CHOW IS NEW PENANG CHIEF MINISTER

State government’s line-up to be announced later

PADANG Kota assemblyman Chow Kon Yeow has been named the state’s chief minister. This was announced by Penang Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Lim Guan Eng at a press conference at Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak (Komtar) here yesterday.

Commenting on the appointment, Chow thanked Lim’s leadership for trusting him to hold the position of Penang’s fifth chief minister.

Chow, who is Tanjong member of parliament, also expressed his gratitude to voters in Penang for continuing to trust PH to lead the state government.

He expressed hope that Lim’s promise that Penang would always be close to him would be realised.

He also hoped to have a close relationship with the Federal Government.

“We also hope for more allocations to ensure the success of projects in the pipeline, including the Sungai Pinang flood mitigation project.”

He said the state government’s line-up, including the posts of deputy ministers and state executive councillors, would be announced later.

All of them are expected to be sworn in on Wednesday before Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas.

Chow, who is Penang DAP chairman, retained Padang Kota for the third time, defeating Barisan Nasional’s H’ng Khoon Leng with a 7,808 vote-majority in the 14th General Election.

PIC BY MIKAIL ONG Penang Pakatan Harapan chairman Lim Guan Eng (third from left) with Chow Kon Yeow (fourth from left) at the announcement of the latter’s appointment as Penang chief minister in George Town yesterday.