Gerakan seeks clarification on Penang’s GDP numbers


KUALA LUMPUR: Gerakan wants Penang Institute to clarify its figures on Penang’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita growth rate, as it claims that the state had one of the slowest growths since 2008.

Its secretary-general Datuk Liang Teck Meng said he was pleased that Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng had brought Penang Institute chief executive officer and economics head Dr Lim Kim-Hwa into the picture to clarify the situation.

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