Local workers adapt to new routines


Asrul says his four children are his main motivation to keep working at the market despite the hard, physical labour.

MALAYSIANS are finding new ways to respond to the financial crunch caused by business closures during the movement control order (MCO).

Finding themselves out of work, they are stepping out of their comfort zone to take on jobs many would consider dirty and dangerous.

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