3-fold increase in rent and old age prompt retirement for Bukit Merah hawkers behind noodle stall with 82-year history, Lifestyle News
Lifestyle Faced with crippling rent and poor health due to old age, Bukit Merah lor mee and fishball noodle hawkers Wang Xueying (transliteration) and her family have hung up their aprons for good.The stall, which has an 82-year history, was open for the last time on Sunday (Aug 25).Xueying, 68, the second-generation owner of Zhong Xing Foochow Fish Balls & Lor Mee at Silat Avenue, told Shin Min Daily News that the stall was first started by her father, who came to Singapore from China when he was in his 20s.He'd set up a roadside stall at China Street selling noodles in 1942. Over the years, the stall relocated twice, first to Tiong Bahru, before moving into the Bukit Merah neighbourhood in 2010.The business did well over the years, and Xueying was roped in to work at the...
