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GEORGE TOWN: The Pakatan Rakyat state government has neglected the urban poor and if this is left unchecked, there will be social repercussions, including a rise in crime, said an Umno leader yesterday.

State Umno liaison committee deputy chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman said Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng should deal with the plight of the poor in the city.

He said the state government had yet to fulfil the pledge in its 2008 general election manifesto to eradicate poverty in the state.

"In short, Lim's administration has not done anything to curb urban poverty in the past two years.

"Financially-strained urbanites have limited options to supplement their income due to the lack of natural resources in the city," he said after opening Karnival Rakyat, organised by Umno Jelutong division, at SRJK (T) Sungai Pinang.

Zainal, who is adviser to the Rural and Regional Development Ministry, said there was a big gap in welfare aid distributions between the federal and state governments.

He said the federal government had channelled RM60 million in welfare aid to Penang compared with RM9 million from the state government.

"The state government should find ways to match the amount of federal government aid through foreign investment.

"They must come out with more welfare contributions through other means of funding."2010/03/15-NST

Rakyat Pulau Pinang sekali lagi diperbodohkan , minda rakyat Pulau Pinang diremehkan sebegitu rupa agar mempercayai bahawa kerajaan Khalifah sosialis cina melaka ini berjaya menghapuskan miskin tegar.

Guan Eng mendabik dada kononnya berjaya menghapuskan miskin tegar hanyalah pembohongan yang memperbodohkan rakyat Pulau Pinang

Bagaimana dan langkah langkah untuk mencapai sifar miskin tegar tidak dinyatakan oleh Guan Eng malahan perihal untuk mencapai sifar miskin tegar adalah satu perkara yang harus diperhalusi bukan hanya mendabik dada dengan memberi RM500 kesemua miskin tegar terhapus.

Dengan sombongnya beliau mendabik dada telah mencapai sifar miskin tegar dalam masa 1 tahun adalah menjadi satu persoalan.

Kami beranggapan kenyataan yang merbahaya ini akan mengakibatkan tiada kesungguhan untuk melawan miskin tegar kerana secara tidak langsung mereka yang menjadi golongan sasar akan terlepas pandang oleh pihak kerajaan negeri kerana beranggapan tiada lagi kemiskinan di Pulau Pinang.