Tesco building and furnishing houses for flood victims

Social responsibility: Fischer (left) helping to assemble the modular home in Kampung Berlian. The project will see four houses built here and another four in Kampung Laut.

TUMPAT: Eight flood victims here will move into their new homes in six weeks time – thanks to Tesco which will not only build, but also fully furnish the three-bedroom and two-bathroom homes.

Tesco chief executive officer Datuk Georg Fischer said the 740 sq ft houses costing RM55,000 each inclusive of the furniture and fittings, were mo­­dular ones designed by Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (Usim).