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Baking and helping the needy: Two things this Malaysian pastry chef loves to do

By ROUWEN LIN
Fernandez and his daughter Mary Melissa joining forces in the kitchen. Photos: James Gabriel Fernandez

When pastry chef George Alexander Fernandez, 56, lost his job last October after being in the industry for 37 years, he felt quite lost.

When he told his niece, Elvina Fernandez, about being laid off, she suggested that he start an online baking business.

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