Having foreign workers as neighbours has become a norm

Foreign workers ending their night shifts and returning to Macallum Street Ghaut flats in Penang at about 7am by factory bus. ( November 25 , 2021 ). - CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Having foreign workers living next door has become a way of life in some parts of land-starved Penang, with as many as six to 15 of them sharing an apartment of two or three rooms.

In some apartment blocks here, entire floors are rented out as dormitory dwellings. And the signboards of multinational corporations (MNCs) are nailed onto their front doors to stake out territories.