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Mr Vincent Wong, 70, lost his wife to bone marrow failure in 1999, and with his two children studying overseas, he lived alone and was depressed for four months. But one night, he snapped out of it and was determined to tackle life more optimistically. He is now a...

Now, Mr Wong befriends others like him.

Mr Wong Sun Kwong, 70, volunteers as a telerecruiter every Friday for SRC's blood donation recruitment programme.

 

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