Kebun Bunga assemblymen Jason Ong Khan Lee speaks during a press conference in Georgetown November 15, 2018. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Kebun Bungah Assemblyman Jason Ong Khan Lee said the projects should be deferred as the population, development and progress in Penang had yet to be on par with Singapore and Hong Kong. Following which, opposition chief in the State Assembly, Muhamad Yusoff Mohd Noor intervened to express his support for the government to review the projects, especially in terms of their cost and impact on the environment.
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