SEVERAL Penang landmarks including the iconic Komtar building have become a hangout for homeless folk.
They would sleep along the city’s sidewalks, at bus stops and at tourist spots in the George Town Unesco World Heritage Site enclave.
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A view of the nearly completed transit centre for the homeless in Jalan CY Choy in George Town was photographed in June this year. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star
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