Golden Hearts winner a Samaritan from age nine

GEORGE TOWN: He was neither family nor good friend. But for Shirin Aziha Shahidan, it didn’t matter when it came to helping Uncle Ah San.

While other schoolchildren were busy with homework or spending time with friends, Shirin, at just nine years old then, would wait until “uncle” Lim Kim Sung closed his drinks stall and help him push his cart home.