Penang CM hopes tuna port, Pan Island Link Highway among projects to be approved under Budget 2026

• "From the list of 100-200 projects that we proposed, the federal government told us to present a shortlist of 10 priority projects. Then, recently, we were told to present a shortlist of five priority projects."

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 7): The Penang government will present five priority projects to the federal government for consideration ahead of the tabling of Budget 2026 on Friday.

Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said projects listed as priority include the Pan Island Link Highway, the development of the Penang Tuna Port, the Federal Road from Bayan Lepas to Teluk Kumbar, and the health complex in Seberang Perai.

"From the list of 100-200 projects that we proposed, the federal government told us to present a shortlist of 10 priority projects. Then, recently, we were told to present a shortlist of five priority projects.

"So, perhaps from these five projects, we may have the opportunity to get one or two of them approved under Budget 2026,” he told a media conference at his office in Komtar on Monday.

He added that most of the projects proposed by the state government are infrastructure projects that are crucial for the state's people and its socio-economic development. 

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, also the finance minister, is scheduled to table Budget 2026 in Parliament on Friday.

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