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1. Single mother in Tumpat seeks help to pay daughter's UKM fees

   6 hours ago Harian Metro Kampung Kual Lama, Geting, Tumpat, Kelantan 7.3 km

   A 62-year-old single mother from Kampung Kual Lama, Geting, Tumpat, Kelantan, used RM1,500 from a kutu savings scheme to pay her youngest daughter's registration fees at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She has not yet figured out how to pay the tuition fees, and her daughter still lacks a laptop for her studies.

2. Paralysed Kelantan worker sells pickled fruit to rebuild income with Perkeso aid

   2 days ago New Straits Times Tumpat 5.3 km

   A 40-year-old electrical worker in Tumpat, Kelantan, who was paralysed for almost a year, is walking again with a stick and selling pickled fruits and locong at wet markets to support his family. He says Perkeso's Permanent Disablement Benefit and rehabilitation at the Tun Abdul Razak Rehabilitation Centre in Melaka have carried him since the August 2023 incident, and a Kelantan Perkeso officer says he is now fully independent.

3. Top STPM student in Tumpat cannot pay RM2,549 UPNM registration fee

   3 days ago Harian Metro Kampung Talak, Tumpat, Kelantan 3.8 km

   Siti Farah Damia Mohd Khairi, 20, from Kampung Talak in Tumpat, Kelantan, has won a place on the Bachelor of Defence Human Resource Management degree at UPNM but cannot pay the RM2,549 registration fee due on 20 September. Her mother can only raise RM1,000, and the family is appealing for public donations.

4. 2,000 residents of three Tumpat villages take turns on 50-year-old narrow bridge

   4 days ago Utusan Kampung Teluk Jering

   More than 2,000 residents of Kampung Teluk Jering, Kampung Chenderung and Kampung Cherang Melintang in Tumpat, Kelantan, must take turns using a narrow bridge that is over 50 years old. The single-lane bridge is their only main access and is now dilapidated and shakes when heavy vehicles pass. Residents are calling for a new bridge to be built for safety and smoother travel.

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6. Tumpat student offered UUM place, worries about RM2,133 fees

   6 days ago Harian Metro Kampung To'oh, Tumpat, Kelantan 3.1 km

   Nur Hayati Ramli, 20, from Kampung To'oh, Tumpat, Kelantan, will register at Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) for a degree in Economics Science but is worried about the RM2,133 tuition fee she has yet to settle. Her family, who are not well off, could only pay the RM714 registration fee, and the public can donate to her Bank Simpanan Nasional account.