Addnan Mohd Razali, who is currently engineering department director, will take over as MBPP city secretary. Their appointments are effective Jan 20.
Yew, 55, began his career in the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) on Mar 1, 1991 as a contract architect at the building department. He was promoted to chief municipal architect in 2008.
He was made building control department director on Mar 1, 2010, on his 19th anniversary of working with the council.
In December 2016, he was made city secretary, following the retirement of Ang Aing Thye.
Yew has two degrees from Universiti Sains Malaysia, in Housing, Building and Planning (1988) and Building Architecture (1990). He is also a corporate member of Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia and Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia.
Addnan, 59, started as a municipal engineer in 1984 before being made deputy director of the engineering department in 2011. In 2012, he was made director of the department.
State local government committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the decision to appoint Yew and Addnan to their new roles was made by the state executive council today.
“Both officers have a lot of experience and have done well. Since they have a lot of experience in the field, the executive council has full confidence in them to discharge their duties,” Chow told reporters today.
Yew and Addnan will receive their official appointments at the City Hall this Friday.
Yew said he was thankful and touched by the trust shown by the state government and promised to continue the state’s sustainable development goals for Penang Island as a city.
“I hope our parting mayor Maimunah will keep in touch with us always. We are saddened to see her leave. But we understand she has to go. We pray for her success in Nairobi,” he said.