Sabahan father uses savings for weekly KL-KK flights to be with family


Chong, a former MMA exponent, makes weekly trips back to Sabah to be reunined with his wife and daughters.

Weekends are the only time when Allen Solomon Chong experiences any semblance of family life. The Sabahan, who is currently working in Kuala Lumpur, would make weekly trips back home to Kota Kinabalu to be with his wife and four daughters.

In fact, the project manager recently booked 39 flights in just the span of a month. The flights – which are spread throughout the year and the next – are all for his journeys home to Sabah.

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