Soon after that, Abu Backer sent his eldest son, Barkath Ali bin Abu Backer, to England. We all return her gaze, desperately willing her to weave her tale involving Mak Mandin, which is a major industrial area in Penang today. Tale of a small villageAccording to my aunt, Mak Mandin was a small unnamed village back in the late 18th century. A grin on his face, my uncle decides to continue his tale: “In the late 1960s, Abu Backer acquired the rights to distribute the Sunquick orange concentrate in Malaysia. Then, within just a decade, Barkath Stores managed to secure the rights to manufacture the popular drink locally.

Source: New Strait Times December 03, 2017 06:00 UTC