Former exco member Khor Gark Kim has rated Koh Tsu Koon’s performance as the worst among Penang’s chief ministers so far. (And to think that Koh is now in charge of monitoring Key Perfomance Indicators at the federal level…)
All I can say is if you look at the quality of life in Penang – the overall environment including congestion, the state of cleanliness, water and sea pollution, the cutting of hill-slopes, haphazard property development – since the 1970s, it has clearly deteriorated over the years.
This report from The Star:
Guan Eng’s situation likened to Chong Eu’s struggle
July 27, 2009THE challenges faced by Lim Guan Eng as Penang Chief Minister are similar to those faced by Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu, China Press quoted former Penang exco member Datuk Khor Gark Kim as saying.
He said both became Chief Minister when they were in the Opposition.
“Chong Eu’s biggest problem was to ensure the nation’s stability, and development was second in his priority at that time.
“The anti-establishment sentiment was very strong at that time because many government policies were obsolete and the country was lagging behind,” he said.
He said Guan Eng’s situation was similar to Chong Eu’s struggle and whether he could make it as a successful chief minister would depend on the state government’s relationship with the Federal Government.
In a special interview with the daily, Khor also said among the four chief ministers, Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon was the worst in terms of performance.
“His team members did not have the guts to perform their duties sincerely.
“Everyone of his state assemblyman only wanted to be the ‘nice guy’,’’ he added.
He said Dr Koh inherited a state with rich resources when he took over the office from Dr Lim.
“Both the state government and the Federal Government were ruled by the Barisan Nasional during his time and he did not have too many difficulties like Chong Eu and Guan Eng,” he said.
“However, he lost everything after 18 years as chief minister and this shows that there were weaknesses during his governance,” Khor said.
I think the rise and fall of a political party is in the hands of the Rakyat. So, DAP is in the right time to replace Gerakan. So, Rakyat is the boss.
That is the reason Guan Eng stepped in is because of ineffectiveness of Koh. And Guan Eng will be out if there is a better person there to replace him.
Rakyat is not stupid. Congrats to the people of Penang. You are making the choice.
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KSH’s performance is rated as the worst among the 4 Chief Ministers of Penang. And yet he’s now a federal minister in charge of KPIs! What an ironic twist of fate!
And the twist is on BN. I am sure Najib knows what he’s doing. He’s meting out poetic justice to B-End!
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hey.. we’re talking about Malaysian politicians man …..
They’ve got their “reputations” to protect…
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what is KGK’s intention saying this now and not before?
hhhmmmmmnnn……
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tell me something i dont know.
…please, dont ever associate yourself as a chinese educationist. a total disgrace.
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…his photo was trampled upon fro all to see. what did he do?
at the end of the day, he called UMNO his brother.
DARN.
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Totally agree with KGK’s comments on KTK…
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For me the lowest point of my regard of KTK was when in Sep 2007,he mooted prohibiting slow and heavy vehicles crossing the Penang Bridge during peak hours, but backed down after the then Work Minister disagreed with this direction. Instead of making demand to the Work Minister, he politely suggested that the Work Minister had probably misunderstood his intention. Much to the chagrin of the Penangnites, he did not pursue this further. This was clearly a show of power by the Work Minister and our CM blinked and backed down.
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MCA,Gerakan and MIC should leave Barisan National then only our country can become fair….
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Lim Guan Eng will bring success to Penang and if given a chance to become the PM of the country, Malaysia will prosper.
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I think Dr Koh should go back to his teaching job.
Please I do not want my children or grand-children to learn anything from this guy cause he sucks.
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