The Penang government responds to allegations, citing measures taken to help the state’s Malay community.
Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng reeled off a list of measures that have been implemented to raise the living standards of the Malay community in the state, fending off allegations by assemblypersons from Umno who accused the state government of being 'anti-Malay'.
Among the items in Lim's checklist was the doubling of the allocation for Islamic affairs from RM12.5 million in 2008 to RM24.3 million this year, and implementation of the open tender system that enabled 67 percent of the Malay contractors to obtain contracts from the Water Department and 70 percent from the state-owned Penang Development Corporation.
Among the items in Lim's checklist was the doubling of the allocation for Islamic affairs from RM12.5 million in 2008 to RM24.3 million this year, and implementation of the open tender system that enabled 67 percent of the Malay contractors to obtain contracts from the Water Department and 70 percent from the state-owned Penang Development Corporation.
“This shows the Malays can compete on their own without being dependent on anyone,” said Lim, during the Question session at the state assembly sitting today and quipped, “Only Umno and BN contractors need projects from cronies to survive.”
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