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| Posted: 24 Jul 2010 10:57 PM PDT Press Statement By Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng In Komtar, George Town On 25.7.2010: The Penang state government urges Transport Minister to intervene and appoint expert advisors to PPC and PPSB to resolve the issue of congestion of container cargo at NBCT. This serious congestion issue was exposed when R. Amaiappan the Chair of the Northern Regions of the Association of Malaysian Hauliers (AMH) made a public statement advising its customers in the northern region to send their export container cargo to Port Klang. This is a classic case of turning away business. The call to avoid Penang Port but use Port Klang instead is a slap in the face of PPC's role in regulating Penang Port and would adversely impact Penang Port's development as a premier port. Further it would also have serious negative implications on the economy as well as threaten Penang's position as a logistics hub. Amaiappan said that although on July 1, 2010, there was an instruction from PPSB chairman Datuk Dr Hilmi Yahaya to the NBCT to open up the window frame for delivering container cargo to five days, the order was not implemented but instead forced to deliver within the impossible time frame of one and half days. Amaiappan told the StarBiz on 24 July 2010 that, "Since the PPSB could not open up a five-day window frame in accordance with the guidelines for all the ports in the country, and it is not possible for us to deliver within the shorter window frame, we will tell our customers to ship from Port Klang instead. This is to help ease off the congestion at the NBCT container yard, which is over 85% stacked with container cargo most of the time". 20 container haulage companies in the northern region was reported as losing about RM18mil a month in "opportunity losses" because of the shorter window frame to deliver container cargo for export. By being unable to comply with standard operating guidelines of other ports in the country, the professionalism and efficiency of Penang ports operations is being questioned. Penang can not progress into a high-income economy if our communications and logistics hub are not up to standards. Expert assistance from outside should be sought if PPC and PPSB are unable to resolve the container cargo congestion problems swiftly. Too much money has been invested and our put at risk to continue to ignore the problem. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong should call on experts such as former PPC Chair Datuk Syed Aidid Murtaza, who had helped to increase annual profits from RM 5 million to RM 40 million of PPC during his tenure, to find ways to resolve the congestion problem. |
| Posted: 24 Jul 2010 10:48 PM PDT Letter by Cheong Yin Fan, Press Secretary to the Penang Chief Minister, to Bernama Chief Editor,Kuala Lumpur and Penang: Dear Sir, I wish to object in the strongest possible terms at your journalist’s dishonest and false reporting of a statement made by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng at the MPPP Youth Park this morning on the “Little Napoleon” Nik Ali controversy. When asked to respond to PM Najib, DPM Muhyiddin and KPI Minister Koh Tsu Koon’s criticism of Lim for speaking out at the incompetence of State Development Officer Nik Ali, Lim had replied in a few simple sentences as follows:- “I got the message from both Najib and Muhyiddin. That they still want to defend Little Napoleons like Nik Ali. I thank them for the message. As for Koh, who was rejected by Penang voters in the last general elections, his KPI now is to follow and parrot what the Prime Minister says so Koh has indeed fulfilled his KPI.” For Bernama to twist this clear but simple response into Lim accepting in good faith the reproach from both Najib and Muhyiddin is dishonest and false. What is most shocking is the response from that Bernama reporter when I called her up to complain. She replied that she heard Lim Guan Eng clearly say “Little Napoleon” but had left that phrase out so that the story can come out. If she had reported what I said exactly the story would not come out. I told her firmly that we want a true statement and if that can not be truthful then don’t publish the story. She then said she would pull out the story. Bernama has pulled out the story but did not give any explanation of the background causing some online news websites like the Malaysian Insider to pick it up and publish the false news. This is most unprofessional and unfair. And lends suspicions that the mainstream media is out to get and frame up Lim Guan Eng by any means possible. As Press Secretary to the Penang Chief Minister I hope that Bernama explains fully such unprofessional misconduct. Cheong Yin Fan ————————————– Najib said yesterday that the Cabinet could not accept Lim's action of hitting out at Nik Ali to the extent of tarnishing the image of the federal officer. He said as Chief Minister, Lim should be tactful when reprimanding officers over issues and should do it behind closed doors. The spat between Lim and Nik Ali came out in the open after the Chief Minister made unsavoury remarks about the SDO on a number of occasions. —Bernama |
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