Penang a preferred retirement destination


Personal touch: A nurse taking a resident’s blood pressure while Ooi looks on. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Penang offers a unique allure as a retirement destination because of the numerous hospitals and a lifestyle that is a blend of yesteryears with modernity.

Universiti Sains Malaysia family medicine specialist Dr Mastura Mohd Sopian said factors contributing to the mushrooming of retirement homes in the Pearl of the Orient are diverse and complicated.

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

RM 11.12/month

Billed as RM 11.12 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter.

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Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 9.87/month

Billed as RM 118.40 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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