Keeping the wheels spinning


Master at work: Choo working on a trishaw at his workshop in Jalan Pintal Tali, which is popular among tourists. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: There may be no more spare spokes to repair the wheels of today’s Penang trishaws within the next three years.No factory in the world makes the spokes for the Penang trishaw’s wheels anymore.

But one trishaw repairman here bought several thousand spokes when he sensed that the part would soon become obsolete.

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