GEORGE TOWN: On July 31, 1988, the Pengkalan Sultan Abdul Halim jetty platform collapsed under the overload of thousands of passengers scrambling to board ferries to get across to the island.
The horrific incident left 32 dead and more than 1,000 injured.
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