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Sim Tze Tzin, ADUN Pantai Jerejak visited the Lengkok Mahsuri flats today with PDC engineers and officers to inspect the slant as claimed in Bernama News yesterday. During the inspection, it was found that the apron in the corridor had cracks in them as the building was built over what used to be a padi field, and has underground stream running below the ground, causing certain parts of the ground to sink. However, Sim reassures the residents that the building was structurally safe.The sinking involved three units in that apartment block. The sinking involved three units in that apartment block. Sim directed PDC personnels to engage the engineering unit of JKR to do further inspection.

PRESS STATEMENT BY MR. WONG MUN HOE VICE CHAIRMAN OF PENANG GERAKAN I refer to YB Sim Tze Tsin’s press statement on 11th May 2011 regarding the issue of repainting of flats. YB Sim’s statement clearly and distinctly reflects the 3 main differences between where he and Parti Keadilan’s stand and where I and my party’s stand in the issue. (1) YB Sim confines himself to only State, PDC, MPPP and MPSP housing. We do not. We want the benefits to be extended to all other flats and apartments that deserve the same benefits. We do not want discriminatory policies. (2) YB Sim is selfish and do not seem to want others to benefit. We want ALL to benefit. (3) YB Sim is satisfied with the 80:20 formula for low-cost and low-medium cost. We do not. We want the State to waive this condition. Not only have I been consistently saying that I have never once objected to the repainting of M3, 4 and 5 apartments but on the contrary, I have congratulated and even expressed my full support to th...

Press Statement in response to Mr. Wong Mun Hoe’s Press Conference 11 May 2011 Mr Wong Could Not Deliver Promises, Now He Must Stop Politicking. Yesterday, Mr Wong Mun Hoe and his Gerakan party leaders held a press conference to condemn the State Government regarding repainting of PDC and State Government built flats. He was quoted in Chinese Press as saying “Mahsuri Apartment (M3-M5) is privately managed and not under the management of PDC or State Government. They do not qualify to get repaint. How could they get to be the first to repaint?” His statement has angered many of the residents of the Mahsuri Apartment. Mr. Wong has politicized the issue and made the innocent residents as scapegoats. I would like to response to this matter by giving facts nothing but the facts. In March 2004, Mahsuri Apartment 3, 4 and 5 was approached by PDC to set up Management Corporation. During the formation meeting in August 2004, pro-tem committee requested to repaint the buildings, as par...

PRESS STATEMENT BY MR WONG MUN HOE, VICE CHAIRMAN OF PENANG STATE GERAKAN, ON BEHALF OF BARISAN NASIONAL PENANG On 3rd May, 2011 after the memorandum to appeal to the Penang State Government for the repainting of 53 blocks of flats and apartments was submitted to the Chief Minister, two important points were immediately made by the Political Secretary to the Chief Minister, YB Ng Wei Aik 1. Private high rise management including repainting is the responsibility of the developer or the management committee. 2. The State Government will only consider the repainting for PDC, MPPP, MPSP and State Government low cost flats. Following his response, I have 3 questions for YB Ng Wei Aik to answer. 1. Is YB Ng Wei Aik aware that the first apartment to be announced to be given this repainting ‘grant’ is the M3,4 and 5 apartments in Mahsuri, Bayan Baru and that this announcement is made by his boss, the Chief Minister himself? 2. Is YB Ng Wei Aik aware that the M3, 4 and 5 apartments...