CM: I need to meet with Koh - NST

BUTTERWORTH: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is finding it hard to arrange a meeting with his predecessor.

Lim said he did not understand why former chief minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon was not keen to meet with him.

He said even Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu had offered to meet him.

"It is not urgent, but it is necessary for me to meet Koh to discuss certain matters related to the administration," Lim said after opening Bagan Dalam assemblyman V. Tanasekharan's service centre in Jalan Bagan Luar here yesterday.

On another matter, Lim said the state had appointed independent auditors to investigate the Seberang Prai Municipal Council reserves which had dipped from RM220 million in 2000 to just RM25 million at present.

He said the auditors' findings would be made public and the state government would try to recover the money if it was found to have been misused.

"The public has a right to know how the council's reserves have dwindled so fast."

[From http://www.nst.com.my/Monday/National/2212863/Article/index_html]