Penang CM: NEP and mega projects

Some news on Penang NEP. Don/t put words into peoples mouths Bernama.

Bernama apologises to Penang CM
Saturday March 15, 2008
http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=/2008/3/15/election2008/20080315162342&sec=Election2008

PENANG: Bernama (Malaysian National News Agency) has apologised to Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng for its news story on March 12 which mistakenly quoted Lim as commenting on the May 13 incident.
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Penang CM did not say he would do away with NEP, says DAP chairman
Saturday March 15, 2008
http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=/2008/3/15/election2008/20080315181341&sec=Election2008

PENANG: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng did not make any statement that he would do away with the New Economic Policy (NEP), DAP chairman Karpal Singh said.

"It is clear that Lim's statement has been completely misinterpreted and is out of context," he said Saturday at his office in Jalan Greenhall.

He said Lim’s statement on March 11 after being sworn in as Chief Minister, that he wanted to run the state government administration free from the NEP that breeds cronyism, corruption and systematic inefficiency, does not amount to sedition.

As such, he said the police report, lodged against Lim that he had made seditious and racist statements, contains a very serious allegation.

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Lim’s remarks spark protest
Saturday March 15, 2008
http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=/2008/3/15/election2008/20651270&sec=Election2008


PAS: DAP decision won’t affect Malay rights
Saturday March 15, 2008
http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=/2008/3/15/election2008/20656216&sec=Election2008


On Penang mega Projects. UMNO your are childish and a sore loser.

Call to scrap mega projects
Friday March 14, 2008
http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=/2008/3/14/election2008/20641797&sec=Election2008

PENANG: The state Umno will “persuade” the Federal Government to scrap all the mega projects in the state in view of the people’s clear rejection of Barisan Nasional.

Since Penangites do not want development, the Federal Government should not force it on them, said state Umno liaison committee secretary Datuk Azhar Ibrahim.

He said that this was not Penang Umno taking revenge “but we are actually giving the people what they want”.
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‘Keep all mega projects’
Saturday March 15, 2008
http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=/2008/3/15/election2008/20651540&sec=Election2008

PENANG: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng found an unlikely ally in his political foe Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon when both leaders urged the Federal Government not to scrap all major projects in the state.
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Lim urged them not to “cut their noses to spite their faces,” adding that if they wanted to punish the people for voting in the Opposition, “then you may end up punishing Kedah, Perak, Selangor, Kelantan and the Federal Territory as well.”
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Dr Koh, who is Gerakan acting president, appealed to the Federal Government to continue with the implementation of mega projects in the state although it was now ruled by Opposition parties.
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