White knights ride in to ease burdens


Friends of Goodwill, with Malaysian Armed Forces Chinese Veterans Association members, handing out goodie bags and food coupons to the trishaw riders. – Photo: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

FRIENDS of Goodwill, a loosely based group of friends, has come to the aid of trishaw riders in Penang who are badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

About 15 of them got together to raise RM16,000 to give out goodies bags containing toiletries, bottles of hand sanitiser, face masks, raincoats, bottled water, biscuits and shoes.

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