Penang Plans Inter-religious Goodwill Council - Bernama

PENANG, April 8 (Bernama) -- The Penang government plans to set up an Inter-Religious Goodwill Council to enhance cooperation, ties and understanding among the people of various races and religions in the state.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the council would comprise religious experts appointed by the state government and headed by him and two deputy chief ministers -- Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin and Prof P. Ramasamy.

The proposal would be tabled at the state executive council meeting Wednesday, he told reporters after meeting Pas president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang at his office here Tuesday.

He said the council was also aimed at ensuring justice to all religions.

"PAS has welcome the proposal and it will also ensure religious issues are not turned into tools by certain groups to the extent of making people to be dissatisfied," he said.

Hadi said the recent election results showed that the people wanted opposition parties to stay united in all their actions and decisions, and setting up a goodwill council was among the consensus reached.

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