World News Day: Enduring bonds in the time of Covid-19


Friend in need: Tan housed two stranded Malaysians in her three-room flat for two months after the Malaysian border closure in March. — RAJ NADARAJAN/TODAY

Since she was five, Kelly Kanaga, 30, and her family moved from one place to another for a roof over their heads before they got a rental flat of their own a year ago in Singapore.

When she heard about the plight of Malaysian workers sleeping rough near Kranji MRT Station after the Covid-19-triggered nationwide lockdown in the island republic in March, she did not think twice about opening her home to strangers even though it was already cramped.

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