Welfare aid gives former crane operator much-needed lift


Low (right) presenting food supplies to Wong during a visit to his house in Kampung Baru Behrang Stesen in Muallim, Perak.

AFTER losing his job as a crane operator last year, Wong Hock Ching turned to catching haruan (snakehead fish) to make ends meet.

What was previously a favourite pastime for the 65-year-old from Kampung Baru Behrang Stesen in Muallim, quickly became a way to earn money as his savings dwindled.

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