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GEORGE TOWN: Songkok maker Haja Mohideen Mohammed Shariff is expecting high demand for his headgear over the next few days.

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The 71-year-old said receiving 300 orders for Hari Raya Aidilfitri would keep him busy until the end of Ramadan. Haja Mohideen has been making songkok since 1962, learning the skill of the vanishing trade from his father, who started the business in 1936. Haja Mohideen has maintained the price of his songkok for the past three years, charging customers between RM20 and RM30 each.Among those who have ordered his songkok are Raja of Perlis Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail, former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and several Cabinet ministers.

 

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