All organisations in Penang should become “water-friendly” organisations in support of Penang’s drive to promote wise water usage and cultivate a water saving society.
Chief Minister Y.A.B. Lim Guan Eng said Penang needed more water-friendly organisations because its water consumption was increasing too rapidly for a state that was highly dependent on a “shared” raw water resource – the Muda River. Both Penang and Kedah draw water from this river daily.
Continue reading ‘All organisations in Penang should become “water-friendly” organisations’
Published on
August 10, 2010,
2:45 pm in
Penang.
Saya ingin berdoakan agar keberkatan dan kesucian bulan Ramadhan Al-Mubarak pada tahun 1431 Hijrah ini dapat dihalusi dan dinikmati semua berdasarkan perkongsian, pengorbanan dan sumbangan kepada masyarakat.
Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Pulau Pinang akan terus berusaha mendirikan kerajaan berjiwa rakyat dengan berteraskan prinsip 3P – Perkayakan Rakyat, Perkuasakan Rakyat dan Perkasakan Rakyat- dan urus tadbir kerajaan Cekap, Telus dan Akauntabel (CAT). Prinsip integriti dan kebenaran adalah penting dalam pentadbiran negara.
Kerajaan yang baik dan bersih akan dapat jimatkan wang untuk dikongsi bersama rakyat. Ini boleh dilihat buat pertama kalinya semua warga emas yang melebihi 60 tahun telahpun menerima RM 100 setiap tahun dan waris akan menerima buat pertama kalinya RM1,000 untuk urusan jenazah. Di samping itu, Pulau Pinang merupakan negeri pertama di Malaysia yang berjaya basmikan miskin tegar pada 2009.
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Published on
August 7, 2010,
4:55 pm in
Penang.
1. Welcome to the Caliph Umar bin Abdul Aziz International Integrity Conference 2010 on the Reinventing the Future of Good Governance
2. Firstly I wish to express my gratitude to the organizing chairman YB Abdul Malek Abul Kassim and committee who made this conference possible. To all the distinguished speakers, I trust this event will be very beneficial and fruitful for all of us.
3. Good governance has been described as how public institutions conduct public affairs and manage public resources in order to guarantee the realization of human rights. Without good governance, we can forget about realizing our goal of transforming Penang into an international city that is a location of choice for investors, a destination of choice for tourists and a habitat of choice for those who desire sustainable living.
Continue reading ‘Speech at International Integrity Conference 2010′
Published on
August 6, 2010,
1:37 pm in
Penang.
Penang elected representatives do not engage in the practice of issuing business support letters for state government procurement or contracts. The Penang state government and its agencies do not require nor entertain such business support letters for any contractor to secure government projects.
There is no need for such practices of issuing business support letters as government projects are given under the open tender system. CAT governance based on competency accountability and transparency has adopted the e-tender approach through online computer applications, which also minimizes contact between government officers and contractors bidding for the project.
CAT governance and the open tender system has won praise not only from Class F contractors, who have an equal opportunity to win government jobs, but also from Transparency International. This is the first time that any government in Malaysia has received praise from Transparency International.
Elected representatives are still allowed to issue letters of support for welfare assistance, appeals of reductions of summonses compounds, application of hawkers’ licenses, education loans and scholarships. However such letters of support must still be subject to existing rules. Penang government departments and agencies are required to evaluate the applications on such rules based on merits and needs.
Saya telah melantik Ahli Parlimen Bukit Glugor dan Pengerusi Kebangsaan DAP YB Karpal Singh untuk saman malu Utusan Malaysia(UM) atas lapuran palsu yang disiarkan oleh UM pada 23 Julai dan diulangi pada 24 Julai. UM dengan jahatnya menyatakan bahawa saya marah dengan Pegawai Kemajuan Negeri(SDO) Nik Ali Mat Yunus kerana mendakwa Nik Ali tidak menyediakan tempat duduk semasa Majlis Naik Taraf Perkhidmatan Bukit Bendera pada 20 Oktober 2009.
Ini adalah satu kenyataan palsu dan pembohongan oleh UM. Perkara tidak dapat tempat duduk ini tidak dibangkitkan oleh saya semasa mengkritik Nik Ali minggu lepas. Sebaliknya ia dibangkitkan sendiri oleh Nik Ali semata-mata untuk mengalihkan perhatian orang ramai tentang kegagalan Nik Ali menjalankan tugas dengan cekap dan profesyenal dalam tiga isu berikut:-
Continue reading ‘Ketua Setiausaha Negara(KSN) Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan Telah Makan Fitnah SDO Nik Ali Bahawa Saya Marah Kerana Tidak Diberikan Tempat Duduk Bila Ia Tidak Dibangkitkan Oleh Saya.’
Press Statement By Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng In Komtar, George Town On 25.7.2010:
The Penang state government urges Transport Minister to intervene and appoint expert advisors to PPC and PPSB to resolve the issue of congestion of container cargo at NBCT. This serious congestion issue was exposed when R. Amaiappan the Chair of the Northern Regions of the Association of Malaysian Hauliers (AMH) made a public statement advising its customers in the northern region to send their export container cargo to Port Klang.
