Empowering primary schoolkids


Way to go: Harrish (second from right) promoting the various eco-friendly coconut-based products his team made to sell during the Junior Enterprise Sales Fair 2025 in George Town. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: At the tender age of 12, U. Harrish has already shown his entrepreneurial skills by selling eco-friendly goods made of coconuts that were produced by his schoolmates.

The young salesman with the gift of the gab was dressed for the job – a coconut husk head piece and an apron made of husk and coconut shells.

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