The Star

PENANG: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said Tuesday that the Penang Municipal Council and Seberang Perai Municipal Council will waive all summonses involving hawker licences and parking offences issued before March 11.

Lim made the announcement just hours after being sworn in as Chief Minister.

The government could not estimate how much this involved, but Lim said that the waiver would not affect the councils’ operations as it was monies not collected yet.

The announcements are part of the new government’s “agenda for change to re-establish rule by the people,” he said in a statement.

He said it will also review the policy of political appointments in the councils, and would look towards restoring local government elections.

Lim also promised that open tenders will be held for all state government procurement and contracts, adding that an online portal will be set up where information on tender bids would be posted for all to see.

All state government members and civil servants will also be required to publicly declare their assets.

“This is a government that is based on democracy. This is also a government that believes in equal opportunity and social economic justice. We are here to build a dynamic Penang for all,” he said in the statement.

DAP Secretary-General and state assemblyman of Air Putih, Penang, Lim Guan Eng is sworn in as the 4th Chief Minister of Penang.

The swearing-in took place before the Yang di-Pertuan Negeri (Governor) of Penang at the Seri Mutiara.

Bernama

POH, March 10 (Bernama) — The swearing-in of the new Perak Menteri Besar who will lead the state’s coalition government comprising the DAP, PAS and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has been scheduled for Wednesday.

Perak PAS commissioner Ahmad Awang said the Menteri Besar would be chosen by the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, and would be known Tuesday.

“We had an audience with the Regent of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah Monday to inform him that we are forming a coalition government and presented him the names of the candidates,” he told reporters at the Perak PAS office, here Monday.

The names of the candidates representing the three parties would be presented to the Sultan of Perak for his consent.

He said the three parties had agreed to accept any of the candidates accepted by the Sultan to lead the coalition government.

“Whoever is picked as the Menteri Besar will lead a coalition government, not a PAS, PKR or DAP government. We had agreed on this.

“We (PAS, DAP and PKR) never thought we would be ruling the state but the people wanted this change,” he added.

DAP won 18 seats, PAS 6 and PKR 7 while Barisan Nasional (BN) won 28 seats. The parties need to win 30 seats for a simple majority.

Perak PAS had submitted the name of its secretary Ir Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, the Pasir Panjang State Assemblyman as the Menteri Besar.

– BERNAMA