Guan Eng questions PHT's "unusual silence"

PENANG (Dec 6, 2009): Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng today questioned the "usual silence" maintained by the Penang Heritage Trust (PHT) over the denial of promised allocations for heritage conservation by the federal government to the state.

Lim took a dig at PHT when hitting out at the federal government for sidelining the state by not handing over the RM25 million allocation promised by former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for heritage preservation purpose.

"We demand transparency! Why is PHT - a non-governmental-organisation (NGO) involved in heritage preservation - not daring to stand up for the right of Penang?" he asked, during a briefing on the National Heritage Act 2005 organised by the Georgetown World Heritage Office. - + selanjutnya

Guan Eng questions PHT's "unusual silence"