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The industrial town of BUTTERWORTH is the port for the island of Penang and its capital, Georgetown, and of no interest except as a transport hub. The bus station , port complex, taxi stand and train station (tel 04/331 2796) are all next door to each other on the quayside. All but one of the daily north-south trains stop here. The 24-hour passenger and car ferry service runs three times an hour from the port complex to Pengkalan Weld in Georgetown and takes twenty minutes. If necessary, you can stay near the port at Sin Tong Ah (04/323 9679; $15-20). To get there, walk northeast from the bus station along the main road for a minute or so and follow it left past a huge intersection; the hotel is on the other side of the road.