Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng is seen arriving at the the 14th Penang State Assembly session at Dewan Sri Pinang in George Town April 30, 2019. ― Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
“The state doesn’t have to worry that the PIA will be closed down as we are the government who approved the expansion plan and once it is expanded, we will not allow it to close so it is impossible,” he told reporters here today. He also reiterated that as a Finance Minister, he had no objection on the KXP proposal as his ministry would not have to come up with the fund for it.
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