A wheelchair-bound man getting his temperature checked during Ops Selamat in Komtar.
THE Penang government has set up a halfway house at the Caring Society Complex in Jalan Utama, George Town, with 66 beds for the homeless over the movement control order (MCO) period.
State welfare and caring society committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said the first batch of 20 ‘residents’ comprising 16 men and four women moved in after they were rescued in an operation codenamed Ops Selamat in the vicinity of Komtar on Friday.
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A wheelchair-bound man getting his temperature checked during Ops Selamat in Komtar.
Penang Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Society Malaysia members preparing toiletry items for the homeless at the halfway house at the Caring Society Complex.
Penang Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Society Malaysia members helping to set up the halfway home for the homeless at the Caring Society Complex.
Some of the vagrants waiting to be screened in Komtar, George Town. — Photos: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
Members of Buddhist Tzu Chi Merit Society forming a human chain to transport materials for the halfway house at the Caring Society Complex in George Town.
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