Sunday, August 24, 2008
Malaysia Declares August 26 Penang State Public Holiday
Sources: New Straits Times and Malaysia public holidays (qppstudio.net). After much back and forth (our post of August 22), Malaysia's Penang State Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng, has instructed the Penang State Government to declare Tuesday, August 26, 2008, as a one-off, public holiday throughout the State of Penang, on the occasion of the Permatang Pauh by-election.