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From high-flying job to selling traditional delicacy - superadmin - 10-10-2020
KOTA KINABALU: Countless people have been affected by the movement control order (MCO) since it was first implemented last March, many even losing high-flying jobs.
One of them is Helen Leong Siau Phing, a 20-year-old Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight attendant who was laid off after the MCO dealt a blow to the aviation industry.
What Leong does for a living now is a far cry compared to the days she was soaring the skies in the iconic MAS kebaya outfit, but she has not lost any sleep over it.
She is selling hinompuka, a traditional Kadazan delicacy of glutinous rice wrapped in banana leaves, as well as health products online for income after she lost her job in August.
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