ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly

  1. PARLIAMENT SITTINGS

The Third Meeting of the First Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Malaysia was held from 18 August to 18 December 2008. Two reform Bills on corruption and the judiciary were passed without any amendments.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and the Judicial Appointments Commission Bills were a culmination of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s efforts to bring reforms to the important institutions.

Other nine (9) Bills were also passed during this meeting, namely:

  1. Education (Amendment) Bill 2008;
  2. National Kenaf and Tobacco Board Bill 2008;
  3. Supply Bill 2009;
  4. Financial Bill 2009;
  5. Pensions (Amendment) Bill 2008;
  6. Statutory and Local Authorities Pensions (Amendment) Bill 2008;
  7. Pensions Adjustment (Amendment) Bill 2008;
  8. Judges Remuneration (Amendment) Bill 2008

There was also an amendment to the Federal Constitution i.e. Article 114 (3) to extend the retirement age of a member of the Election Commission to sixty-six years instead of sixty-five.

  1. VISITS AND CONFERENCES

Incoming Visits

Parliament of Malaysia welcomed the following incoming visits:

  1. Official visit by His Excellency Senator Oralbay Abdykarimov, Member of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, H.E Absattar Hj Derbisali, Supreme Mufti of the Republic of Kazakhstan and delegates on 16 December 2008.
  2. Study visit by Hon. R. Chandrasekar, Deputy Chairman of Committees of Parliament of Sri Lanka and Hon. Dhammika Kitulgoda, Secretary of Constitutional Council and Secretary-General of Parliament, Sri Lanka on 15 December 2008.
  3. Official visit by Hon. Mr K. Shanmugam, Minister for Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs of Singapore from 2 to 4 December 2008.
  4. Official visit by Dr. Saleh Abdullah bin Homaid, Speaker of Majlis Ash Shura, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from 30 November to 2 December 2008.
  5. Official visit by His Excellency David Collins High Commissioner of Canada to Malaysia on 20 November 2008.
  6. Study visit by Parliamentary Service Commission Committee on Security and Development, Kenya on 13 October 2008.

Outgoing Visits

Malaysian Parliament also sent delegations to participate in the following overseas conferences:

  1. The 9th General Assembly Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD) from 13 to 14 December 2008.
  2. AIPA Seminar on Enhancing Parliamentary Training Cooperation in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam from 1 to 3 December 2008.
  3. The 3rd Plenary Session Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) in Jakarta from 26 to 29 November 2008.
  4. The Annual GUSI Peace Prize International Awards 2008 in Manila, the Philippines from 22 to 25 November 2008.
  5. Global Parliamentarian Meeting for Habitat, World Urban Forum IV in Nanjing, China from 3 to 6 November 2008.
  6. The 2nd APPCED Parliamentarians Workshop – Climate Change And Early Warning in Korea from 31 October to 2 November 2008.
  7. The 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York from 6 to 31 October 2008.
  8. The 119th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Conference in Geneva from 13 to 15 October 2008.
  9. South East Asia Workshop On Drugs And Aid (AFPPD) in Cambodia from 8 to 9 October 2008.
  1. ANNOUNCEMENT

The Parliament of Malaysia has the honour of hosting the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) Sub-Committee on Financial Crisis in Kuala Lumpur on 23 and 24 February 2009.