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Don't sideline access amid pandemic

While malls have ramped up barrier-free features in recent years, more can be done to aid seamless navigation

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Whenever Mr Mohd Hussain Abdul Jabbar, 62, visited a mall in his teens, his friends had to carry him in his wheelchair up the stairs.
Back then, many shopping centres did not have lifts, not to mention ramps.
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