Rahmah Ali is not a happy woman. In fact, this feisty Tanjung Tokong villager is upset over Uda Holdings’ plans to demolish the houses in her kampung and ‘develop’ the area. “Hati geram!” she says.
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Seated at the dining table inside her hundred-year-old wooden house, Rahmah says she has lived here since she was born.
I ask her, somewhat untactfully, how old she is.
“Sama dengan Mahathir,” the widow replies, in a matter-of-fact tone. That would make her 84, but her razor-sharp mind shows no sign of slowing down.
Hers is not the usual wooden kampung house; the beams inside are solid, probably hardwood similar to cengal or merbau.
