bertanggungjawab oleh FELCRA yang bukan sahaja membelot kepercayaan peserta malah melanggari undang-undang. Saya telah menerima dua set invois jualan kelapa sawit FELCRA kepada … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 02 MARCH 2018 | BUKIT MERTAJAM, PENANG Gerakan is clearly still taking Malaysians and Penangites as fools when its Penang chief, Teng Chang Yeow asked DAP Secretary General, Saudara Lim Guan Eng to cut ties with Nazri Abdul Aziz over the latter’s rude remark against Robert … Continue reading →

Apabila saya berbicara tentang Hang Tuah, ada tiga perkara yang orang selalu diperkatakan: Pertama, adakah Hang Tuah itu benar-benar wujud?  Kedua, dan tidak lari dari kerangka pemikiran berasaskan kaum dalam masyarakat kita, adakah Hang Tuah itu Melayu ataupun Cina? Ketiga, perihal Hang Tuah membunuh Hang Jebat. Apabila saya terbitkan artikel Hang Tuah yang pertama tidak … Continue reading →

Kenyataan media Steven Sim, Ahli Parlimen Bukit Mertajam 21 FEBRUARI 2018 | BUKIT MERTAJAM Kerajaan UMNO-BN hilang kredibiliti dan moral authority lantas menggunakan “akta sakit hati” untuk menutup mulut rakyat. Setelah hampir dua tahun sejak didakwa pada 2016 yang lalu, artis grafik, Fahmi Reza akhirnya dijatuhkan hukuman penjara selama sebulan serta denda sehingga RM30,000.00 di … Continue reading →

By Heng Pek Koon I spent CNY Day 1 to Day 3 reading this book, Dr Heng Pek Koon’s Chinese Politics in Malaysia: A History of the Malaysian Chinese Association”. The book was published at the height of Ops Lalang in 1988, chronicling MCA’s founding in 1949 until the eighties. My interests are really to … Continue reading →

(Originally published in Penang Monthly) The story of the valiant Sisyphus is one of my favourites in Greek mythology. He cheated gods and death, and thus angered Zeus himself. Because of this, Sisyphus was punished by Zeus to roll a boulder up a hill only to have it roll down again, and he has to … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 13 FEBRUARY 2018 | BUKIT MERTAJAM Pastor Raymond Koh was abducted in broad daylight on 13 February 2017. The world watched in horror the CCTV footage of the well-executed kidnapping. Former Inspector-General of Police, Khalid Abu Bakar said that the police had formed a special task … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 12 FEBRUARY 2018 | BUKIT MERTAJAM The tragic death of 21-year old Indonesian domestic helper, Adelina, infuriated our nation. We received tip-off from neighbours on Saturday (10/02/18) about a domestic helper being abused and visited the employers’ home to investigate the very same day. After failing … Continue reading →

This week, Rafizi Ramli, the PKR Member of Parliament for Pandan was criticised and then had to apologise for wrongfully alleging that a federal government private contractor was related to Minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan. Rafizi was threatened with a lawsuit by the Minister himself and was even ridiculed, mostly by online political detractors. Rafizi, of … Continue reading →

Kenyataan Media Steven Sim, Ahli Parlimen Bukit Mertajam 07 DISEMBER 2017 | BUKIT MERTAJAM, PULAU PINANG Keputusan Presiden Amerika Syarikat (AS), Donald J. Trump untuk memindahkan kedutaan AS di Israel dari Tel Aviv ke Jerusalem (Baitulmaqdis) dan justeru memberi pengiktirafan kepada Jerusalem sebagai ibu kota Israel merupakan suatu tindakan yang amat tidak bertanggungjawab. Langkah tersebut … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 23 NOVEMBER 2017 | KUALA LUMPUR On 20 November 2017, I raised a question in Parliament to Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister. I quote the question verbatim below: Tuan Sim Chee Keong [Bukit Mertajam] minta Menteri Dalam Negeri menyatakan … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 15 NOVEMBER 2017 | BUKIT MERTAJAM, PENANG The 5 November 2017 flood in Penang was unprecedented. Rainfall recorded the previous evening at 372mm was the highest ever in the history of Penang. The Meteorological Department concluded that this was due to radical changes in weather patterns. … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 01 NOVEMBER 2017 | PARLIAMENT, KUALA LUMPUR When he tabled the 2018 Budget on 27 October 2017, Prime Minister-cum-Finance Minister Najib Razak presumptuously called his own budget, “The Mother of All Budget”. What is utterly surprising, and ironical, The Mother of All Budget does not contain … Continue reading →

A horrible tragedy has happened. In the morning of 21 October 2017, a landslide occurred in a housing construction site in Tanjung Bungah. 11 precious lives were lost. The blame game began almost immediately. State opposition parties took to newspaper and social media to attack the Penang state government. Some even went on an “I-told-you-so” … Continue reading →

