PETALING JAYA: When Japson Wong travelled to Semporna, Sabah, for work in 2008, he did not expect the experience would change his life forever.
A marine biologist by profession, Wong worked closely with communities there for eight years, focusing on educating the locals who were mostly fishermen, on planting seaweed as an alternative source of income.
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