Will 'Penang free port' be owned by Syed Mokhtar?



Responding to BN's guarantee to revive Penang's free pier standing if it recaptures a state, a DAP parliamentarian urged brand brand new BN arch Teng Chang Yeow to explain either a due free pier will fall in to a hands of tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary.

NONE"Before Teng talks about making Penang island a free pier again, I would similar to him to state either he agrees that Penang pier should sojourn in open hands or to allow it to be privatised to Syed Mokhtar," pronounced Bukit Bendera MP Liew Chin Tong (right) in a statement.

Liew claimed that a politically connected office worker intends to spin Penang pier in to a mere tributary pier for his other ports in Johor, that would effectively spell a end of Penang port.

On Sunday, Teng had unveiled a massive social economictransformation planto recapture a state from Pakatan Rakyat, together with a offer to revive Penang's free pier status.

He pronounced thefree pier projectremains a offer as good as if authorized by a sovereign government, it will be implemented only if a coalition ! recaptur es Penang.

teng chang yeow gerakan secretary generalIn a matter issued today, Liew welcomed Teng's (left) attempt to move away from noisy secular commotion courtesy of Umno as good as a outsourced associates such as Perkasa by compelling discussion upon policies.

However, he longed for Teng as good as BN to dedicate to a basic element that pledges done upon behalf of a sovereign supervision sho! uld be i mplemented in any case of either BN wins a state supervision or not.

"The people of Penang compensate taxes to a sovereign supervision as good as as a result are entitled to allocations from a sovereign government," he said.
'Explain standing of aged pledges'

He afterwards reminded Teng as good as Penang BN to initial explain a standing of aged pledges as good as "gifts" done earlier by a sovereign government, namely a second bridge; monorail as good as outer ring highway announced by former prime apportion Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in 2006; as good as a 200 brand brand new buses to Penang promised by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak in 2010.

"We will not come in in to a debate about either monorail or an outer ring highway are a best solutions to Penang's transportation woes, though a people of Penang deserve an answer upon a standing of those 'gifts' in sequence to be certain that a brand brand new pledges would be honoured."

On a guarantee to increase Rapid Penang's buses from 350 to 550, Liew claimed that nothing has happened to date.

"This is a only guarantee done by a sovereign supervision to Penang since a ubiquitous choosing of 2008 as good as it does not price some-more than RM100 million. Yet even such a tiny pledge was not honoured. Can BN be devoted for a bigger promises?"
It was reported in March that a cabinet has authorized a sale of Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB), that manages a Penang port, to Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), a association owned by Syed Mokhtar to run a Tanjung Pelepas pier in Johor.

However, no official proclamation has been done to date.
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