Vernon Kedit Jolly, the manager of local singer Ning Baizura wrote in his blog of his encounter with Penang Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Penang. To his surprise, the Chief Minister, instead of travelling on First Class, travels Economy Class!

Here’s a photo of Lim on the Economy Class flight, taken from Jolly’s blog, Mr. Manager.

This is a good example of a political and government leader. Instead of spending the people’s (taxpayer’s) money by flying First Class, he chose to minimize the cost of traveling by flying Economy Class. Lim, has particularly said the government shall not indulge in excesses, which has been the norm for most of the political and government leaders in this country. It is sad that someone still choose to fly in his private jet!