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Marsiling family opens flat to Vietnamese families with kids seeking medical help
Marsiling family opens flat to Vietnamese seeking medical help here
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Calvin Yang, Lim Yaohui
Not all superheroes wear capes. Some wear green rubber boots and sell fresh seafood at a wet market.
For the past three years, Madam Mai Thi Thien Thanh and her 50-year-old husband Kang Eng Hiang - a couple who run a small stall at Geylang Serai Market - have opened their modest Marsiling Housing Board flat to Vietnamese families with children who are seeking medical help here. They even provide them with home-cooked Vietnamese meals.
