If the new Penang Chief Minister’s first press statement immediately after taking office is any indication of what is to come, perhaps we should be worried – at least mildly for now.
Among other things, he asked the Federal Government to ensure that the construction of the second Penang Bridge proceeds as planned and that PETRONAS could fund the project.
The piling work on the mainland side is already in progress. That’s how advance the project is – already way beyond the financing planning phase. So what was the PETRONAS bit all about? Was it an early try at taking an oblique swipe at PETRONAS to draw it into some future topic for debate or what? What connection is there between the second bridge and PETRONAS?
Was he simply ignorant (after all he is from Melaka and not Penang) of the status of this project and was merely and sincerely proposing a way out for the Federal Government? Or was there some mischief intended?
Perhaps it is too early to tell with one press conference – still, at best, it could just be pure ignorance, or perhaps well-intentioned but very poorly considered try at advising the Federal Government. Neither is reassuring!
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As for his comments on the NEP, let's first see where he's planning to take it...
1 comment:
i think this part of the problem when you have an imported chief minister. what an insult to penang that they cannot produce their own local candidate.
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