Foreign workers throng tourist spots during holidays

Long wait: Foreigners waiting their turn to board the funicular train at Penang Hill lower station in Ayer Itam, Penang. — LIM BENG TATT/ The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Thousands of foreign workers took the opportunity of the Hari Raya holiday break to visit Penang’s tourist attractions over the weekend.

“They came in droves, even chartering their own buses,” said Penang Hill Corporation (PHC) general manager Datuk Cheok Lay Leng.