Lokman collecting discarded boxes and plastic binders.
CROUCHED on a roadside pavement in Ipoh old town, Lokman frantically dismantles the cardboard boxes at his feet as beads of sweat trickle down his weather-beaten face and neck.
Nearby, there are about two dozen plastic strips, which he had salvaged from piles of rubbish discarded by wholesalers in the vicinity.
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