GEORGE TOWN: Local residents who are grappling with the high cost of living will get some relief as a free bus service between the city on the island and Bukit Mertajam on the mainland will begin Jan 1.
he service, provided by the state government to link those travelling from the Bukit Mertajam bus terminal to Komtar and vice versa, is expected to play a crucial role for the needy other than boosting public transport usage.
The first bus trip from the island and Bukit Mertajam will both depart at 6am on weekdays with a frequency of 30 minutes until 9.30am, before stopping. “There are also people from the mainland who need to go to Penang Hospital for medical treatment,” he said, adding that there would be 25 free trips per day.
Sally Khor, 35, who is diagnosed with congenital kidney failure, said the free CAT Bridge service would ease her burden.
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