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Infrastructure
Infrastructure in Penang is of world class standard. Penang is linked via air, sea, road and rail.
The Penang International Airport is the second largest and most busy airport in Malaysia. Each week, 55 cargo flights take off from the Penang International Airport to the rest of the world. As for the passenger terminal, a total of 450,000 visitor arrivals is recorded every year.
Penang has direct air links with Medan, Jakarta Bangkok, Phuket, Koh Samui, Singapore, Taipei, Hong Kong, Canton and Xiamen and via Kuala Lumpur to many parts of the world.
The Penang Port is the third largest container port in Malaysia while a total of 35 cruise liners visit Penang every year. The Penang Port also offers berthing facilities for yachts and other watercrafts.
Penang is linked to the other parts of west-coast Peninsula Malaysia as well as Singapore and Thailand via the North-South Highway and the east-coast of Peninsula Malaysia via the East-West Highway.
The Malaysian Railway links Penang to the north of Peninsula Malaysia and Thailand as well as to the south of Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore.
The industrial parks at Bayan Lepas have the best telecommunication and electrical infrastructure in the State. However, the WiFi@Penang project, which its implementation is on-going is expected to provide a further boost to broadband connectivity to Penang in general.
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