Relocation takes joy out of CNY


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 05 Feb 2005

PENANG: A melancholic mood looms over Road Eight Fishing Village in Gat Lebuh Sandilands as residents prepare to spend their last Chinese New Year in the inner George Town cluster colony.  

“I feel sad leaving this place after living here for 47 years,” said grandfather Lee Thean Seng, 70, as he stood precariously on a wooden stool to put up lanterns at his stilt-house. 

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