Time still flows like water at Penang treatment plant

Keeping up with the times: The clock tower as seen from the Air Itam Dam WTP. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Ages ago, having a watch on your wrist or in your pocket was a luxury, so when engineers built the Ayer Itam water treatment plant, they built a four-faced clock tower so that townsfolk could always tell the time.

It stands until today, still showing the exact time.