Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has expressed his surprise over Works Minister Fadillah Yusof’s statement on the Penang third bridge, which the former described as "out of the blue".

“I am surprised he sent this statement out of the blue. Clearly it was a politically-motivated statement,” Lim said at a press conference today.

“But I do not want to harbour such negative perception about him, I will look at the positive aspect and not question his sincerity."

Lim said Fadillah can help the Penang government by approving in principle the state’s plan to build a toll-free third bridge instead of the costly RM6.3 billion undersea tunnel, linking the island to Butterworth...