Digital payment to curb outbreak: Trader Afiqah Norhisam, 19, posing for a photo after the cashless initiative was launched at the Bayan Baru market in Penang. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: In a bid to reduce physical contact between buyers and traders at public markets, the Penang government has launched a cashless initiative.
Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the move was a state effort to curb the spread of Covid-19.
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