Home-grown: Zaiton watering the vegetable garden grown on a narrow strip of unused land. Photos: YAP CHEE HONG/The Star
KUALA Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) noble plan of community and urban farming was in need of an impetus, which as it turned out laid in the Covid-19 pandemic, as unwelcome as the disease might be.
The plan was kick-started and as a result, various unsightly sites in the city were turned into pockets of greenery.
StarMetro ventures to two community farms in the city that have been transformed by residents, some of whom have lost their jobs and are seeking alternatives in earning a living.
KUALA LUMPUR: A factory worker's dream of owning a car came to an abrupt end after she lost her life in the MRR2 bridge collapse here on Wednesday evening.
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HAVING his transfer request from the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Baru to Muar Hospital approved was the best news Dr Tai Eng Teck had since qualifying from an Indian medical college years earlier.
Tai, then 29, had wanted to be closer to his ailing father.
The youngest of nine children, Tai was relieved that he could be closer to home to take care of his father, then aged 70, and attend to his health issues.