GEORGE TOWN: The Penang State Assembly has unanimously approved two water-related Bills, namely the Penang Water Resources Enactment 2025 and the Penang Water Resources Board Enactment 2025.
The Bills were tabled by Penang infrastructure and transport committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari (PH-Tanjong Bungah) to strengthen the state's framework for water resource management.
The legislation covers the protection, conservation and efficient usage of water resources, as well as provisions for licensing, offences and penalties.
All assemblymen from Pakatan Harapan and Perikatan Nasional voted in favour of the Bill.
The state assembly also approved a motion to reactivate a select committee on state and federal relations proposed by Lee Khai Loon (PH-Machang Bubuk).
The committee will now be headed by Gooi Hsiao Leong (PH-Bukit Tengah) with Lee, Datuk Azrul Mahathir Aziz (PH-Bayan Lepas), Teh Lai Heng (PH-Komtar), Tan Hooi Peng (PH-Seri Delima), Muhammad Fauzi Yusoff (PN-Sungai Dua) and Izhar Shah Arif Shah (PN-Seberang Jaya) as members.
According to Lee, the committee is important to strengthen the role of the assembly as an institution of checks and balances, as well as to reinforce a more equitable, transparent and constructive bilateral relationship between the state and the Federal Government.
