Tough time controlling crowd at market


Back to old routine: Visitors crowding Lorong Ipoh near the Jelutong market to get breakfast and their daily essentials.

GEORGE TOWN: As the seventh week of the movement control order rolls in, authorities are desperate to keep one of Penang’s “hot” markets in order.

Pictures of the narrow and cramped Jelutong market, which caters to a densely populated neighbourhood, have been circulating on social media and drawing public alarm.

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