No customer: A trishaw rider resting on a pillow in his trishaw parked along Penang Road in George Town. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star
WITHOUT foreign tourists, trishaw riders in Penang are facing the brunt of the Covid-19 economic fallout.
Many of them, who are mostly senior citizens, have turned the three-wheeled vehicles into homes as they could not afford to pay room rentals.
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Gallery: Trishaw Riders
No customer: A trishaw rider resting on a pillow in his trishaw parked along Penang Road in George Town. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star
Several trishaw riders operating from Penang Road have no choice but to sleep on the streets or in their trishaws as they are unable to pay room rent.
Shirts and face masks hung up to dry on trishaw umbrellas at Armenian Street.
Ang preparing to drape a piece of clothing on his trishaw to dry under the hot sun at Penang Road in George Town. – Photos: LIM BENG TATT/The Star
