GEORGE TOWN: Penang Deputy Chief Minister II Dr P. Ramasamy's statement that the Penang state government has never hired a single United Examination Certificate (UEC) student as a civil servant contradicts former Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng's claim that Penang recognises the certificate, says the Penang MCA.
The state's MCA chairman Datuk Tan Teik Cheng said when Lim was Penang Chief Minister in 2015, he exploited the lack of recognition for the UEC by hiring UEC holder Thing Siew Shuen as general manager of the Penang Green Council.