Penang MCA leaders have handed a protest letter to Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow to object to the impending 20 percent water price hike in the state.

Gathering outside the state administrative office at Level 3 of Komtar, the group represented by MCA state liaison committee spokesperson Ooi Teik Liang handed the letter to a staff of the chief minister's office.

"The recent announcement from the state government will increase the daily living cost, and it will reflect that the state government is not concerned and caring to the people over their sufferings in their daily lives...