After a year as Penang CM, Kon Yeow eager to see fruits of past labour
Penanf Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow has been a prominent figure here since Barisan Nasional first lost the state in 2008. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Chief among these is the ambitious RM46 billion Penang Transport Master Plan that he personally spearheaded when he had still been just an exco. This would ideally prevent Penang from needing to turn towards private sector funding, but Chow was confident the state was resourceful enough to find ways to fund the projects even if Putrajaya does not come through.
On April 10, the PIL1 secured conditional regulatory approval for its environmental impact assessment. Slightly a week later, the PSR also received its conditional green-light. The state has suffered massive floods in recent years, including one episode that needed his predecessor to swallow his pride and plead with the previous BN government for aid, and this should mitigate the severity of such incidents.
“In the past 10 years, it was a lot of firefighting, there were issues people demonstrated against but this time, we have a direction and hopefully, we are left to do the work of leading the state forward,” he said. The lawmaker is also thankful for PH’s near-complete control of the state assembly, saying this would ease approval for his long-term plan to increase liveability by enhancing the quality of life, upgrading the economy, empowering the people to strengthen civic participation and investing in the built environment.
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