Penang excos start work in 'bare' offices

Penang excos start work in 'bare' offices
Sun - 17 March 2008

The new state executive councillors (excos) started their first week in office to govern with a clean sheet, literally.

They found their offices cleared of all government documents and minutes of the previous Barisan Nasional (BN) government. All records of projects, completed or current, approved by the previous government are missing.

Health, Welfare and Caring Society Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said: "The action taken by the previous excos have hindered our work."

"They (the previous exco) claim the documents are 'personal property' and cleared the offices," he told reporters.

The new line-up would have to get copies of the documents from the state secretary's office.

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