Veteran finds success in shoe-mending craft


Satisfying job: Kamaruzaman hard at work in his shop in Tanah Merah, Kelantan, mending shoes. — Bernama

TANAH MERAH: The modest skill of mending shoes on the five-foot way was indeed a stitch in time for retired army officer Kamaruzaman Mat Zin, who has made it his main source of income.

Kamaruzaman, 50, said he acquired the skill while serving in the army in Perak, where initially he was just “hanging out” at the shoe-mending shop of an acquaintance.

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