All smiles: Chow (centre) shaking hands with Penang Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Ahmad Zakiyuddin Abdul Rahman as other state leaders look on after the state budget was announced at the state assembly.
GEORGE TOWN: The state budget for next year, at RM1.208bil, is a lot “leaner” than previous years.
Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, tabling his first budget for Penang, shaved it down from this year’s RM1.337bil and RM1.45bil last year.
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