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SHE can’t afford a motorcycle but that has not stopped Adik Lin, as she’s called, from getting food orders to customers on foot, come rain or shine.
Her efforts touched the hearts of many, reported
China Press.
Equipped for the job: Adik Lin (right) posing with her new bicycle as a well-wisher looks on. Pic courtesy of Penang Kini FB
A couple, who chanced upon the 22-year-old from Kulim, Kedah, one evening shared a story about her on social media.
They had spotted Adik Lin carrying a food delivery bag and offered to help her send it in their car as it was raining.
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MORE than 400 traders, especially those selling clothes at Pasar Siti Khadijah in Kota Baru, Kelantan, have appealed to the state government to consider exempting rental payments for their shops to ease their burden following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic,
Sinar Harian reported.
The market’s bumiputra traders association president Ahmad Nazri Che Omar said more than 200 clothes traders on the second floor of the market had lost their source of income for the past year.
“All of us survive on the sales at the market. We do not have other jobs. When the shops closed, we did not have any means to pay the rent.
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WITH the help of some photo editing, a primary school in Alor Setar, Kedah, came up with a creative way to produce physically-distanced class photos for 2020 (pic), reports
Sin Chew Daily.
The most eye-catching ones were the Year One classes at SJK(C) Keat Hwa (K) where pupils appear to be sitting inside boxes stacked on top of each other.
In reality, photos of each pupil sitting in boxes were taken individually and later stitched together with photo-editing software.
The idea was the brainchild of school alumnus and photographer Zhang Tian Hao, 43, who enlisted the help of a team of parents as volunteers for the photoshoot.
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A MOTORCYCLE repairman in Seberang Prai, Penang, is teaching youths the trade by taking them on as apprentices, reported
Makkal Osai.
Ramendran Krishnan, 41, said he started learning to repair motorcycles on a part-time basis at a workshop near his house while he was still in secondary school.
After completing his Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM), he pursued vocational education.
Ramendran said he became a mechanic after completing his training and opened his own workshop in Butterworth, 15 years ago.
He now has twins Arun Raj and Arvin Raj working with him as apprentices.
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A WORKING paper by a Malaysian scientist has been selected as one of China’s top 100 most influential international academic papers,
Sin Chew Daily reported.
pic) is making waves internationally for his research in fighting climate change.
According to a recent announcement by China’s Ministry of Science and Technology, the recognition was given to Low for his innovative work on solar energy.
Low, who grew up in Simpang Renggam, Johor, is working together with other academics to find out how solar energy could be used to convert carbon dioxide into natural gas.