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KUALA LUMPUR: Percikan api berterbangan apabila Yip Yoke Lin, 74 tahun, meletakkan pisau tukang masak Cina yang sedang diasahnya pada sudut 30 darjah dari permukaan meja. Setelah melayang pisau tersebut beberapa kali pada mesin pengasah, beliau menguji ketajamannya dengan melayangkan jarinya pada mata pisau dengan berhati-hati. “Ini asah ‘kasar’. Setelah berpuas hati, saya akan meletakkannya di atas meja kerja dan mengasah mata pisau menggunakan batu pengasah pula,” kata beliau. Kakak beliau, Yip Ah Moy, 84 tahun, yang bongkok dimamah usia, turut sama melakukan kerja mengasah pisau pelanggan lain. Beliau melayangkan mata pisau pada batu dengan lembut bermula dari bahagian bilah pisau yang berdekatan hulu hingga ke hujungnya. Sekali-sekala, Yip Ah Moy akan berhenti dan merendamkan batu pengasahnya ke dalam sebaldi air yang diletakkan bersebelahan meja kerja beliau untuk membasuh serpihan-serpihan asahan dan melincirkan semula batu pengasahnya. Suasana tempat kedua … [Read more...] about Pasangan adik-beradik warga emas teruskan profesion mengasah pisau di Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR: Barangan keperluan harian 10 sen (US$0.03), perkhidmatan teksi 10 sen dan rumah transit yang mengenakan bayaran RM1 sehari. Semua ini merupakan sebahagian daripada usaha murni Kuan Chee Heng, 57, pengasas Persatuan Kepolisan Komuniti Malaysia iaitu sebuah organisasi bukan kerajaan (NGO) yang membantu golongan kurang bernasib baik. Untuk Pasar 10 Sen anjuran beliau, Kuan menerima barangan terpakai yang disumbangkan oleh orang ramai termasuk pakaian, perkakas, malah pernah juga sebuah kereta. Barangan tersebut kemudian “dijual” kepada penduduk di komuniti kurang berkemampuan pada harga 10 sen satu. “Asalnya kami hanya memberi makanan, kemudian kami dapati penduduk di komuniti ini memerlukan perkara lain juga,” Kuan memberitahu CNA. “Bayaran kecil 10 sen ini bertujuan untuk mengelakkan kami memberi barangan ini secara percuma, takut ia tidak dihargai,” ujar beliau. Jelas beliau, matlamat utama inisiatif ini adalah membantu membanteras jenayah dengan menyumbangkan … [Read more...] about ‘Uncle Kentang’ bantu golongan miskin Malaysia dengan bayaran serendah 10 sen

BUTTERWORTH: With the inter-district ban lifted, bird lovers wasted little time to throng an educational forest here to capture the images of their feathered friends. They clicked the shutters throughout the day once the birds were in plain sight at Air Hitam Dalam Educational Forest peat swamp here. One of them was Hneah Joo Aun, who loves to spend the day documenting and uploading the images of birds to an online database. “Many migratory birds came in August and September last year and they are about to leave now. “With movement restrictions and little traffic in the area during the conditional movement control order period, the beautiful birds are easy to spot in their natural environment. “I managed to capture Indochinese Blue Flycatcher, Mangrove Blue Flycatcher, Black-And-Red Broadbill and many more, ” said the 51-year-old factory production manager recently. Armed with a 600mm telephoto lens with convincing camouflage, Hneah and several other photographers waited … [Read more...] about A paradise for bird watchers

KUALA LUMPUR: Five men have been arrested following the circulation of a video on social media which showed a funeral procession involving a hearse bearing the logo of a secret society. Brickfields OCPD Asst Comm Anuar Omar said the deceased was a 28-year-old man who died in a road accident on March 14. “The hearse had flower garlands and a logo of the ‘36’ secret society, ” he said in a statement yesterday. Police also found a 14-second video of a man lighting fire crackers in the middle of the road along Jalan Tun Sambanthan. “Following investigations, we arrested five men aged between 18 and 26, ” said ACP Anuar. “One of the suspects has a prior record for committing mischief and thereby causing damage. “Our investigations revealed the suspects were childhood friends with the deceased and he had told them to light firecrackers if he died.” He said police had received two reports over the incident on Tuesday. “A police officer had received the 36-second video and … [Read more...] about Five held over gang member’s funeral procession

Wearing dust masks and heavy black work boots, sweat dripping down their foreheads and covered with sawdust from head to toe, Mohd Hafiz Johari and Nooradzrene Mohd Noor stepped out of their small woodworking workshop in Kampung Dato Tatah, Pantai Dalam in Kuala Lumpur after a long day’s work. “I have never been so comfortable in a job, ” says Mohd Hafiz, breaking out in a smile. “Yes, we’re always covered in dust and our hands and our faces are black by the time we go home for the day but it feels great. This is our own business and it feels good to be working for ourselves, ” he says, voice bursting with pride. … [Read more...] about Press photographers who lost their jobs build their dream business