When a woman’s touch helps in a ‘man’s job’


All in a day’s work: Rabiatusyahida posing in front of her tow truck at the compound of the Penang Island City Council Enforcement Department building in George Town. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Park your car illegally and you might have the “privilege” of having your vehicle towed away by the only woman city council tow truck driver in the country.

It is a tough job, not just because of the technicalities involved in towing vehicles, but owners of illegally parked cars will be livid at seeing them carted off.

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