Penang Gerakan has stepped up its campaign to counter the state government's attacks on it over the Pulau Jerejak issue through its first e-pamphlet.

The document, endorsed by the party's Youth public service bureau head Richard Too, said that the state government continues to accuse and slander former chief minister Koh Tsu Koon and the Barisan Nasional with various lies and false facts.

Koh is a federal minister, president of Gerakan and Penang BN.

Too added that the government, under Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, had lied with the purpose of covering up its own failure and weakness in the state's development policies.

NONE Too (right ) also rapped state tourism development exco Law Heng Kiang for his "inability and failure" to develop or maintain Penang's tourism sector as previously done by the BN government.

"Penangites voted Lim Guan Eng in with the hope that he would help resolve the rakyat's problems and not merely issue various accusations and slanders while attacking the opposition.

Service for  the people cry rings out

"In the coming election, Penangites need to ensure that the state is led by a government that would service the people, for the people and resolve the people's problems," he added.

Gerakan's e-pamphlet is in response to the state's 300,000 copies of leaflets headlined Penangites lost RM30 million...Koh Tsu Koon must answer for the Pulau Jerejak scandal distributed since last month.

Koh triggered the controversy when he blamed Lim for the poor management of the Island resort, insisting that the latter take full responsibility for its deteriorating facilities.

teoh beng hock group meets lim guan eng 080111 lim guan eng Lim ( left ) retaliated by saying that it was Koh himself who had allowed the project to be taken over by UDA.

The furore prompted Public Accounts Committee chairperson Azmi Khalid to mull over the possibility of a special audit by the auditor-general on the matter.

Meanwhile, Too defended the federal government and the previous Penang BN government regarding the management of the island.

He said Tropical Island Resort which manages it is a joint federal government and Penang Development Corporation (PDC) project, where the latter is a state owned agency.

Resort island marginalised accusation

"The Pulau Jerejak project does not involve any personal interest," he added.

Too questioned how a certified, professional and qualified accountant like Lim, can classify "arrears, loan and investment as a loss" in his Jan 13 media statement on the alleged scandal.

"Moreover, the 2009 decision to gazette the 295 hectare of forest in Pulau Jerejak as reserved land has been postponed until today," he said.

With the status of reserved forest land, Penang can apply for allocation to develop Pulau Jerejak...the question is why the state government has not submitted the proposed application to the federal government, he added.

Too then took Law to task for not promoting or providing information on Pulau Jerejak in the state's ‘Visit Penang 2010-2012' booklet.

"This is proof that the state government has marginalised Pulau Jerejak as a tourist destination," he claimed.

Lim told the public that the state government is voiceless because it only owns 49 percent of Pulau Jerejak but in truth, he is vocal about issues that do not involve state ownership like the Penang Second Bridge and Bukit Bendera cable car project, he added.