Never forgetting her roots


Success story: Goh and her husband Liow visiting Jerlun.

KUALA KANGSAR: Lawyer Goh Kim Lian’s voice still chokes up with emotion when she recalls her growing-up years in the Chinese new village of Jerlun here.

The roof of the humble family home leaked whenever it rained, their school uniforms were always frayed and patched-up and her parents struggled to come up with the RM5 monthly bus fare.

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