Penang requesting RM500m aid from Fed Govt

Written by zen

Wednesday, 14 January 2009 00:00

Lim Guan Eng, the Chief Minister of Penang said that the state government is seeking some RM500 million from the Federal Government as aid for the next two years to help the people like retraining of workers and business opportunities. He said “I met with Datuk Seri Najib and he has agreed to provide the aid but he did not state the amount. In the state government budget announced last year, we allocated RM10mil to implement various programmes to assist workers. The work commissioner will liaise closely with the industries. We want closer coordination with them to assist in worker recruitment,”