Getting kids ready to start school a costly affair

Ready for school: A few young children getting their hair cut at a salon in Bukit Payong, Marang, in anticipation of the new 2023 school term. — Bernama

KULAI: Back to school preparations for a single mother who was affected by the recent floods here is proving to be both costly and painful.

K. Tamilselvi from Kampung Baru Sengkang said she lost around RM600 worth of new clothes for her four children during the floods in Johor on March 1.