No walk in the park for Chow in Batu Kawan


Meeting with voters: Chow having a chat with Kuala Juru fishermen unit chief Nordin Othman when met at Kuala Juru jetty, Penang. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star.

GEORGE TOWN: Four days before nomination day, Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow was floored by Covid-19, but even as he was recuperating at home, his mind was on Batu Kawan.

He has a new, and rather tricky task ahead – to defend the parliamentary seat after the incumbent Kasthuriraani Patto declined re-election.

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