The elderly couple behind Teck Hin Fishball Noodle were given five days' notice to vacate their Yishun stall. Despite racking up $25K losses, they can’t afford to retire. There’s a silver lining: a kopitiam owner has offered them a cheaper stall after reading 8days.sg’s previous story on their plight.
Fishball noodle hawkers who relocated stall thrice in 3 months forced to vacate latest shop in Yishun
The hawkers operated under the previous tenant’s JLN Tua Kong Fishball Noodle signboard as they couldn’t afford a new oneAnother point of contention was the short notice Eugenia’s parents were given to vacate the coffeeshop unit. Eugenia tells us that she got a text message informing her of their dismissal on 26 August, leaving the hawkers just five days to cease all operations. Furthermore, she says the kopitiam had forfeited the remainder of her parent’s initial $2K deposit.
As their only child, we asked Eugenia how she feels about her parents being unable to retire at their advanced age, and whether she feels any pressure to support them financially. “They have no money to retire due to their poor decision making,” she says simply. “Knowing that I do not have the ability to deter their decision making, I just let them be. Now I’m left to pick up the pieces by myself, and I have my own family too,” she adds.
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