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PETALING JAYA: Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong has dealt another blow to former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng over the Penang ferry issue, questioning the latter’s right to raise the matter.
The MCA president said Lim was acting as if he shared leadership of the state with Chow Kon Yeow.
“Many Penang residents are confused and wonder if there are two chief ministers, with Chow Kon Yeow being the chief minister from Monday to Friday, while Lim Guan Eng acts as the chief weekend minister.
“The prime minister of Penang recognized by the federal government is Chow Kon Yeow,” Wee said in a post on his Facebook page.
“Whatever the decision on ferry services, (Finance Minister) Tengku Zafrul Aziz and I will discuss it with the real Chief Minister, CKY!”
Stating that the decision to replace Penang’s ferry services with catamaran was agreed to by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government, Wee said Lim’s sister Lim Hui Yang, who is also a senator, also agreed with the measure.
“It seems that the Lim family should call a family meeting to standardize their views,” Wee said.
Responding to Lim’s claims that the federal government’s plan for the ferries ignored Penang’s heritage and history, Wee said that Lim was responsible for “truly ruining” Penang’s cultural values.
“Who was it that carried out the land reclamation and destroyed the hills?” He asked.
“Third, is not replacing breakdown-prone ferry services with catamarans a more practical measure to protect the safety of Penang residents and more beneficial to Penang’s travel and transportation industries?”
Wee previously said that the old ferries will give way to “safer, faster and cheaper to run” water buses (for carrying passengers) and transporters (for carrying motorcycles), which are expected to arrive in mid-2022.
Yesterday, Lim said that plans to cancel the iconic 126-year-old Penang ferry service by the end of the year showed that the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government was in “open confrontation” with the people of Penang, adding that the effort It was directed by Wee.
The DAP secretary general said that in addition to the loss of the old ferries, there were several other development projects approved by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government that were canceled by the PN administration.
This, he said, meant that the Penangitas and their children “would never forgive” the “policy of revenge and revenge” of MCA and Wee.
