'If it's not good, I'll still scold': Million Star Fried Banana owner sells business for 6-figure sum

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Don't be surprised if you find a new face, and boss, behind the counter at Million Star Fried Banana. The popular fried fritters stall at Changi Village hawker centre had been managed by 79-year-old Li Ruiying (transliteration) since last year, after the passing of both her husband and their son.

'If it's not good, I'll still scold': Million Star Fried Banana owner sells business for 6-figure sum

Ruiying had helped her husband Chan Fook Kee run the stall till 2019, when they handed it over to their son James. But the latter unexpectedly died in his sleep in February 2022 at the age of 49.Fook Kee's passing in July 2023According to Shin Min Daily News, Ruiying continued to keep the business running, albeit "intermittently", as she did not wish for her husband's efforts to go to waste.

Shuqing told Shin Min that she'd gotten acquainted with Ruiying a few months ago and she'd felt sorry to see the latter managing the stall alone at her advanced age. Following the change in ownership, sales on the stall's first day of opening on July 6 were encouraging, said Shuqing, with the day's takings totalling more than $1,000.

 

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