Hundreds of books at Penang Japanese School damaged in floods

United in difficult times: Volunteers taking part in the gotong-royong activity at the Penang Japanese School in Sungai Pinang.

GEORGE TOWN: Hundreds of library books at the Penang Japanese School in Sungai Pinang have been damaged in the massive flood as volunteers tried to salvage the remaining ones in a gotong- royong session.

More than 50 volunteers including pa­rents, teachers and students cleaned the muddy floor of the library while others moved some of the school’s furniture to dry out in the sun.