Abdul Rahman (left) with Lim.
KUALA LUMPUR: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has at least acknowledged that Putrajaya helped in reducing the Penang governments debts via a water restructuring and debt-rationalisation exercise in 2011, said Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan.
I thank Lim for finally acknowledging this in his statement two days ago and setting the record straight.
Penangites have been given the impression that the debt reduction was due to his impressive leadership as chief minister,” the Barisan Nasional Strategic Communications director said in a statement Saturday.
Abdul Rahman said the state governments debts would have tripled if the Federal Government had not intervened.
Lim had said Penang managed to reduce its stat…
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