Exodus by road and air this long weekend as voters return to hometowns


More vehicles will be on the road over the long weekend as people return home to vote in GE15. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

SEVERAL bus companies and at least one budget airline are seeing higher bookings for tickets during the long weekend holiday for the elections.

Siti Salamiah Abu Hassan, a bus company ticket counter operator at the Sungai Nibong bus terminal in Gelugor, said ticket sales shot up since Penang declared a special holiday for the eve of polling day.

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