The siblings - Sow Sam Oy,
27, Kuen Chun, 26, and Kuen Lik, 23, who lost their mother Ooi Hai Keok,
in a road accident last December, were offered a three-bedroom unit at
the Sri Saujana apartments on Macallum Street Ghaut and are now in the
midst of securing a bank loan.
State Town and Country Planning, Housing and Arts Committee chairman Wong Hon Wai made the offer after their plight was highlighted in The Star on Feb 14.
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donor who only wanted to be known as Cheah, handing over a cheque for
RM4,200 to Sow Kuen Lik as 10 percent deposit for a new low cost flat
(RM42,000). Looking on is Wong.
Wong said a donor who only wanted to be known as Cheah, had presented a cheque for RM4,200 to Kuen Lik as deposit for the RM42,000 low cost unit last week.
“We are very grateful because we will have a place to call our own one day.
“All this while we have been renting a flat in Jelutong for RM450,” Kuen Lik said.
Kuen Lik, a storekeeper, said he is trying to secure a bank loan to purchase the unit.
His salesgirl sister Sam Oy, was elated.
“No words can express how thankful we are to The Star, the state government and the public.
“Kuen Chun (who is mildly autistic) was out of work since our mother’s death but is now employed by a private hospital to work in their canteen,” she said.
Job offers had poured in for Kuen Chun from various firms after their story was published.
On Dec 13 last year, it was reported that a youth had allegedly knocked his car into Ooi, a widow, near SMK George Town in Batu Lancang. She was flung some 10m from her motorcycle from the impact.
The driver allegedly lost control of the car before hitting the wall of the Batu Lancang cemetery and then sped off.
Ooi was on her way to fetch Kuen Chun home from work from a fast food outlet nearby.
When she was alive, Ooi earned RM600 monthly as a coffeeshop helper.
After her demise, her eldest daughter, Sam Oy, struggled to keep the grieving family from falling apart.
With a meagre household income of about RM1,000, the three siblings have had to dig deep just to put food on the table before generous readers and a non-governmental organisation stepped in to help.
State Town and Country Planning, Housing and Arts Committee chairman Wong Hon Wai made the offer after their plight was highlighted in The Star on Feb 14.
A
donor who only wanted to be known as Cheah, handing over a cheque for
RM4,200 to Sow Kuen Lik as 10 percent deposit for a new low cost flat
(RM42,000). Looking on is Wong. Wong said a donor who only wanted to be known as Cheah, had presented a cheque for RM4,200 to Kuen Lik as deposit for the RM42,000 low cost unit last week.
“We are very grateful because we will have a place to call our own one day.
“All this while we have been renting a flat in Jelutong for RM450,” Kuen Lik said.
Kuen Lik, a storekeeper, said he is trying to secure a bank loan to purchase the unit.
His salesgirl sister Sam Oy, was elated.
“No words can express how thankful we are to The Star, the state government and the public.
“Kuen Chun (who is mildly autistic) was out of work since our mother’s death but is now employed by a private hospital to work in their canteen,” she said.
Job offers had poured in for Kuen Chun from various firms after their story was published.
On Dec 13 last year, it was reported that a youth had allegedly knocked his car into Ooi, a widow, near SMK George Town in Batu Lancang. She was flung some 10m from her motorcycle from the impact.
The driver allegedly lost control of the car before hitting the wall of the Batu Lancang cemetery and then sped off.
Ooi was on her way to fetch Kuen Chun home from work from a fast food outlet nearby.
When she was alive, Ooi earned RM600 monthly as a coffeeshop helper.
After her demise, her eldest daughter, Sam Oy, struggled to keep the grieving family from falling apart.
With a meagre household income of about RM1,000, the three siblings have had to dig deep just to put food on the table before generous readers and a non-governmental organisation stepped in to help.
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