Appealing for a lifeline

The PBKS in Chow Kit faces closure due to the abrupt discontinuation of government funding after more than seven years of serving the marginalised community in the area.

IN another life, she would have been surrounded by her family during this festive holiday season, joking and laughing together as they wait for lunch to be ready.

In this life, the frail-looking middle-aged woman sits alone dourly at the drop-in centre of the Pusat Bantuan Khidmat Sosial (PBKS) in the Chow Kit district of Kuala Lumpur, staring into space.