The_King Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Hong Lim Food Centre has many popular hawker stalls, one of which is kueh specialist Ah Meng. It’s opened by Lee Ah Meng, 78, who was well-known for his delicious handmade sweet potato ondeh ondeh and tapioca kueh that he had been selling for over 20 years. Last year, he had proudly told 8days.sg that he was the “only one in Singapore making this gula melaka tapioca kueh”, which usually sells out before 1pm at his stall. 1/4 Passed away on Jan 11 The friendly, sprightly septuagenarian sadly passed away from a heart attack on January 11 this year, just before Chinese New Year. His daughter Maggie Lee, 55, says that the heart attack happened out of the blue. “He reached home after dinner and said he didn’t feel comfortable in the heart [area]. He called my brother, who called the ambulance. But around two hours later he was gone.” 2/4 Had plans to retire after CNY According to Maggie, who worked alongside her father at their stall, Ah Meng had no known health issues. “He was happy and healthy, no complaints about his health,” she shares. “My dad had planned to retire after CNY, but too bad he left before that. It was a shock for us too.” 3/4 Ah Meng’s children taking over his legacy With her father’s passing, Maggie will continue to run the stall in his stead and make their well-loved kuehs by hand. “I have been [working] with him for over 10 years,” she says. Prior to becoming a hawker, she was “working in accounts in a bank”. She left her job to help her father run his stall in his old age: “He always approached me to help him, and I had some F&B experience because I ran my own cafe at Pagoda Street over 20 years ago.” Maggie, who has two other brothers and a sister, will reopen her stall next week on February 15 with some temporary help from her brother. “Normally after CNY my father will rest for two weeks, so we just follow,” she says. She plans to hire a stall assistant to help her. “My brother runs his own business, so he can only help out at the stall for a few hours during peak hours,” she explains. Prices at Ah Meng will remain unchanged for now, despite a recent trend of hawkers adjusting their prices due to the rising cost of ingredients. “We are not increasing prices for the time being, as the market is also quite quiet these days,” says Maggie. “Business has picked up since last year, but it’s still not as good as last time. These few weeks it went down again, because of the Covid-19 wave. We reduced our quantity.” Ah Meng, #02-45 Hong Lim Market & Food Centre, 531A Upper Cross St, S051531. Open Tues-Sat, 8.30am-6.30pm, Sun 8.30am-4pm. Photos: Yip Jieying 4/4 Ah Meng’s hawker neighbour also passed away Coincidentally, Lee Ah Meng’s stall neighbour also passed away unexpectedly on the first day of Chinese New Year. Hawker Lee Kheong ran his eponymous stall Lee Kheong Roasted Delicacy, where he had regulars dropping by for his charcoal-roasted pork, duck and chicken. The circumstances surrounding his passing are unclear, and it’s also unknown if his stall, which is currently closed, will continue operating as Lee Kheong’s immediate family were uncontactable. A post by netizen Larry Lai on Facebook foodie group Can Eat! Hawker Food revealed that there were very few photos of Lee Kheong himself as he “does not allow photographs of him to be taken”. He also described the hawker as “stoic, man of few words, always in singlet but proudly wearing the cross on his neck”. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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socrates469bc Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) 52 minutes ago, The_King said: According to Maggie, who worked alongside her father at their stall, Ah Meng had no known health issues. “He was happy and healthy, no complaints about his health,” she shares. “My dad had planned to retire after CNY, but too bad he left before that. It was a shock for us too.” rip, uncle. now, if uncle doesnt have health issues, he will not have heart attack out of the blue. time to look at his past 2 yrs health history and in particular his vaccination status as data has shown that mrna vaccines r known to have cause higher incidence heart inflammation in young male individuals. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/myocarditis.html btw, us cdc diam diam on this issue since apr 2021 when isreal first reported the higher incidence. https://www.science.org/content/article/israel-reports-link-between-rare-cases-heart-inflammation-and-covid-19-vaccination Edited February 9, 2022 by socrates469bc 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 1 minute ago, socrates469bc said: rip, uncle. now, if uncle doesnt have health issues, he will not have heart attack out of the blue. time to look at his past 2 yrs health history and in particular his vaccination status as it has been shown that mrna vaccines r known to have cause heart inflammation. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/myocarditis.html btw, us cdc diam diam on this issue since apr 2021 when isreal first reported the higher incidence. https://www.science.org/content/article/israel-reports-link-between-rare-cases-heart-inflammation-and-covid-19-vaccination that why it a tinpot country 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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socrates469bc Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Just now, The_King said: that why it a tinpot country maybe my guesstimate that there will be a marked increase of cardio arrest in 2025 might come early in 2023. wahahahahahahahaha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, socrates469bc said: maybe my guesstimate that there will be a marked increase of cardio arrest in 2025 might come early in 2023. wahahahahahahahaha hope to see the white one heart attack first 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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socrates469bc Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) 18 hours ago, The_King said: hope to see the white one heart attack first tiagong they only need to pay sgd8 per preventive surgery. song bo, smelly peasants?????? wahahahahahahhahahah Edited February 10, 2022 by socrates469bc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) 43 minutes ago, socrates469bc said: tiagong they only need to pay sgd8 per preventive surgery. song bo, smelly peasants?????? wahahahahahahhahahah All cause of the 61 This is a very good example of what total power do Edited February 10, 2022 by The_King 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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