An air ferry for Penang

By Andrea Filmer

June 2015 FEATURE
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With two bridges linking Penang’s island and mainland, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng now looks towards an aerial connection to stitch more tightly the state’s two halves together.The announcement, in all honesty, came as a surprise. With work on an RM6.3bil undersea tunnel slated to begin next year, few were expecting news on any further links between Penang’s island and mainland. So, understandably, the disclosure of quiet, ongoing discussions between the state government and Penang Sentral – the upcoming central...

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Andrea Filmer

is a freelance journalist who has lived in the US and Australia but, for reasons unknown to herself, finds it impossible to call anywhere but Penang home.

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