Pioneer vendor not ready to retire

Chin (centre) manning his stall selling newspapers at the morning market in Taman United, off Jalan Kelang Lama, Kuala Lumpur.

WHEN The Star’s headquarters was located in Penang, the daily prided itself on being a regional newspaper.

It was only in the mid-1970s that the newspaper began circulating nationwide when it opened an office in Kuala Lumpur.