Penang ranks second in influx of new residents


GEORGE TOWN: For every 42 residents that left Penang between 2015 and 2016, 58 Malaysians from other states moved in.

This, according to the recently released Migration Survey Report 2016 by the Malaysian Department of Statistics, gives the state the highest positive migration effectiveness ratio in the country.

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