Kedah PKR has taken Local Government and Housing Minister Chor Chee Heung to task for his criticisms that the Pakatan Rakyat government has failed to attract foreign investments.

Chor, who is also an MCA vice-president, has allegedly told the Chinese media that Kedah is struggling to survive on funding left over by the previous BN government.

"Because the state government is doing so badly that it has had to borrow from the federal government to pay salaries of the civil servants," Chor was reportedly quoted as saying in Sinchew Daily .

But Kedah PKR legal bureau chief Gooi Hsiao Loong has urged Chor to "stop misleading" Kedahans or try to scare them into voting for BN.

Gooi said since taking over from BN, the PAS-led Kedah government has been managing the state well by attracting a total of RM12.14 billion worth of investments in the Kulim High Tech Park alone.

"This effort, since March 2008 until 2011, is expected to create 20,464 job opportunities," said Gooi, the former PKR candidate for Alor Setar.

Gooi pointed out that the total value of investments drawn in the last 12 years during BN's administration is RM19.36 billion, which is only RM1.613 billion annually.

"Compare this to Pakatan's yearly average of drawing in RM3.056 billion worth of investments per year, these last four years have been exemplary," he added.

Gooi said Chor's statement that Kedah is surviving on the source of funds left behind by BN and will soon have to loan money from the federal government to pay its civil servant salaries is "totally baseless and untrue".

"Kedah has never in the last five years borrowed a single sen from the federal government to pay its salaries," he said.

"I urge Chor to show proof that Kedah state government is surviving on funds left behind by BN," he challenged the veteran politician.

Gooi said Chor should focus on answering the recent allegations surrounding previous "questionable contracts" entered into when BN had been in power.

"During that time, it is alleged that the state government has either suffered losses, and or has had to bear costs due to BN's mismanagement amounting to an estimated RM403 million," Gooi claimed.