Coconuts bring fortune to disabled man


Man of the hour: : (From right) Redza, Najib and Ahmad Shaupi during the presentation in Putrajaya.

PUTRAJAYA: Ahmad Shaupi Ismail used to earn only a few hundred ringgit a month. Now, he is a proud entrepreneur whose coconut jelly business is providing job opportunities for the less fortunate.

The physically-disabled father of three had tried it all – from running a motor repair shop to farming but it is this business that has brought him luck and fortune.

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