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A traditional karang guni cart at a staircase landing. A karung guni, also spelled as karang guni, is a type of scrap dealer in Singapore and Malaysia. Its practitioners are a modern form of rag and bone man that visit residences door-to-door to acquire unwanted items. [1]
In 2015, the Environment Minister of India declared a national award to recognise the service rendered by ragpickers. The award, with a cash prize of Rs. 1.5 lakh , is for three best rag pickers and three associations involved in innovation of best practices.
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Sungei Road got its name because it runs along the banks of the Rochor River (Sungei Rochor), hence its Malay name, sungei, meaning "river".Sungei Road starts opposite the former Kandang Kerbau police station and was therefore known to the Chinese as "tek kah ma ta chu", which means "tek kah police station" in Hokkien.
A New Jersey mother of three was crushed to death by a hippopotamus on safari in Africa, according to a lawsuit by her widower blaming the US-based tour operator for failing to warn of the danger.
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In some countries, recycling is performed by the entrepreneurial poor such as the karung guni, zabbaleen, the rag-and-bone man, waste picker, and junk man. With the creation of large recycling organizations that may be profitable, either by law or economies of scale , [ 143 ] [ 144 ] the poor are more likely to be driven out of the recycling ...
After chasing Jinlong, Kaiqi, and Kaijie across Chinatown with a butcher's knife, Ah Lin was arrested and committed to a mental institution. Years later he recovered, began a life without his dominating and demanding wife, operating a Karung guni business. He also helped Jinlong when the latter was on the run after being set up by Kaijie.