before 1Malaysia there was Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu

A leader passed away yesterday
He was the one initiated the modern Penang
Giving jobs in times of economic turbulence
The economy of jobs and businesses

Penang mushroomed with the electronics factories
Employing thousands into the job market
With it he carved Penang into the world market
And so tourism boom flocked to Penang

When Gerakan joined Bee Anne
He thought it was a good move politically
Maybe he believed he could get the funding
To build Penang as he visioned her to be

He didnt forsee the hordes of wealth hungry pushers
They came to milk the Pearl of the Orient..........
With the partnership Gerakan seemed lost its vision
It was Bee Anne calling the way it was

When he lost in 1990 to Kit Siang
He left quietly with his dignity held high
A gentleman doctor until he passed away
He kept away from politics involving in charities

Penang Bridge could be good at his time
He forgot to calculate vehicles would increase
As years drive along the congestion will cause
He forgot to see ahead of the bridge problems

Even Komtar takes a sore thumb
Rising like big hardened phallus in the city sky
Where is the maiden to soothe its desire?
In time it turns into quiet abandonment

Now into PR administration
Komtar could find its heydays again
The city planners should complete the projects
Let it be the legacy of a man

Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu
A gentleman doctor and politician
When he left he didn't say anything about politics
He knew his time had done so he faded into enjoying his life