Penang wants Putrajaya to be fairer in giving allocations
Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow says the Pakatan federal government must be more fair in giving allocations to the state now that both the state and federal governments are under Pakatan. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 3, 2019.
THE Penang government wants the Pakatan Harapan federal government to be fairer than its Barisan Nasional predecessor in dispersing funds to the states. Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said Penang had been sidelined in many aspects for the last 11 years when it was an opposition-controlled state, with applications for funds ignored by the then federal government.
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