New future for old ferries


New life soon: The condition of the half-sunken ‘Pulau Pinang’ ferry at the Bagan Dalam dockyard next to Sungai Perai in Butterworth. — Pic from Tan Teik Cheng’s Facebook

GEORGE TOWN: Many companies have submitted proposals to turn Penang’s old ferries into floating restaurants and special tourist rides.

Despite delays amid the movement control order, Penang Port Commission (PPC) chairman Datuk Tan Teik Cheng said that several suitable candidates have been identified.

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