The Star Online, 18 Jun 2009
GEORGE TOWN: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng took his spat with his predecessor Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon to Singapore as he and Gerakan leaders continued attacks on one another over Penang’s infrastructure.
Lim, who was on a two-day visit to the city state that ended on Tuesday, used financial figures to strengthen his claim that Penang had been in a “graceful decline” over the last 18 years.
Lim has been engaged in a verbal spat with Dr Koh, who helmed Penang for 18 years since 1990, over alleged comments by Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew that Penang’s infrastructure was “inferior to Ipoh and Seremban”.
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