SINGAPORE: For years, they played together as young girls in a village in Aljunied. Neighbours then often asked Thangah Koh, 72, and Fatimah Mohidin, 71, if they were sisters.
SINGAPORE - For years, they played together as young girls in a village in Aljunied. Neighbours then often asked Madam Thangah Koh, 72, and Madam Fatimah Mohidin, 71, if they were sisters. Madam Fatimah, a retired factory worker, said in Malay: "People said we looked alike and asked if we were sisters. I said I'm Malay, while Thangah is Indian..
Back in the 1960s, in Kampung Lorong Sungkai in Aljunied, young girls Thangah Koh and Fatimah Mohidin were not only neighbours, but they were the best of friends. They would play five stones or teng-teng, spending after-school hours together. Thangah would even accompany Fatimah to her Quran-reading class. It was only when she was 12 years old did Koh, who.
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