Toys more than just child’s play

Abbas Salimi and Welfare Department officer M. Ramacantiran holding a placard, alongside representatives of organisations that contributed towards the establishment of the toy library at the Putra Heights mosque. — MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI/The Star

AS a mother of a toddler, Subang Jaya assemblyman Michelle Ng can understand how bored the 140 child victims of the Putra Heights gas pipeline blast would be while being housed at the temporary relief centres.

“When I visited the temporary relief centre, a few mothers told me that they were trying hard to entertain their children with what little they had.