Disabled elderly carves Penang icons for a living


Omar with some of his ferries.

GEORGE TOWN: It is hard to believe that Omar Juree (pic), a person with disabilities (OKU), is such an accomplished woodcarver who creates models of the icons of Penang.

Omar, 65, despite having his left foot and index finger on the right hand amputated due to diabetes and infection, has the passion to make wooden carvings of the famous ferry and Bukit Bendera train for sale.

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