Braving the murky depths
BALIK PULAU: Sungai Prai is famous for all the wrong reasons. Pig farms are known to have polluted the river, thousands of dead fish have been found floating in the water. It is teh-tarik brown, turbid and murky.
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BALIK PULAU: Sungai Prai is famous for all the wrong reasons. Pig farms are known to have polluted the river, thousands of dead fish have been found floating in the water. It is teh-tarik brown, turbid and murky.
BUTTERWORTH: Two commercial divers swam down into the turbid waters of the Prai River on Monday (Dec 18) night to determine the scale of the damage to the water pipe.
GEORGE TOWN: A husband-and-wife team of a soldier and policewoman topped the Best Malaysian Full Marathon (42km) men’s and women’s category of the Penang Bridge International Marathon, something the duo achieved in 2019 as well.
BUTTERWORTH: The water supply to the 590,000 consumers affected by the scheduled disruption from Jan 10 will be restored in stages between 48 and 96 hours from that date.
GEORGE TOWN: The Immigration Department foiled a syndicate involved in the production of fake Immigration i-Kad cards, Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) cards and fake Pakistani driving licences at a flat in Persiaran Mayang Pasir 5, Bayan Lepas.