They keep Penang running


Proud moment: Kalimuthu (third from left) and Wan Razak (centre) with their fellow council workers holding up their medals after the ceremony in George Town, Penang. —ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Interest in trees led V. Kalimuthu to join the local council landscape department in 1995, and he has never looked back.

“I grew up climbing trees to pluck fruits and enjoyed the idea of working with trees and plants.

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