Laksa shop owner on a mission to feed the needy

THE owner of a laksa restaurant in Port Dickson had given free food to those impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, Utusan Malaysia reported.

“I shared a Facebook posting about my intention and I was surprised with the overwhelming response, ” said Mohd Amirul Ashraf Norazlin, 26.

“I really wanted to give free food to those who are truly in need, ” he added.

Among them were single mothers and those from the asnaf (eligible tithe recipients) group.

He said about 70 people had been given food between Friday and Sunday.

Many people had also approached him discreetly regarding their situation, he said.

His restaurant served food such as curry mee, laksa, noodle soup and roti arab.

“I also sell food as low as RM4 per meal during the MCO (movement control order), ” he said.

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The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.