KUALA LUMPUR: The tale of an immigrant tin miner in colonial Malaya won the judges’ nod as the best overall essay in the Dublin Literary Award for Young Malaysians 2012 essay writing competition.
Form Five student Tham Junean from SMK Seri Indah, Serdang, weaved the topic “Be careful what you wish for” into a picture of hardship and poverty of a young tin miner who sailed from China to Malaya in search of a better life.
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