Chief Minister sits in Economy class without body guards
I was quite astounded when I read this in the Sunday Star yesterday.
At first, Ning Baizura’s manager Vernon Kedit Jolly spotted Penang’s Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng standing in front of them (Ning and Jolly) in a queue. When Vernon told Ning Baizura about this, she would not believe it.
Ning: Takkan CM jalan sorang sorang. If he’s the CM, where’s the bodyguards and the officers and the rombongan and kaum kerabat?
Me (Vernon): Tak percaya? Watch and learn.
So Vernon approached him, introduced himself and asked to take a picture. YAB Lim obliged.
Source: mrmanager.blogspot.com
Later on, when Ning and Vernon were settled in First Class, they turned their heads around, expecting to see YAB Lim nearby. But he was nowhere to be found. Vernon went to do a bit of investigating:
I popped my head round the curtain that veils First Class and Economy Class and guess who I saw sitting in the front row seat of Economy quietly reading the newspapers?
No prizes for right guesses. See more pictures here.
I should have expected this from a man who would rather live in his father’s house than to spend RM300,000 in tax-payers money to fix up the official dwelling of Penang’s CM. Such a person deserves my respect rather than national or corporate leaders who flaunt their status driving big cars and living like a duke. Down to earth people such as Lim Guan Eng deserve my most respect. Truly leading by example.
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Truly leadership by example. He has my respect too.