Consumers Association of Penang
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The Penang ferry operator should be answerable for the repeated disruption of the ferry services, the latest being 14 October 2020. A ferry load of commuters arrived from Butterworth to Penang Island only to be unable to berth as they were told that the ferry that was supposed to leave was unable to as the …
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Imagine you are a first-time visitor to Penang. Your gateway is very important. The airport, the bridge, second bridge, the underground tunnel or THE FERRY. You are a tired traveller and probably wants to get to your destination as quickly as possible. The gateways other than the ferry do a quicker job. But the ferry …
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) welcomes the Transport Ministry’s announcement that Penang ferry services will not be suspended as earlier planned for three months, beginning 1 September, for upgrading works at the ferry terminals. Replacing the current ferries with twin-hulled catamarans is the recent move as catamarans are known to be energy efficient. Ferry …
Some accidents should not be happening on the highways, e.g. those resulting from foreign objects lying on the highways. However, such accidents happen when things fall off from vehicles (especially heavy vehicles) or retreaded tyres burst leaving chunks of rubber littering the highways. Highway users pay a toll and PLUS has a duty of care …
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The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is appalled by the latest consignment of the last of the four ferries in service to the workshop for “technical reasons”, stranding thousands of commuters who depended on the ferry service. It was only end July when five of the ferries were out of order and commuters had to …