Sole charcoal maker keeps tradition alive in Setiu


Finished product: A worker collecting charcoal from a gok at Kampung Kolam in Setiu. — Bernama

SETIU: Nordin Ismail has tried his hand at being a fisherman and a house builder but eventually returned to making wood charcoal briquettes.

He used to help his late father, Ismail Said, make wood charcoal in his school days. It was little wonder that no other job felt quite as right with him.

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