Mad about mahjong: More young people pick up 'old man's game'

Ms Vicki Wong, 20, who graduated from polytechnic and is waiting to go to university, with the mahjong set in her house on April 13, 2021. ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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SINGAPORE - Miss Joanna Sim, 19, who will be entering university in August, has always been interested in learning to play mahjong.

But it was only last year that she picked up the game from her sister, Rachelle, 20.

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