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Flashback #Star50: Jetty collapse deaths a harsh lesson in human negligence

By PAUL GABRIEL



Fatal wait: Passengers were jostling to board the Pulau Langkawi ferry when the platform gave way, crushing the motorists and motorcyclists below.
Fatal wait: Passengers were jostling to board the Pulau Langkawi ferry when the platform gave way, crushing the motorists and motorcyclists below.


IT was a beautiful, sunny Sunday morning in Butterworth and July 31, 1988, was to be a very special day for Penang.

The Buddhist Guan Yin (Goddess of Mercy) festival was taking place in George Town on the island, with the annual St Anne’s Feast being celebrated in Bukit Mertajam on the mainland.

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