. After nearly 50 years of running the business, Mdm Sun, 85, and her three sons are shutting down both their Waterloo and Queen Street stalls. Their last day of operations is on 27 May 2024.on Facebook by netizen Matthew Soh, who shared a notice that the stall owners had put up outside their shop. The notice reads: “We extend our deepest gratitude for your unwavering support and loyalty over the years. Your patronage has meant the world to us.
Leong Yeow Chicken Rice opened their first stall at Queen Street in 1978, before opening their Waterloo outlet the following year in 1979. Both shops, about a five-minute walk apart, have remained at the same location till now.reached out to Leong Yeow Chicken Rice co-owner, Mr Loy, 62, who simply says: “We’re all getting older, and we want to rest for a while”.
We are willing to lower the rent from $7,000 to $5,000 for them, but they still don’t want ,” he says. He notes that the amount includes fees for dish collection and pest control. According to him, Mr Loy and his family had been paying this $7,000 in rent for the past three years already.reached out to Mr Loy to verify this information - while he didn’t deny it, he declined to address questions relating to rent,The coffee shop manager shares that there’s low footfall in the area.
Matthew recounts that Mdm Sun was always very generous with him when he was a kid: “When we were very young, we always bought three packets of chicken rice and one packet of plain rice , auntie will never forget to give us more meat and charged us only $5 in total.” A lot of hawkers also rest for a year, and reopen in future. We’re resting now, but we can always reopen later.”61 Waterloo St, S180261 & #01-49 Albert Centre & 70 Queen St, S180270. Waterloo outlet open 11.30am - 8pm; Queen St outlet open 1.30pm - 8pm. Tel: 6334 3989.By clicking subscribe, I agree for my personal data to be used to send me TODAY newsletters, promotional offers and for research and analysis.
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