Hero with a backpack: Malaysian man's mission to rid beaches of glass
What started as a precaution has now been converted into a museum. Here's the story of a man who, individually, runs a glass museum on Malaysian beaches
A 74-year-old Malaysian man is on a mission get rid of the washed-up glass from the Malaysian beaches. He has now installed a glass museum from the bottles he has collected till now.
A 74-year-old Malaysian man is on a mission get rid of the washed-up glass from the Malaysian beaches. He has now installed a glass museum from the bottles he has collected till now.
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He has picked up around 9,000 of them, which he now displays in a traditional wooden house that he has turned into a museum
He has picked up around 9,000 of them, which he now displays in a traditional wooden house that he has turned into a museum
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Tengku Mohamad Ali Mansor has been doing this for the past 15 years. "I want to save people from being hurt by broken glass -- and to save the world from being littered with glass."
Tengku Mohamad Ali Mansor has been doing this for the past 15 years. "I want to save people from being hurt by broken glass -- and to save the world from being littered with glass."
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Every morning when he steps out on the beach, he says a prayer before he starts slipping bottles in his backpack.
Every morning when he steps out on the beach, he says a prayer before he starts slipping bottles in his backpack.
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He finds bottles in different shapes and sizes. He even found messages in two of the bottles, one with a picture of a heart and some faded Chinese characters, and a second that has been torn apart and is no longer legible.
He finds bottles in different shapes and sizes. He even found messages in two of the bottles, one with a picture of a heart and some faded Chinese characters, and a second that has been torn apart and is no longer legible.
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His love for collecting bottles began when he once saw children blowing up firecrackers in glass bottles. That was back in 2005, and now in 2020 he has a museum with an igloo-shaped mound of bottles outside.
His love for collecting bottles began when he once saw children blowing up firecrackers in glass bottles. That was back in 2005, and now in 2020 he has a museum with an igloo-shaped mound of bottles outside.