Swettenham Pier will be home port for cruise ship industry, says Loke

GEORGE TOWN: The Transport Ministry intends to make the Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal (SPCT) as the home port for the cruise industry in an effort to bring more tourists to Penang.

Its minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said Penang was a state that had great potential in the tourism sector and he plans to improve the industry.

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