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.

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