Retiree loses RM39,000, woman loses RM66,000
KUCHING: An elderly retiree and a housewife lost money in separate Macau scams. Padawan district deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Shyong said the 60-year-old retiree lost RM39,000 to a ‘Mr Lee’ who called him around 9.15am on August 18. Lee claimed to be an officer at a police court division. Lim, who issued his […]
The housewife with multiple businesses
KUCHING: By focusing on more than one business (food, clothing, and mobile spa services), 39-year-old housewife Massilawati Suhai Melian has been able to supplement her family’s income. “I started the business in 2018 as I am a full-time housewife,” she said when contacted recently. According to Massilawati, thanks to the support and guidance of her […]
Woman’s unconditional love for stray animals
KUALA TERENGGANU: For 13 years, the daily chores of a housewife here is filled with managing the household and keeping herself busy with cooking and preparing food for stray animals especially dogs. Every night, it is a routine for a 53-year-old Malay woman known as ‘Kak Wa” to feed about 40 stray dogs around Kuala […]
Housewife, tutor first to be charged under Emergency Ordinance
KUALA LUMPUR: A housewife and a tutor are the first individuals in the country to be charged in court under the Emergency Ordinance for spreading fake news related to Covid-19 infection and vaccine for the virus. In Perlis, Norjannah Rusli, 28, was fined RM5,000, in default five months’ jail, by the Kangar Sessions Court after […]
Eight years’ jail, four lashes each for robbing housewife
KUCHING: Two Indonesian men were sentenced to eight years’ jail and four lashes each today (25 May) after pleading guilty to robbing a housewife while armed with a meat cleaver. The Section court judge ordered Dandi Adytia Firnanda, 22, and Romi, 21, to be sentenced after they pleaded guilty under Section 395 of the […]
Lucrative income from maman farming
KUALA PILAH: The popularity of the traditional rendang maman speciality dish prepared during Aidilfitri in Negeri Sembilan, has inspired a housewife to start a maman farm to meet the festive season demand. Raihana Ayub, 31, began to cultivate the maman plants or scientifically known as Cleome Gynandra on an almost one-hectare leased land in Terachi, […]
From housewife to businesswoman
DEBAK: Four years ago, Amy Syuhaida Tio from Kampung Bungey Hilir here was a full-time housewife but she is now a businesswoman. “My determination to contribute to my family income has finally paid off. I am now making a profit from selling food products,” she said. The 40-year-old mother has been making snacks for […]
Housewife reaps extra income from cultivating Wolffia
KANGAR: A 31-year-old housewife has never thought that when she bought aquatic plant Azolla for her fish, she would stumble upon the seeds of Wolffia, the world’s smallest flowering plants that she is currently cultivating to generate additional income for her family. Diani Iqlema Mohd Radzi, 31, said if seen with the naked eye, Wolffia […]
Housewife earns good money by producing calamansi extract
KANGAR: A deep interest in farming since she was small prompted a housewife in Kampung Santan near here to become an entrepreneur by planting limau kasturi or calamansi. Wan Mastura Megat who started cultivating the crop in 2016 said she now has 200 calamansi trees that are planted on a 0.4-hectare land. On the average, […]
From housewife to florist
KUCHING: A full-time housewife makes the most of her free time by selling flower bouquets in conjunction with Valentine’s Day which was held last Sunday. Caroline Rosna, who is from Kampung Skibang, Bau and now lives in Miri with her husband, said she did not expect that the flower arrangements she did for fun for […]
