Success stories for school-leavers

Hard work pays off: Asyraf (right) has turned his one-man show into an enterprise employing 12 people.

PETALING JAYA: When he first started out three years ago, Muhammad Asyraf Muhammad Amin crafted small wall racks for vegetables at the back of his house in Kelantan that he sold in his hometown of Kok Lanas.

Now he is the proud owner of a furniture company that makes cabinets, tables and chairs, with an annual revenue of more than RM300,000 and 12 staff members under him.