GEORGE TOWN, April 1 – Penang Barisan Nasional (BN) wants Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng(pic) to explain the investment worth RM3.14 billion in the “Penang Electronics Park” project at the Wuhu Economic and Technological Development Zone in China.
State BN Youth information chief H’ng Khoon Leng said the project had been agreed upon since June 2011 between the Penang government which was represented by Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Mansor Othman and Wushu Provincial Deputy Secretary Pan Chaohui.
“We want to be briefed on the project as there has been no information on it. The public needs to know about the investment made and the progress of the project so far as two years have passed.
“We also want to know the percentage of investment made by the state government in this project,” he said at a press conference, here, today.
H’ng once again questioned the state government’s “competency, accountability and transparency” (CAT) principle which it had been harping about, while noting that the chief minister himself did not practise this principle in his administration which was always hiding pertinent information from the public.
“There have been many failed projects not told to the public. We want transparency from the state government,” he said.
H’ng said the Penang Electronics Park project carried out by Anhui Hua Hong Investment Sdn Bhd in cooperation with the state government was aimed at enabling China to manufacture products like mobile phones, computers, touch
screens and computer security systems using sophisticated technology.
In another development, Penang Umno Youth chief Shaik Hussein Mydin said solid support would be given to state BN chairman Teng Chang Yeow who had accepted Lim’s challenge to contest a state seat in the upcoming 13th general election.
“We welcome Teng’s intention to contest against Lim in a multiracial constituency which will prove who the people prefer as their representative.
“This is also the time for Lim to prove that he does not practise racial politics, and if he refuses, then it’s clear that he practises racial politics,” he said.
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