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oh, Huan Chu Guan again ? isnt he the tour guide to the bunch of BN MP who were kidnapped to Taiwan on tax payers money not long ago ?

Gerakan is heading towards nowhere but doom for sure.

Luckily you quitted the party and joined DAP, so did I

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The BN buggers should just shut up already.

er, but who paid for Betty's trip?

JEFF OOI says: I believe there is a budgetary provision in all states similar to who pays for the prime minister's official wife accompanying on official trip locally and overseas.

And seriously, someone should look into Mr Lim's wardrobe. His shirt & tie is all wrong, man.

But it is also good in a quaint sort of way.

Dear Jeff ,

though Penang may be badly marketed during the BN admin , however KK been badly administered , if you compare the wages earned by Penangities vs Sabahans , cost of living Sabah vs Penang .

sabahans earning low wage compared to penangities , sabahans paid a higher cost of living compared to penang.

Thank You

great stuff YB! Gerakan and its boss, Umno will say many things about LGE leadership.

Was wondering on how the golf project can really boost Penang's economy. I'm sure a CBA was done prior to that but Im sure many would be asking why it such a piece of land was given when the island is already short in land space..

2 thumbs up for a job well done, YB!!!

Excellent piece Jeff!

very impressive. Keep it up

A good start.

During my time, the idea of luring the old folks from advanced countries to make Malaysia their second home was also tied in with others besides golfing. Knowing, for instance, the cost and shortage of their labour to tend and nurse old people, the idea of resort-like lifestyle for the old in agreeable weather was combined to nursing care with easy access to medical facilities. So you have two-in-one of resort lifestyle plus medical longstay tourism.

There are a lot of other things one can do for not only Penang, and by the umbilical cord of the Bridge(s), to the hinterland in Perlis, Kedah and Perak.

Porter wrote about the model of industrial clusters. There's also the term triple helix for research-based cooperative links.

Motivate to get the koreans to come in as did the japanese before in the creation of a new industrial cluster nucleated around the island.

While at it, talk to the mainland Chinese to park some of their international trading activities in the area, turning Penang to the next entrepot center for repackaging.value-adding of their finished/semi-finished products for subsequent export. You will help the local enterprises, the packaging industry and the logistic, trading and financial services industry in one go.

While at that, get them to bring in those goods they make to which western tourists are most attracted to. You can start by giving low-yat style free space for a fixed period at your office plaza and turn that place into a magnet for tourists instead of batman's cave that it is at the moment. Make Penang a shopping paradise in addition to the great hawkers' food she offers at such value prices (thanks, fraulein lucia).

It is precisely because one can expect downturns in the global economy next year that such crisis-2-opportunity initiatives must be ramped up now.

I am all for Penang, Kedah, Perlis and Perak. Anyone disagree with me, step outside for mano-a-mano discussion.

i am neil (i think).

Allow me one other point. Just as many japanese management retirees are finding second life providing advice and counsel to manufacturers in China, so too can be done for them and the koreans here.

The idea here is inward sourcing of experienced engineering, design and production experts. Embed them in the local SMEs to ramp up capabilities and precision techniques, and then search for new markets once goods have been recalibrated. Central to this role is an industrial design centre. Not just for the usual molds and dies, also for thousands of other things. That centre functions as consulting house to the hundreds of factories in the area. For the first year, get its funding from elsewhere, then after that from competitive fees.

Lastly, sit down and really find out what's wrong with the tourism industry where it affects Penang. Customer service, setting itinerary, connecting direct to the tourists before they leave their homes, the airline they travel, the travel agencies they pay to - the works. We're bleeding opportunities here.

..maybe i am still neil.

This is really an eye-opener for those MCA & Gerakan supporters whom have been totally blinded by the MSM.

YB jeff ,,, you did mention that the Koreans are building a golf course 200 acre in all.

I am or rather was a member of Kristal Golf Resort (KGR)
Our club land was taken by Danaharta and sold to a individual and ther the club was closed. This is at Valdor , Sungai Bakap. from which you can see the view of BAtu kawan stadium and even Penang Island. It was an 18 hole golf course.

