I'm not Chinese, I'm Malaysian, says Guan Eng


The Malaysian Insight

IN his first press conference as finance minister, Lim Guan Eng brushed aside a question on his ethnicity, saying his focus is on job creation and maintaining social welfare programmes.

During the presser held at the Bersatu headquarters in Petaling Jaya today, he was asked by a Chinese national how he feels about his appointment as Malaysia’s first Chinese finance minister since Tan Siew Sin 44 years ago.


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