02-05-2025
Gua Musang students feast on burger reward
Compiled by MARTIN CARVALHO, AND R. ARAVINTHAN
SPM achievers in Gua Musang, Kelantan, were feted with free burgers courtesy of Mohammad Fadli Mohammad Fendi, who owns a stall in the remote district.
Utusan Malaysia reported that Mohamad Fadli, 37, wanted to reward the recent batch of SPM students and motivate future teens to do well by offering 200 burger meals worth RM6 to RM15.
The meals were offered to 200 students from the 12 schools within the district who scored 3As and above in their exams.
The initiative started with 50 burgers for the 2022 SPM batch before it expanded to 100 in 2023 and 200 in 2024.
Mohammad Fadli said the gesture was also a way of sharing his God-given fortune with others, particularly the young who made up most of his customers.
To date, 37 sets of burgers have been claimed by eligible students here.
One of them, Muhamad Aqid Syaqir Md Azau Fazlin, 18, who scored 9As in the SPM examinations, expressed gratitude for Mohammad Fadli's reward.
> Although she has broken her silence on her love life, Berita Harian reported that singer Dayang Nurfaizah, 44, is still keeping mum on the identity of the handsome man she is dating.
The singer, whose real name is Dayang Nurfaizah Awang Dowty, admitted that speculations of her relationship surfaced recently following her song Jodoh Di Hari Raya, which was released during Ramadan.
'I do not deny knowing someone, nor do I confirm or deny a possible marriage.
'It's a common cliche to hear about a suitor,' she said at a recent press conference.
She said that she had left the matter to fate because she was currently enjoying her life.
Previous rumours had linked Dayang Nurfaizah with another local singer who is already engaged, but this has been denied by the latter, who stated they were merely friends.
On her career, Dayang Nurfaizah said she intends to return to her Sarawakian roots to record the song Bekikis Bulu Betis in Iban.
(The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.)
