Financial pressures force retirees to go back to work

Steady hand: For Yap, being a cashier requires good communication skills. — LOW LAY PHON/The Star

SHOPPERS at a hypermarket in Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor are greeted by a cheerful, elderly cashier at the payment counter.

Yap Siew Kin, 60, meets each of them with a smile, before scanning their items and placing them in bags.