DUE to her unusual name, a woman from Tuaran, Sabah, is used to having to whisk out her identity card almost every time she meets people for the first time.
Chef at work: Armand whipping up snacks at the kitchen at his mini factory in Kinarut, Sabah.
KOTA KINABALU: The sight of people queuing up outside a mosque last month, waiting for food supplies, struck a chord in 11-year-old Armand Idrizam.
“People ran out of food. But my family is lucky. We still have food to eat, ” he said.
“It made me want to do something about it.”
While it might sound lofty coming from a child of his age, Armand is wise beyond his age.
In fact, he is the “chief executive officer” of Koko Loko, a cocoa-based snacks company based in Kinarut town which is a 40-minute drive from here.
Published on: Monday, December 21, 2020
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