Lights, Camera, Action: Penang’s Niche in Movie-Making
By Ooi Tze Xiong
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Ooi Tze Xiong
currently delves into content creation and enjoys piloting drones as a hobby. After years of sojourning in cities across Malaysia and Singapore, he eventually decided to call Penang home.