Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is “surprised” that the head of the Penang Port Commission (PPC) is not someone from the state when yesterday, the Prime Minister's Office announced Chua's appointment in a statement, saying that the year-long appointment will be effective up to Nov 14 next year.
However, he believes that former health minister and current MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek - who succeeds MCA's former Jawi assemblyperson Tan Cheng Liang and appointed PPC chairperson on Nov 15 - is qualified for the post.
After officiating a function at the Seberang Perai Municipal Council today, Lim said, "Perhaps, in the past, the one who held the post did not show good performance."
Lim said the state government was willing to cooperate with Chua to improve the performance of the port and politically, it had no problem about this but in the past Tan did not deal very well with problems that cropped up.
However, he believes that former health minister and current MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek - who succeeds MCA's former Jawi assemblyperson Tan Cheng Liang and appointed PPC chairperson on Nov 15 - is qualified for the post.
After officiating a function at the Seberang Perai Municipal Council today, Lim said, "Perhaps, in the past, the one who held the post did not show good performance."Lim said the state government was willing to cooperate with Chua to improve the performance of the port and politically, it had no problem about this but in the past Tan did not deal very well with problems that cropped up.
Lim hopes that Chua can give more time to Penang and to the port to deal with its problems.
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