巫统很明显的在“巫统与独立”的活动争议里被逮到，为了一己私利及政治利益而滥用教育机构。他们这种试图洗脑小学生的做法实在令人恶心。

大马的教育系统如今正面临衰退，我们的学生在如PISA的国际评估里不仅输给了新加坡、台湾及韩国，甚至比越南的学生还要糟糕。而罪魁祸首便是利用学校来达到他们狭隘的政治目标，而非培育批判和独立思想的巫统！

马华无法从巫统手中保护我们的学校

在短短2个月前，槟州首长林冠英虽贵为州政府官员，但仍在2017年8月 Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim Chee Keong, MP for Bukit Mertajam 10 OCTOBER 2017 | BUKIT MERTAJAM It is very clear that in the “UMNO dan Kemerdekaan” controversy, UMNO was caught red handed abusing educational institution for its selfish party and political interest. It is totally disgusting that they are now attempting to brainwash our … Continue reading →

Back in July this year, Ali my colleague, when he found out that durians today cost more than RM100 a kilogram exclaimed, “Dulu durian selonggok baru 10 ringgit hingga 15 ringgit. Apa sudah jadi?” (Durians used to cost RM10 – RM15 a pile. What had happened?) Little did he realise that two months after his … Continue reading →

Kenyataan media Steven Sim, Ahli Parlimen Bukit Mertajam 29 SEPTEMBER 2017 | BUKIT MERTAJAM, PULAU PINANG Kenyataan Ketua Setiausaha Perbendaharaan Irwan Serigar Abdullah bahawa tiada sebab rakyat Malaysia miskin amat mengecewakan. Laporan media juga memetik bahawa pegawai tertinggi Kementerian Kewangan tersebut menyatakan bahawa kalau ada orang Malaysia yang miskin, maka salah dirinya sendiri. (Sumber: https://m.malaysiakini.com/news/396621) … Continue reading →

It’s 54 years since we got together as Malaysia. That is already more than half of a century, a long time indeed. Our forefathers came together desiring “in the true spirit of brotherhood and love of freedom” amidst all sorts of threats from everywhere. Their imagination was stronger than even threats of war. Indeed, the … Continue reading →

Semalam merupakan hari terakhir Khalid Abu Bakar sebagai ketua polis negara. Bekas Pengarah Cawangan Khas, Mohamad Fuzi Harun akan menggantikan beliau sebagai ketua polis negara yang baru. Dalam saya mengalu-alukan ketua polis negara yang baru, saya juga ingin memohon agar beliau segera melaksanakan lima tugasan penting dalam minggu pertama menyandang jawatan baru ini, agar mengembalikan … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 4 SEPTEMBER 2017 | BUKIT MERTAJAM, PENANG Today is the last day for Khalid Abu Bakar as Inspector-General of Police (IGP). Former Special Branch Chief Commissioner, Mohamad Fuzi Harun will replace him as the new IGP. There are FIVE tasks which the new IGP needs to … Continue reading →

Rare is a politician who reviews movies, just as rare as one who acts in movies. Pete Teo and Liew Seng Tat, the highly talented Malaysian filmmakers, have created yet another amazing short film recently, in conjunction with our 60th Merdeka celebrations. The stars are no less than Transport Minister and president of MCA Liow Tiong Lai himself … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 21 AUGUST 2017 | BUKIT MERTAJAM, PENANG I refer to the press report where Minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan said that “Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has become very powerful because he is the chairman of (certain state government agencies) and this has created fear among … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 16 AUGUST 2017 | GEORGE TOWN, PENANG It is totally a lie to say that no action was taken on the screw-coating factory issue in Bukit Minyak Government agencies and representatives from all three levels of government – local, state and federal authorities – all had … Continue reading →

Kenyataan media Steven Sim, Ahli Parlimen Bukit Mertajam 09 OGOS 2017 | PARLIMEN, KUALA LUMPUR Media antarabangsa Al-Jazeera telah mengeluarkan satu dokumentari khas pada 20 Julai 2017 tentang penindasan pekerja migran di Malaysia dan juga salah guna kuasa oleh Imigresen Malaysia. Saya juga ditemuramah dalam dokumentari tersebut untuk memberikan pandangan saya terhadap isu ini. Menteri … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 09 AUGUST 2017 | PARLIAMENT, KUALA LUMPUR International media outlet Al-Jazeera aired a special report on 20 July 2017, on the exploitation of migrant workers in Malaysia and abuse of power by the Malaysian Immigration authority. I was interviewed in the programme to provide my views … Continue reading →

