SINGAPORE: Singaporeans are raving over a hawker couple who continues to promote drinks for 30 cents—not one thing you see daily, particularly with costs hovering.
A latest report featured Goh Kai Suah and Chua Choon Huay, a husband and spouse staff who runs the stall Solar Kee Drinks. The stall is positioned at Kovan 209 Market and Meals Centre.
The stall reportedly began as a pushcart enterprise, which Kai Suah’s father began within the Nineteen Fifties. Regardless of the drastically altering financial system, Solar Kee Drinks has saved its costs fixed for nearly 40 years!
In response to this information, many Singaporeans took to social media to specific their delight over such information. Whereas many shared tales of how they’ve all the time gone to the stall for an excellent drink, others counseled the couple, sending heartfelt messages of appreciation. Others additionally contrasted the stall’s costs to different meals and beverage stalls, the place clients are charged rather more.
“Humble hawkers,” mentioned one. “(They’ve) been there for the reason that outdated HG Interchange…final time their store was immediately above the excessive / lengthy staircase.”
“Pretty and pleasant couple,” one other mentioned.
A 3rd wrote, “I’ve been ingesting from this stall since 1987 and this couple (has been) my neighbour for a few years.”
One other netizen expressed shock over how the stall has determined to maintain its costs fixed for thus lengthy, saying, “Unbelievable that they nonetheless supply it at 30 cents after so a few years. Used to purchase from them earlier than going as much as WYWY arcade.”
One noticed the couple’s actions as a ray of hope, writing, “Good to listen to that there’s some heat on this chilly or getting colder society.”
At Kai Suah and Choon Huay’s stall, clients can select amongst soya bean milk, grass jelly, or birds nest drink. A small-sized cup is S$0.30, whereas a bigger-sized cup is S$0.50.
Prospects who want to take their drink in a plastic bag can select amongst small, medium, and large sizes, which go for S$0.30, S$0.50, and S$1, respectively.
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