Positive spillover from island project

The Silicon Island project has opened up job opportunities for the nearby fishing community. — Photos by KT GOH and ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

FISHERMAN Azlee Idris, 45, now doubles up as a full-time seafarer by ferrying workers to a reclamation site off Penang island’s southern coast.

His income has improved ever since reclamation for the man-made Silicon Island project began on Sept 1.