Penang CM in direct line of fire


The goodwill that greeted Chow when he rose to the top job in Penang is being washed away by a black swan in the form of an unprecedented water crisis.

PENANG Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow came under tremendous pressure as he wrestled with an unprecedented water crisis in Penang.

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