Perturbed over hostel for foreign workers


RESIDENTS of Prestige V in Batu Maung, Penang, are unhappy that some of the houses in their neighbourhood are allegedly being used as hostels for foreign workers.

Five residents, said to be speaking on behalf of the others, claimed that about 25 of the 81 houses at the new residential area in Lorong Bidara had been turned into hostels over the past six months.

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