'Shameless' Guan Eng still thinks he's Penang CM, says Wee
- UPDATED 12.35PM | Updated with Lim Guan Eng's sister, Senator Lim Hui Ying's response.
The exchange of barbs between Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong and former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has escalated with Wee saying that Lim is still acting as if he is helming Penang.
“Many Penangites are confused and are wondering if there are two chief ministers, with Chow Kon Yeow being the weekday chief minister while Lim Guan Eng acts as the weekend chief minister,” Wee said in a post on his Facebook page...
- UPDATED 12.35PM | Updated with Lim Guan Eng's sister, Senator Lim Hui Ying's response.
The exchange of barbs between Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong and former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng has escalated with Wee saying that Guan Eng is still acting as if he is helming Penang.
“Many Penangites are confused and are wondering if there are two chief ministers, with Chow Kon Yeow being the weekday chief minister while Lim Guan Eng acts as the weekend chief minister.
“The Penang chief minister recognised by the federal government is Chow Kon Yeow,” Wee said in a post on his Facebook page in which he blasted Guan Eng as being "shameless" over the Penang ferry issue.
Wee, who is MCA president, said the Pakatan Harapan government also agreed to replace the Penang ferry service, which carries cars and people, with catamaran vessels, which only carries motorcycles and people.
Wee claimed Guan Eng's sister, Senator Lim Hui Ying, agreed with the move.
"Looks like the Lim family should call for a family meeting to standardise their views," Wee added.
The car-carrying ferry service is expected to cease operations on Dec 31 and would be replaced by smaller transports meant only for pedestrians and motorcycles.
Wee said that replacing the iconic ferry service, which is prone to breakdowns, with catamarans is a more practical move to protect the safety of Penangites and more beneficial to Penang’s travel and transport industries.
"Whatever decision about the ferry service, (Finance Minister) Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz and I will discuss with the real Chief Minister Chow," he added.
Wee went on to accuse Guan Eng of damaging Penang by carrying out land reclamation and destroying Penang's hills.
Earlier Guan Eng had said that plans to cancel the iconic 126-year-old Penang ferry service at the end of the year proved that the Perikatan Nasional government was in “open confrontation” with the people of Penang, with Wee leading the charge.
Guan Eng, who is also Bagan MP, went on to allege that there were several other development projects approved by the Harapan government which were cancelled by the PN administration.
Penangites and their children would never forgive MCA and Wee, he added.
Meanwhile, Hui Ying rubbished Wee's statement that she agreed with the move to replace the Penang ferry service with catamaran vessels.
"My stand as I mentioned in Dewan Negara is clear: retain Penang's iconic ferry services.
"We didn't oppose the catamaran services, but as mentioned in my debate, the federal government has to continue the iconic ferry services, despite infrequently, as an addition to the new catamaran services," she said in a statement.
She told MCA to stop spinning the statements of DAP leaders and accused MCA of allegedly lying in the past by saying ex-transport minister Anthony Loke had also decided to terminate the ferry operations.
Loke denied the allegations yesterday.
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