RM1b spent on Penang flood projects

The Federal Government has spent RM1.04 billion on flood-mitigation projects in Penang from 2006 to last year. The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry, in a written reply to Lim Guan Eng (DAP-Bagan) at the Dewan Rakyat yesterday, said the amount was from the Ninth Malaysia Plan between 2006 and 2010, up to the 11th Malaysia Plan, which would end in 2020. A 17-hour storm on Saturday caused major flooding in Penang, paralysing almost the entire state, displacing thousands and killing at least seven.