Penang sends out SOS to deputy premier on looming water crisis


GEORGE TOWN: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has requested the Deputy Prime Minister to “save” four million Malaysian citizens in four states by intervening in the water shortage crisis.

In a letter dated Thursday to Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Lim said at the moment, the people of Perlis, Kedah, Penang and northern Perak are facing the threat of severe water shortage caused by the ‘Super El Nino’ phenomenon.

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