Decades-old shops hopeful as business slowly picks up


Photos By ZAZALI MUSA

Phang repairing a watch at his shop in Jalan Trus, Johor Baru.

SHOPOWNERS in downtown Johor Baru are hoping business will improve when Malaysia moves into the Covid-19 endemic phase by the end of October.

Most of the shops here have been around for decades, including the century-old Hiap Joo Bakery & Biscuit Factory, famous for its banana cakes baked in a coal-fired oven, that are popular with locals and Singaporeans.Lim hopes business will be in full swing once the border between Malaysia and Singapore reopens.Lim hopes business will be in full swing once the border between Malaysia and Singapore reopens.

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