‘Mah-jeh was like our second mother’


GEORGE TOWN: Historian Khoo Salma Nasution (pic) is moved to tears remembering the strong love for her nanny of more than 20 years and their bond during her childhood.

“We called her Kam Jeh (Sister Kam in Cantonese) and she was like our second mother. My mother was busy working and we grew so attached to our amah. She was strict but we knew whatever she did was for our own good and trusted her completely.

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