KUALA BERANG: A family of six living in a dilapidated boathouse in Tasik Kenyir here is hoping that the Covid-19 pandemic will end soon so that they can live “normally”. Shamsuddin Khalid, 45, said he could not wait for tourists to return to Tasik Kenyir so that he would have income to repair his crumbling boathouse. “Everything went well until the boat broke down in March 2020 and I did not have sufficient funds to repair it,” he said. Shamsuddin said he received a RM5,000 assistance from the Central Terengganu Development Authority (Ketengah) to repair the boathouse but it was insufficient as the damage was rather extensive. My husband did apply for aid from the government to repair our house and we hope it will be approved soon,” she said.

Source: The Star June 25, 2021 23:15 UTC