Migrant worker hostel policy not 'racist', insists Penang CM

Susan LoonePublished: Jan 30, 2019 12:20 PM

Chow Kon Yeow has refuted an activist's claim that his remarks about foreign workers living in separate hostels and being prone to social ills were "racist" in nature.

The Penang chief minister reiterated that foreign workers should be provided with proper accommodation in separate hostels as they are prone to social ills.

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Stanley please shift your entire family to co-locate in 100 metre vicinity of a Bangaldeshi hostel and then tell us how you feel.

Low Chen Hua06:27 AM, 31 Jan 2019

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Stanley please shift your entire family to co-locate in 100 metre vicinity of a Bangaldeshi hostel and then tell us how you feel.

Low Chen Hua06:27 AM, 31 Jan 2019