Continue reading ‘Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha Should Intervene And Appoint Expert Advisors To PPC And PPSB To Resolve The Severe Congestion Of Container Cargo Issue At The NBCT.’
Published on
July 24, 2010,
1:46 pm in
Media.
Letter by Cheong Yin Fan, Press Secretary to the Penang Chief Minister, to Bernama Chief Editor,Kuala Lumpur and Penang:
Dear Sir,
I wish to object in the strongest possible terms at your journalist’s dishonest and false reporting of a statement made by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng at the MPPP Youth Park this morning on the “Little Napoleon” Nik Ali controversy. When asked to respond to PM Najib, DPM Muhyiddin and KPI Minister Koh Tsu Koon’s criticism of Lim for speaking out at the incompetence of State Development Officer Nik Ali, Lim had replied in a few simple sentences as follows:-
Continue reading ‘False reporting in Bernama’
Published on
July 11, 2010,
11:57 am in
Penang.
MAJLIS PENYAMPAIAN WATIKAH PELANTIKAN PENGERUSI JAWATANKUASA KEMAJUAN DAN KESELAMATAN KOMUNITI (JKKK) NEGERI PULAU PINANG (BAGI KAWASAN PULAU) PADA 11 JULAI, 2010 (AHAD)
1. Terlebih dahulu saya ingin mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih kepada semua kerana dapat menghadiri majlis Kerajaan Negeri pada hari ini. Majlis ini diadakan bagi menyampaikan watikah pelantikan kepada tambahan 75 pengerusi-pengerusi JKKK bagi Daerah Timur Laut dan Barat Daya untuk tempoh 6 bulan iaitu mulai 1 Julai 2010 hingga 31 Disember 2010 yang mana telah dipilih dan ditentukan oleh Kerajaan Negeri.
2. Adalah menjadi tanggungjawab Kerajaan Negeri PR yang berjiwa rakyat 3P untuk memastikan kesejahteraan hidup setiap rakyat terutama masyarakat desa dapat dipelihara dan dipertingkatkan iaitu
• Perkasakan Rakyat dengan ilmu pengetahuan dan kepakaran;
• Perkuasakan Rakyat dengan hak dan kebebasan peluang dan
• Perkayakan Rakyat agar hasil ekonomi dapat dinikmati oleh semua.
3. JKKK merupakan sebuah institusi yang menjadi sebahagian daripada jentera pentadbiran Kerajaan Negeri di peringkat akar umbi iaitu di peringkat kampung atau komuniti. Bagi menjayakan prinsip 3P ini, Kerajaan Negeri amat komited untuk memastikan pembangunan ekonomi di kawasan bandar, luar bandar dan desa diurus dengan sebaik mungkin dengan bantuan yang padu daripada JKKK. Dengan itu, ia diharapkan dapat membantu Negeri Pulau Pinang menjadi sebuah negeri yang dinamik dan bersih bukan sahaja di peringkat tempatan malahan antarabangsa.
Continue reading ‘Baik JKKK, Baiklah Kerajaan Negeri, Buruk JKKK, Buruklah Kerajaan Negeri yang memerintah negeri ini’
Published on
July 10, 2010,
12:27 pm in
Penang.
UCAPAN Y.A.B. KETUA MENTERI PULAU PINANG LIM GUAN ENG SEMPENA MAJLIS ISTIADAT PENGURNIAAN DARJAH-DARJAH KEBESARAN BINTANG DAN PINGAT KEHORMAT NEGERI PULAU PINANG PADA 10 JULAI 2010 DI DEWAN SRI PINANG:
1. Sempena Majlis Istiadat Pengurniaan Darjah-Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Kehormat Negeri Pulau Pinang Tahun 2010 yang diadakan hari ini, saya bagi pihak Kerajaan Negeri dan rakyat Pulau Pinang dengan penuh takzim dan penuh kesyukuran mengucapkan Selamat Hari Jadi yang ke-72 kepada Tuan Yang Terutama Tun. Semoga Tuan Yang Terutama Tun dan Toh Puan sentiasa mendapat rahmat daripada Tuhan Yang Maha Esa serta sihat sejahtera untuk terus memainkan peranan sebagai ketua pemerintahan Negeri Pulau Pinang.
2. Tuan Yang Terutama Tun, di Majlis yang mulia pagi ini, sekali lagi bagi kali yang ketiga saya bersama-sama dengan anggota pentadbiran Kerajaan Negeri, pemimpin-pemimpin di pelbagai peringkat dan seluruh rakyat Negeri Pulau Pinang memperbaharui ikrar taat setia kepada Tuan Yang Terutama Yang Di-Pertua Negeri, Duli Yang Maha Mulia Yang Di-Pertuan Agong dan negara Malaysia.
