KUALA LUMPUR: Seventy-four-year-old Boo Long Tee lowers his newspaper slightly and peers over his spectacles at the people walking into his store.
Boo is the owner of Chiap Tong, one of Kuala Lumpur’s oldest biscuit and candy stores, founded in 1942.“Now, business is so-so, which is fine by me. If it was too good, then it would be difficult for me,” says Boo who runs the store on Jalan Tun HS Lee entirely by himself. “We had lemon cream biscuits and cream crackers. The more popular ones were the Marie biscuits and Biskut Tawar,” he says, adding that these old-time delights are still popular.Also popular are White Rabbit sweets, kuih bangkit and ice gem biscuits, which are small, round biscuits topped with colourful icing.These biscuits would be brought in from Melaka, Perak and even as far as Penang and Singapore.Now his small shop sells biscuits and candies from Malaysia, Thailand, and China.
“Humans are like cars – if you do not use them, after a while they won’t be able to start. As long as we can work, we cannot retire. Even millionaires need to work.”Despite his slight frame, Boo says he has no problem doing all the heavy lifting in the shop by himself and his daily schedule is a testament to his good health.
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