Malaysian book binder sets very high standards for himself


Hamsurie (the thorn among the roses) with his happy customers, holding their theses that had been bound by him.

There is a dearth of book binders in the country, so when book collector S. Jai Shankar of Kuala Lumpur (featured in “Growing by the book”, Star2, Aug 27) offered to introduce his book binder to me, I jumped at the opportunity.

Hamsurie Haji Waslie is a professional book restorer/book binder based in Kuching, Sarawak.

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Just RM5 per month.

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RM12.33/month

Billed as RM148.00/year

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