GEORGE TOWN: Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia urges the Penang government to explain four major doubts on the Penang Undersea Tunnel project raised by the party following the completion of the project s feasibility study.
Its deputy president Oh Tong Keong urged the state s Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow to answer to the queries. The feasibility study report of the Penang Undersea Tunnel project by Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd is finally completed, as pointed out by Penang Work, Utilities And Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari. First, where is the tunnel entrance and exit finalised in the feasibility report? he said.
Friday, 08 Jan 2021 01:00 PM MYT
BY OPALYN MOK
State exco Zairil Khir Johari says the Penang state government is prepared to take over possession of the iconic ferries if Penang Port Commission is willing to gift the vessels to the state. ― Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
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GEORGE TOWN, Jan 8 ― The Penang state government is prepared to take over possession of the iconic ferries if Penang Port Commission (PPC) is willing to gift the vessels to the state, said state exco Zairil Khir Johari.
The Transport and Infrastructure Committee chairman said the state government wants to keep the 45-year-old vessels, that have long been a symbol of Penang, from being turned into scrap metal.