Chow sworn in as Penang CM for second term

Penang Pakatan Harapan chairperson Chow Kon Yeow was sworn in as Penang chief minister for a second term at Seri Mutiara today.

Chow, 65, who is the Padang Kota assemblyperson took the oath of office before Penang Governor, Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak at 9.35am.

The ceremony was also attended by Penang state secretary Mohd Sayuthi Bakar and state Harapan and BN leaders.

Chow, who was named as the chief minister candidate by Harapan, will lead the unity state government following the Harapan-BN coalition winning 29 out of the 40 seats in the Penang state legislative assembly.

He won the Padang Kota seat with a majority of 7,116 votes, securing 8,261 votes against Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate H’ng Khoon Leng, who obtained 1,145 votes.

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- Bernama