Sri Sayang apartment resident Siau Bloomfield pointing to the narrow plot between the Batu Ferringhi Army Camp (right) and Rasa Sayang Resort (left, not in picture) where a 15-storey hotel is being planned. Residents here are also upset that such a development can be allowed. Photo: The Star/Chan Boon Kai
First, the shocks from the explosions are felt. Then the people brace themselves for the gravel that rain down on their houses and pray that the blast debris would not include rocks the size of a fist smashing their roof tiles again.
This is what residents in Paya Terubong on Penang island face. Of the 530,000 people living on the island’s North-East District (2012 census), a whopping 270,000 are estimated to be packed into this working-class suburb.
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