Rep questions need for undersea tunnel under transport plan

Taking a break: Pulau Betong assemblyman Muhammad Farid Saad (standing) shaking hands with Tanjung Bungah assemblyman Teh Yee Cheu at the state assembly building. With them are Bertam assemblyman Shariful Azhar Othman (second left) and Batu Uban assemblyman Dr T. Jayabalan.

A DAP backbencher has expressed reservations over the planned undersea tunnel project in Penang, saying priority should be given to other projects in the Penang Transport Master Plan.

Yap Soo Huey (DAP-Pulau Tikus) said the undersea tunnel was the least important under the plan.