Food packs ease Deepavali preparations for 100 recipients

Saifuddin (in blue shirt) handing a food pack to one of the recipients at the event in Mount Erskine. To his left are Lee and Bukit Bendera MP Syerleena Abdul Rashid — Photos: LIM BENG TATT/The Star

SINCE her husband passed away five years ago, Deepavali for single mother K. Solochana, 66, has been a modest occasion.

However, Solochana will have something extra to look forward to this year after receiving a Deepavali food pack from Kebun Bunga assemblyman Lee Boon Heng at an event earlier this month.