Passengers disembarking from one of the fast boats at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal in Butterworth, Penang, on the first day of operation. — Photos: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star
EXISTING traders at the Raja Tun Uda ferry terminal on Penang island will have priority to get a lot each at Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal where the new fast boat ferry service for pedestrians now operates from.
Penang Port Commission chairman Datuk Tan Teik Cheng gave assurance that while the old ferry terminal is being upgraded, traders there would not be neglected.
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New Penang Ferry Service
Passengers disembarking from one of the fast boats at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal in Butterworth, Penang, on the first day of operation. — Photos: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star
Retired factory operator Anthony Lionel, 62, (left) among the early birds to try out the new fast boat at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal in Butterworth.
[main pic] (BRIEF CAPTION) Tourist from Melaka Mohd Ibrahim Ehsan Norhan, 28 taking wefies with his mother Rosnah Mohd Dom, 60 after walking out from Penang's fast boat ferries at Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry Terminal on the first day operation in Butterworth. (January 1,2020). - ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star
Tan (in light blue shirt) observing a passenger take the free shuttle service for elderly passengers between Penang Sentral and the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal in Butterworth.
Ong stocking up popular snack items in anticipation of business from commuters using the fast boats at Swettenham Pier.
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