Served well by old faithful


For a neater finish: Haja Mohideen stitching songkok with the sewing machine his father bequeathed him at his shop in George Town. — Bernama

GEORGE TOWN: There isn’t an inheritance more precious for Penang songkok maker Haja Mohideen Mohd Shariff than the sewing machine he received from his father.

It had served his father many years after he opened Kedai Songkok OSM Mohd Shariff in King Street in 1936.

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