Family of six in desperate need of funds to repair crumbling boathouse

Barely surviving: Shamsuddin watching his children cross the water to dry land. He says he has exhausted almost every avenue to get extra funds to repair his dilapidated boathouse in Tasik Kenyir. — Bernama

KUALA BERANG: A family of six living in a dilapidated boathouse in Tasik Kenyir here is hoping that the Covid-19 pandemic will end soon so that they can live “normally”.

Shamsuddin Khalid, 45, said he could not wait for tourists to return to Tasik Kenyir so that he would have income to repair his crumbling boathouse.