Singapore hawker won't let virus write 'tragic' end to family business

SINGAPORE: Kristen Choong had accepted her family’s decades-old noodle stall in Singapore would likely fold when she retires.

“I really have tell people, we’re still here. If we weren’t then it would be tragic…We’ll do our best to keep going,” said 45-year old Choong, who runs the Ji Ji Noodle House with her ageing mother. This hawker culture — which has given rise to the world’s cheapest Michelin-starred meals and been featured in movies like ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ — is being considered for Unesco status.

Choong said she has been given a three-month rent waiver from the government during the lockdown, and, like many others, has started food delivery to keep business going.

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Singapore hawker won't let virus write 'tragic' end to family business | Malay MailSINGAPORE, May 11 — Kristen Choong had accepted her family's decades-old noodle stall in Singapore would likely fold when she retires. Now, battling a 90 per cent drop in business due to the coronavirus pandemic, she is constantly having to reassure customers that the stall will survive the next...
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