Former cook longs for a job - Star

IPOH: Former chef Yong Tse Yan has one wish – to get a job as soon as he recovers from his kidney failure.

Yong, 40, is willing to accept any work offered to him and would like to start anew once he is healthier.

“It’s not that I don’t want to work but no one wants to employ me because of my illness,” Yong told reporters after receiving RM21,544 in donations at the Perak MCA headquarters here yesterday.

Last Thursday, Yong who is half blind from diabetes and suffers from Hepatitis B and C had appealed for help from the public.

Yong is now scheduled to undergo a procedure on Monday before receiving dialysis treatment. He was diagnosed with diabetes in 2000, and kidney failure five years ago.

Perak MCA public services and complaints bureau chief Alex Chan Chin Chee welcomed contributions from anyone wanting to help Yong with his future medical expenses.

Donors can make out their cheques to Yong and send them to the bureau, No. 90-92, Tingkat Satu, Jalan Sultan Idris Shah, 30000 Ipoh.

The bureau can be contacted at 05-2536981.