Videographer turns to selling fruits to support his family during pandemic


In Dec last year, videographer Cheong and his wife Wong shifted their home-based fresh fruit supply and delivery business to a shoplot in Ara Damansara. Photo: Gregory Cheong

When the first movement control order was implemented to curb the spread of Covid-19 last year, videographer Gregory Cheong lost his only source of income.

“My work depends on being able to go out and shoot videos. As long as I can carry a video cam and click it, then I can earn an income, ” he says. “But during the MCO, there was zero income because there were no events or weddings. People had started to ask for refunds and there were many cancellation of services, ” says the 41-year-old who lives in Petaling Jaya.

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