The Penang government today announced the appointment of former Gerakan deputy secretary-general Datuk Lee Kah Choon as a director of the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) and chairman of the executive committee of InvestPenang, a PDC subsidiary.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng told a news conference at his office here the decision on the appointment was made at Wednesday’s meeting of the state executive council.
He said Lee, 48, started work on Friday and today he and Lee were scheduled to visit the Bukit Minyak industrial site. The PDC and InvestPenang were set up by the previous Barisan Nasional (BN) state government to draw investments to Penang.
“The state government has appointed him (Lee) because it feels he can make a positive contribution to the economic development of Penang for the benefit of the people in the state,” Lim said.
He said the DAP-PKR state government welcomed those who wanted to serve the people with sincerity in the public interest and it did not consider race, religion or political background as factors in the selection of any candidate.
“The new state government wants to chart a new course by appointing those who, going by tradition, would not get appointed. We want to pool all capacities to develop Penang, and to make Penang dynamic we need the contribution of all the people,” he said.
Lee, who had resigned from all his party posts last month, thanked the state government for the trust placed in him and said he would help step up domestic and foreign investment in Penang and strengthen the state’s economy so that Penang became the choice for not only investors but also tourists and skilled workers.
“I considered all options and decided that my role in the two institutions will not be any different from my original objective of serving the people of Penang when I entered politics 11 years ago,” he said.
He said he would give his full attention to efforts to develop Penang but would remain a member of the Gerakan although he would not be active in politics.
At the same news conference, Lim announced the appointment of former Sessions Court judge Datuk Ho Mooi Ching, 56, as chairman of the Penang Pardons Board and Tan Sri Khalid Ahmad Sulaiman, 71, as the deputy chairman.
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