Why is BN talking about "affordable homes"?
When the Penang state government announced that affordable home would be built in the state. However, the Penang BN chairman Teng Chang Yeow has brushed aside the state government's announcement by saying that those affordable home are no more affordable as they are now overpriced. First of all, why is the Penang BN talking about "affordable homes" right now? Before 2008, who was then ruling the Penang state since 1969? Who actually has turned Penang into an industrialized state? If the state has been industrialized, then is the state government able to control the land prices from shooting up once certain areas has been developed and industrialized? If the Penang BN chairman is trying to talk about "welfare" for the people, then we can certainly confirm that they are not fit to talk about it at all in the first place. During BN's rule in the state, did Gerakan, MCA or Umno come up with a mechanism to control and curb the rising land cost and property p...