Penang tunnel: Comparison with Hong Kong flawed

  • Guan and Najib
    Guan Eng and Najib at the opening of the second Penang Bridge - Photograph: Bernama
  • bucg MOU with najib, guan eng
    Big Business: BUCG Chairman Liu Longhua signing an MOU with Penang CM Guan Eng on 28 April 2011, witnessed by then Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and PM Najib - Photograph: BUCG

The Penang state government’s contention – that Hong Kong has three tunnels; so why can’t Penang have one – is flawed as it is not comparing nutmegs with nutmegs. (more…)

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