Learning to rebuild from ruin


Race against time: Parents and students cleaning up computers and electrical appliances damaged by sludge at SMJK Hwa Lian in Mentakab.

PETALING JAYA: Tears fell when Tan Hee Woy saw the mud-caked SMJK Hwa Lian in Mentakab, with many parts of the school badly ruined by floodwater last week.

The 59-year-old Chinese teacher is extremely upset because the school is his second home.

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