Two decades ago, when Mr Fong was at work at a construction site, he suddenly noticed his right vision was blurred. Despite repeated rubbing and blinking, the blurriness remained.
The 60-year-old panicked and went to see an eye specialist. He was told that he had bleeding at the back of his right eye within the retina, which had resulted in the loss of some of his central vision.
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