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Snippet from a news article on Sin Chew Daily

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Briefly after registering for Philatelic Society of Malaysia (PSM)'s membership during last year's stamp fair, Mr Tan Chee Hui of PSM introduced me to a journalist covering for the event then. A month later I was contacted by the journalist's colleague now ready for an interview - a small section in the newspaper "People with Stories".  As the article was written and published in Mandarin (and also the fact that my Mandarin throughout the interview was substandard, insufficient to convey my intended views), I thought a translation would be better for non-Mandarin speakers.  Photo credits to Mr Chen Jinghui, photographer. The article translation:  It was around 2014 that I found my father's philatelic book from middle school during spring cleaning, which was the first time I discovered stamps. My father then explained the purpose of stamps. The beginning of my journey in this hobby was in 2017 since prior to that, I did not know that anyone was selling stamps.