'Time to retire': Some Tanglin Halt shop tenants trudging on till 2027 despite slow business Several business owners at Tanglin Halt are facing sluggish sales, while others are unaffected by the slower-than-usual footfall.SINGAPORE – Having worked as a barber in Tanglin Halt more than half his life, Mr Abdullah Latip, 75, now mainly serves regular customers, some of whom have moved out of the housing estate and return specially for his haircuts.
“All my old customers have had their hair cut by me their whole lives, from when they were in kindergarten up till when they got married. Now, some of them even bring their children along for haircuts,” said the cheerful owner of Salon De Benzimen at 48 Tanglin Halt Road. Lamenting that business has been down by around two-thirds since residents started moving out in 2021 to make way for the redevelopment of the estate in Queenstown, Mr Abdullah has stayed behind to serve the 10 customers he receives daily – a drop from 30 customers a day in 201