Decades-old shops hopeful as business slowly picks up

Most of the shops here have been around for decades, including the century-old Hiap Joo Bakery & Biscuit Factory, famous for its banana cakes baked in a coal-fired oven, that are popular with locals and Singaporeans.The bakery at Jalan Tan Hiok Nee usually sees a long queue by 11am pre-Covid-19 but the pandemic has changed all of that.

Lim said prior to the MCO, weekends were a busy period as the shop was a favourite destination for Singaporeans. He said business had improved between 50% and 60% since Johor entered Phase Two of the National Recovery Plan . “But, our foreign customers are not able to make the trip to Malaysia because of the Covid-19 pandemic and restrictions on foreign travellers entering the country,’’ said Yeo.

The tree is cultivated for its seed fibre, particularly in South-East Asia, and is also known as Java cotton, Java kapok, silk cotton, samauma or ceiba.

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