Forging friendship city ties between Penang and Sanya

The world’s tallest Guan Yin statue and fourth tallest statue in the world is located at the Nanshan Temple in Sanya, China. — Photo: TripAdvisor

PENANG is becoming a ‘Friendship City’ with Sanya, a Hainanese city renowned as a winter retreat for wealthy Chinese pensioners.

The state government is looking forward to exchanges of local government administration ideas, cultural creative industries, sports and tourism products with the Sanya Municipal People’s Government.