Elderly couple’s home given new life


By GC TAN

Touch of love: Erni and Kumaran giving some vegetable plants to Lee (left) and his wife (right) in front of their refurbished house in Simpang Empat, Kedah. — GC TAN/The Star

ALOR SETAR: An elderly couple living in a ramshackle house will now have a pleasant Chinese New Year after kind souls helped to give their home a makeover.

The couple never dreamed that people were willing to help restore their termite-ridden and leaky home in Tokai, Simpang Empat, near here.

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