August 20, 2010 Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng announced that Penang is one of the top five states in Malaysia in terms of achieving highest investment in Malaysia.Incidentally, three of the states belong to Pakatan Rakyat.
The other two are Selangor and Kedah. According to the figures from MIDA, Penang recorded a total investment of RM1.52B in Q1 and Q2 of 2010.
CM Lim said the target set for Penang is RM4.2B and hence, the state will work hard to try to achieve this figure.
