Two DCMs for Penang


PENANG: Penang will have two deputy chief ministers – Penanti assemblyman Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin of PKR and Prai assemblyman Dr P. Ramasamy of DAP. 

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng told a press conference at his office in Komtar yesterday that the two would be appointed Deputy Chief Minister I and II respectively. 

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