The front page of The Star’s Jan 1, 1979 issue with the cover picture showing Tunku Abdul Rahman at the first Penang Starwalk that took place on Dec 31, 1978.
THE circumference of Earth is about 40,000km.
Add up all the kilometres that the roughly 280,000 Penang Starwalkers did in the last 39 walks — about two million kilometres — and that is like circling the planet 50 times.
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