Guan Eng's blunder

I think that Lim Guan Eng isn't fully adjusted to being Chief Minister of Penang yet. It was highly unprofessional of him to promote Penang at the expense of Johor when among Singaporeans. Many may argue that what he said was true, Penang is probably, in the eyes of most, safer than Johor in many ways but he should have just let the successes of his leadership do the talking and stayed away from stepping on other people to get to the top. The general consensus is that he has done well, extremely well for a first timer in administration, and he needs to learn to rest on his laurels.

That being said, he also needs to buck up and get some simple things straight. The parking structure fiasco at the foot of Penang Hill needs to be addressed openly. His administration had plenty of time since they took charge to make sure such mistakes, often thought of as Barisan mistakes, didn't happen yet this one got by and as an opposition leader he would have hounded the government for such mistakes. He must be ready to live up to the standards he set for people when he was on the other side of the fence. His administration is not addressing the problems of Batu Ferringhi either and the chaos is really gaining the DAP's leadership skills bad press. They've been in power for three and a half years and the problem has been in existence for three and a half years. There has to be a solution to the problem and he better hurry up and figure it out before someone dies on that beach and everyone puts the blood on his hands.

He's done well, but that is no excuse to sit back and relax, we still expect more of Lim Guan Eng's leadership in Penang and there is plenty of room for the Penang government to do better.