Continue reading ‘Menjaminkan Masa Depan Pulau Pinang Dengan Melipatgandakan GDP Ke Arah Ekonomi Berpendapatan Tinggi Dan Berpengetahuan Menerusi Tiga Teras Membina Dan Mengekalkan Modal Insan, Membasmi Kemiskinan Dan Menajanakan Pembangunan Mampan.’
Published on
July 7, 2010,
10:20 pm in
Penang.
UCAPAN YANG AMAT BERHORMAT TUAN LIM GUAN ENG KETUA MENTERI PULAU PINANG Majlis Penutupan Ulangtahun Kedua George Town Tapak Warisan Dunia UNESCO 7 JULAI 2010:
Merayu Peruntukan Adil RM 25 Juta Seperti RM 30 Juta Kepada Melaka Daripada Kerajaan Persekutuan Sempena Pengiktirafan Tapak Warisan Dunia George Town UNESCO Dan Bukannya 1.6% Sekarang
Terlebih dahulu saya ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk merakamkan penghargaan saya kepada T.Y.T. Tun Dato’ Seri Utama (Dr.) Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas, Yang di-Pertua Negeri Pulau Pinang dan Yang Amat Berbahagia Toh Puan Dato’ Seri Utama Hajah Majimor binti Shariff kerana sudi meluangkan masa untuk bersama-sama meraikan ulangtahun kedua George Town sebagai Tapak Warisan Dunia yang dinobatkan oleh UNESCO hari ini.
Continue reading ‘Merayu Peruntukan Adil RM 25 Juta Seperti RM 30 Juta Kepada Melaka Daripada Kerajaan Persekutuan Sempena Pengiktirafan Tapak Warisan Dunia George Town UNESCO’
Published on
July 6, 2010,
5:34 pm in
Penang.
7 July 2010 is a historic day for Penang in commemorating the inscription of George Town by UNESCO as a world heritage site. The historical and cultural imprint of the traders remains significant in the George Town as evidence in architectural styles, the tangible heritage and cultures or way of life as an intangible heritage. The presence of the tangible and intangible heritage till today form the justification for the serial inscription of Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca, on the World Heritage List in 2008. Melaka and George Town together represent Malaysia’s first cultural heritage site.
To mark the importance the Penang state government has declared 7 July as a public holiday and wishes to record our appreciation to the Education Ministry for recognising this as a holiday. The Penang State Government is committed to protect, preserve and promote the George Town World Heritage Site :
Continue reading ‘George Town World Heritage Message’
Published on
June 30, 2010,
11:47 am in
Penang.
Speech by Hon. Lim Guan Eng, Chief Minister of Penang, at World Cities Summit’s Ministerial Dialogue on “Leading the change: building liveable and vibrant cities” in Singapore on 30th June 2010.
Penang’s focus is on Penang’s human resources to propel Penang forward as an international city, high-income & knowledge economy with a GDP of USD20 billion and per capita income of USD15,000 by 2020. Penang GDP has grown from approximately RM1.3 billion in 1970 to RM33billion to date and this increase is largely due to the expanding manufacturing sector that now accounts for 39% of Penang’s economy, with the services sector 57%. Penang contributes nearly one third of Malaysia’s exports value and more than 50% of electronic exports. From March 2008, Penang has attracted investments of nearly USD 3bilion and is the Silicion Valley of Malaysia with quality companies such as Intel, Dell, Agilent, Motorola, Sony, Honeywell Aerospace Avionics Malaysia, Philips, Osram, National Instruments, B Braun and St. Jude Hospital.
Continue reading ‘7 Elements Of Change Towards Retaining Penang’s Premier Position As The Most Livable And Vibrant City In Malaysia.’
Published on
June 24, 2010,
5:17 pm in
Penang.
In a written reply to my question in Parliament on 14 June 2010 Minister in the Prime Minister Department Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said that investigations into the RM5.4million false claim scandal was still ongoing. He said the investigation papers have yet to be forwarded to the Attorney General chambers as investigators were still working on the case.
The Penang State Government is calling upon the Attorney-General’s Chambers, the Transport Ministry and the Penang Port Commission to reveal what transpired in the RM5.4million progressive payment fraud two years ago in the construction of the RM65 million Swettenhem Pier redevelopment project and not try to cover it up.
Continue reading ‘Don’t Cover Up RM5.4 million False Claim Scandal In The Contruction Of The RM65 million Swettenhem Pier Redevelopment Project’
Published on
June 19, 2010,
12:22 am in
Penang.
The Penang state government will call for an all party meeting to mobilize and unite support amongst all Penangites against the proposed RM9.40 toll rate for both the Penang first and second bridge. I’m surprised at Gerakan’s opposition to the increase in toll rate to RM9.40 by 2013 for both bridges when the Cabinet, including Gerakan president Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon, has already approved the toll increase.
Does it mean that Barisan National component party do not know what they are doing in Cabinet or the tail does not know what the head is doing. Or is this another example of double faced politics?
Continue reading ‘The Penang State Government opposes the RM9.40 toll rate’
