BN leaders admit that the 'feel good' factor in Budget 2012 will not win back the state. More must be done to inspire voters' confidence, they say.
GEORGE TOWN: The state Barisan Nasional acknowledges that the impressive Budget 2012 will not be enough to wrest back Penang from Pakatan Rakyat.
State BN information chief M Loga Balan (photo) said although the budget was much applauded as a people’s budget, the state BN needed to work a lot more to regain voters’ confidence.
“The prime issue of the budget is not winning elections. It’s the nation’s wealth being distributed for the people to enjoy. Budget alone won’t win back Penang for us,” the state PPP chairman told a press conference after a state BN working committee meeting here today.
Also present were committee chairman and Gerakan state chief Dr Teng Hock Nan, state MIC chief Senator PK Subbaiyah and state BN secretary Dr Hilmi Yahaya.
Prime Minister and Finance Minister Najib Tun Razak tabled the Budget in parliament last Friday.
Among the goodies for the people were RM500 cash gift each for households earning less than RM3,000 per month; RM100 cash gift each for all school pupils; and RM200 voucher each for Form Six and higher learning institute students.
State BN would set up a state secretariat to deal with the cash handouts to the people.
BN service centres of all 11 Umno state assemblymen, state constituency coordinators and two senators – Subbaiyah and Bukit Gelugor Umno women wing chief Norliza Abdul Rahim – would assist the secretariat.
The secretariat would be set up by the end of this year
Teng said the state BN had received positive grassroots feedbacks on the budget, while many people had inquired on details pertaining to the cash gifts.
‘Twist and turn’ Guan Eng slammed
Commenting on the unstable four-storey car-park near the Penang Hill lower station, Loga Balan slammed Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng for resorting to his trademark politics of “twisting, turning and twirling” to blame BN for the project.
The completed car park raised public concern on the building’s stability following an independent soil investigation report carried out by UD Geotechnics Sdn Bhd on the structure in February 2009.
Referring to the October edition of state-published Buletin Mutiara, Loga Balan accused Lim of implying that the previous administration was responsible for the problem.
He said the question regarding the car park was not its viability but the technical details approved by the local council MPPP for the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) in 2009.
“The technical details were approved by the current government. Lim should stop spreading lies and blame others. He should have the guts to admit flaws of his administration,” he said.
The soil study was commissioned by PDC Consultancy Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of PDC, to UD Geotechnics.
GEORGE TOWN: The state Barisan Nasional acknowledges that the impressive Budget 2012 will not be enough to wrest back Penang from Pakatan Rakyat.State BN information chief M Loga Balan (photo) said although the budget was much applauded as a people’s budget, the state BN needed to work a lot more to regain voters’ confidence.
“The prime issue of the budget is not winning elections. It’s the nation’s wealth being distributed for the people to enjoy. Budget alone won’t win back Penang for us,” the state PPP chairman told a press conference after a state BN working committee meeting here today.
Also present were committee chairman and Gerakan state chief Dr Teng Hock Nan, state MIC chief Senator PK Subbaiyah and state BN secretary Dr Hilmi Yahaya.
Prime Minister and Finance Minister Najib Tun Razak tabled the Budget in parliament last Friday.
Among the goodies for the people were RM500 cash gift each for households earning less than RM3,000 per month; RM100 cash gift each for all school pupils; and RM200 voucher each for Form Six and higher learning institute students.
State BN would set up a state secretariat to deal with the cash handouts to the people.
BN service centres of all 11 Umno state assemblymen, state constituency coordinators and two senators – Subbaiyah and Bukit Gelugor Umno women wing chief Norliza Abdul Rahim – would assist the secretariat.
The secretariat would be set up by the end of this year
Teng said the state BN had received positive grassroots feedbacks on the budget, while many people had inquired on details pertaining to the cash gifts.
‘Twist and turn’ Guan Eng slammed
Commenting on the unstable four-storey car-park near the Penang Hill lower station, Loga Balan slammed Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng for resorting to his trademark politics of “twisting, turning and twirling” to blame BN for the project.
The completed car park raised public concern on the building’s stability following an independent soil investigation report carried out by UD Geotechnics Sdn Bhd on the structure in February 2009.
Referring to the October edition of state-published Buletin Mutiara, Loga Balan accused Lim of implying that the previous administration was responsible for the problem.
He said the question regarding the car park was not its viability but the technical details approved by the local council MPPP for the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) in 2009.
“The technical details were approved by the current government. Lim should stop spreading lies and blame others. He should have the guts to admit flaws of his administration,” he said.
The soil study was commissioned by PDC Consultancy Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of PDC, to UD Geotechnics.
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