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Guan Eng: It’s a new form of colonialism Guan Eng: It’s a new form of colonialism
Monday, April 28th, 2008 at 11:53am (29 weeks 3 days ago)
[submitted by arjunan.org] [category: politics] [published 29 weeks 3 days ago]
tags: penang : lim guan eng : noh omar : mara :

From thestar.com.my: PENANG: Re-routing the Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Ministry funds via a different body such as Mara is a new form of colonialism, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said.

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Penang Government under fire Penang Government under fire
Friday, April 25th, 2008 at 8:11am (29 weeks 6 days ago)
[submitted by arjunan.org] [category: politics] [published 29 weeks 6 days ago]
tags: penang : fire : political representatives : non-governmental organisations : ngo : local council : koris : federation of malaysian consumers associations : fomca : indian community : r guna segaran :

From thestar.com.my: PENANG: The state government has come under fire for appointing more political representatives than non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the local councils.

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Penang to continue offering posts to competent people Penang to continue offering posts to competent people
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 at 7:04pm (30 weeks 8 min ago)
[submitted by arjunan.org] [category: politics] [published 30 weeks 8 min ago]
tags: competency : accountability : transparency : lim guan eng : lee kah choon : penang : barisan nasional :

From thestar.com.my: PETALING JAYA: The Penang state government will continue to offer posts to people who are "competent, accountable and transparent" regardless of which political party they belong to.

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PM: Up to Gerakan to decide on Lee PM: Up to Gerakan to decide on Lee
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 9:38am (30 weeks 1 day ago)
[submitted by arjunan.org] [category: politics] [published 30 weeks 1 day ago]
tags: lee kah choon : abdullah ahmad badawi : penang :

From youtube.com: Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he would leave it to Gerakan to act against its former deputy secretary-general Lee Kah Choon, who has accepted a director's post in the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) and InvestPenang.

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Penang council set for balanced budget Penang council set for balanced budget
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at 8:36am (30 weeks 2 days ago)
[submitted by arjunan.org] [category: economics] [published 30 weeks 2 days ago]
tags: penang municipal council : penang : zainal rahim seman : lim guan eng : penang malay chamber of commerce : rizal faris mohideen abdul kader : finn choong khuat seng :

From thestar.com.my: PENANG: The Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) has projected a balanced budget for 2009 after at least six years of running on a deficit budget.

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Penang to make auditor’s findings public, says Lim Penang to make auditor’s findings public, says Lim
Monday, April 14th, 2008 at 2:17pm (31 weeks 3 days ago)
[submitted by arjunan.org] [category: economics] [published 31 weeks 1 day ago]
tags: tanasekharan : seberang prai municipal council : penang consumer protection association : penang : loga bala mohan : lim guan eng : land : koris : koh tsu koon : jasmin mohamed : chow kon yeow : abdul rashid abdullah :

BUTTERWORTH: The findings of the private auditor into the financial status of Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP), whose reserves fell from RM229mil in 2000 to just RM25.6mil at the end of 2007, will be made public.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the public had the right to know how the council’s reserves had come down.