He points out that Penang State includes Penang Island and Wellesly Province in the northwestern corner of the Malayan mainland. The two are linked by Penang Bridge, at 13.5 km. the longest in Southeast Asia. To protect Penang Island's tourism resources and avoid industrial pollution, the Malaysian government decided to restrict all industrial zones to the Wellesly side.
他指出，檳城州包括檳島和位於馬來西亞本土西北角的威省，兩地以東南亞最長（達十三．五公里）的檳城大橋相連，馬來西亞政府為維護檳島觀光資源，免受工業汙染，所以刻意將工業區全都規劃在威省這一邊。