Kenyataan media Steven Sim, Ahli Parlimen Bukit Mertajam 08 OGOS 2017 | PARLIMEN, KUALA LUMPUR Perdana Menteri Najib Razak dan bekas Menteri Pemandu Idris Jala meuar-uarkan bahawa kita hanya kurang 15% sahaja daripada mencapai tahap negara berpendapatan tinggi. Namun, berdasarkan laporan Menteri Sumber Manusia kepada saya di Parlimen pada 3 Ogos 2017, realitinya amat muram … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 08 AUGUST 2017 | PARLIAMENT, KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Najib Razak and his former Pemandu Minister Idris Jala boasted that we are “just 15% short” of becoming a high income nation. Yet, based on a report given to me in Parliament by the Human Resources Minister … Continue reading →

Kenyataan media Steven Sim, Ahli Parlimen Bukit Mertajam1 OGOS 2017 | PARLIMEN, KUALA LUMPURPada 16 Mei 2017, akhbar NST melaporkan bahawa terhadap TIDAK KURANG daripada 30 orang pengganas Daesh yang ditahan di negara lain atas cubaan untuk menyertai kumpulan pengganas tersebut di Syria telah dengan senyap memasuki Malaysia. (Sumber: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/05/239653/exclusive-threat-unwanted-tourists) Pengganas Daesh ini telah dikategori … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP of Bukit Mertajam 1 AUGUST 2017 | PARLIAMENT, KUALA LUMPUR On 16 May 2017, NST reported that NOT FEWER than 30 would-be Daesh fighters who were arrested in other countries for attempting to join the terrorist group in Syria had “secretly” entered Malaysia. (Source: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/05/239653/exclusive-threat-unwanted-tourists) These Daesh fighters were … Continue reading →

Kenyataan media Steven Sim, Ahli Parlimen Bukit Mertajam 11 JULY 2017 | BUKIT MERTAJAM, PULAU PINANG Ini merupakan cubaan kali ke-3 oleh UMNO-Barisan Nasional dalam masa empat tahun setengah untuk menghapuskan DAP melalui Jabatan Pendaftaran Pertubuhan Malaysia (ROS). Kali pertama berlaku selepas pemilihan Jawatankuasa Eksekutif Pusat (CEC) parti pada 15 Disember 2012. Selepas ROS mempertikaikan … Continue reading →

Pada November tahun lalu, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak telah melancarkan suatu pelan masa depan yang baru, sekaligus membelakangi Visi 2020 yang dicetuskan oleh bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad sebelum ini. Pelan baru tersebut melihat kepada tahun 2050; ada lebih kurang 33 tahun lagi untuk kita ke sana. Perdana Menteri menggelarnya TN50. … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 05 JUNE 2017 | BUKIT MERTAJAM, PULAU PINANG Waves of terror are hitting our world. Hate crimes whether driven by racial, religious or political ideology or any sorts of prejudices are breeding violence everywhere. From terrorist incidents in London and Manchester to Daesh attack in the … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP of Bukit Mertajam 30 MAY 2017 | BUKIT MERTAJAM I refer to the special report by NST on how Malaysia has become dumping ground for would-be Daesh fighters who were arrested in other countries for attempting to join the terrorist group in Syria. (Source: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/05/239653/exclusive-threat-unwanted-tourists)The report implied that the … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 10 MAY 2017 | BUKIT MERTAJAM, PULAU PINANG Malaysians should be worried about the stance of the federal government in dealing with undocumented migrant workers from China working in the Johor Forest City project. After it was exposed in the media that the said development employed … Continue reading →

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 08 MAY 2017 | BUKIT MERTAJAM, PENANG The latest Labour Force Survey Report 2016 is referred. The report clearly shows that only 27.5 percent of those who are working in Malaysia have tertiary education. If excluding migrant workers at that level, the percentage for Malaysians is … Continue reading →

Saya sudah banyak kali membangkitkan isu imigresen dan pekerja migran di negara kita. Pendirian saya terhadap masalah ini jelas: kerajaan perlu merombak semula dasar imigresen yang hanya menguntungkan kroni serta merangka satu pelan sumber manusia komprehensif agar negara kita boleh memaksimakan tenaga kerja tempatan. Sempena Hari Buruh ini, saya ingin mengetengahkan nasib pekerja migran di … Continue reading →

Kenyataan media Steven Sim, Ahli Parlimen Bukit Mertajam 13 APRIL 2017 | BUKIT MERTAJAM Pada jam 3pm tadi, saya hadir ke Balai Polis Tanjong Tokong untuk memberi keterangan siasatan satu kes di bawah s 9(5) Akta Perhimpunan Aman. Ini berikutan penyertaan saya dalam forum “Selamatkan Malaysia” di Kompleks Masyarakat Penyayang pada 12 April 2016, genap … Continue reading →