My suggestion is that why not get the KGR land and give it to the Koreans to redevelop it, and the other 200 acres for other purpose. The members numbering 600 of Malaysians, Japanese,Americans and also Taiwanese had been shortchanged. Redevelop the KGR land and give the members some lifeline to be members of the new management. please give us hope. I have wrote an email to YAB CM thru the DAP SEC GEN comments. Ihope to get some positive news soon. thank you

THE PHARMACIST NIBONG TEBAL

JEFF OOI says: Investors, like you and I if we are placed in their shoes, would certainly like to start an investment venture free from any encumbrances. Do you know the total cumulative liabilities that the failed golf resort you mentioned will impose on the new investors?

good job, yb jeff and the rest who went to Korea.

nevertheless, i hope the $ details of the trip will be out in the media soon (as promised by LGE that InvestPenang executive chairperson Lee Kah Choon would do so after coming back from China) so as to silence the opposition.

Those idiots are just jealous that they did not have the opportunity to go for their usual R&R overseas.

Kudos to the PR team in Pg, keep up the good job. IF YB Lim continue his efforts, it will be hopeless for the BN goons to recapture Penang.

We must help spread the good deeds done by the present PR government thru our blogs and emails, as the PR do not have equal access to the mainstream media.

THE POWER OF THE INTERNET !!!

You see with your eyes what the main-stream media don't print...

You "read" with your minds and understand the very "empty barks" some "hounds" are embarking(pun intended) against a hill...

And FINALLY YOU REALISE >>> WE NEED AN "OBAMA-MIFICATION" of our Federal Govt... CHANGE!!!... Bone, marrow, ligaments and tendons etc, just like how the Democrats control their Lower House and Upper House...

Then there will be no more anjing menyalak bukit any more... BUT A SERIOUS EFFORT to buat kerja...

THEREFORE >>> Let's sound the clarion call >>> JOM TUKAR di PUTRAJAYA

I laugh out loud when reading your personal attack on Huan Cheng Guan. His statement on the Korean trip was painful for your "telinga nipis" political master. Whether your political master request you to launch this personal attack or you just want to bodek/ampu/jack him, you yourself know. Instead of replying constructively, you follow the DAP style of blind, unethical and destructive attack.

For example, you called him office boy when he is the Director of Special Function (not Executive Secretary) of the BN Back-Benchers - one powerful grouping of decision makers. Would you want everyone to called you the "chief photographer" for your political master, the Chief Minister of Penang. It is a known internal political tactic that one of the best way to curry favour or bodeking is becoming the photographer of the person you want to bodek/ampu/jack.

Huan Cheng Guan started out merely a technician in the Royal Malaysian Air Force, for a blue-collar worker, he had rose to became a successful politician. Naturally, he is tough and rough but he is definately no hustler. Huan is symbolic and iconic of a successful blue collar worker - an idol for the younger generation and the less privileged. He may not have Oxford or Yale degree, your atttempt to humiliate him shouw how DAP negative culture had brainwash you. You should consider returning to your original root. You should be ashamed of your general sweeping statement. He will be a hard nut to crack and will be a pain for the DAP.

I received many info on you, info about the dark side of your character and personality. I refrain from writing such things. You should not degrade yourself merely for political mileage. I guess it is easy to follow blogger like RPK who half of the time write nonsense to increase readership or fan base. I hope you don't forget that you are one of the pioneer blogger - set high standard of blogging. Of course, some rhetotics are normal.

Anyway, LGE should thank Gerakan for successfully laying all the necessary groundwork that enable LGE to deliver a keynote address at the Asia Pacific Tourism Investment Conference (APTIC) and Exposition 2008 in Seoul with the title of "Sustainable Tourism Development in a Heritage Environment — the Penang Story". The Malaccan or Johorean politician must be happily laughing and enjoying this freebie.

I also wondered whether the Penang government would sign an MOU with me, to set up BOLEHLAND theme park at Batu Kawan, easily more than USD100 millions, of course I need at least 400 acres of free 99 years leasehold land too.