http://forum.lowyat.net/ Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:06:09 +0800 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4934210 PETALING JAYA, March 30 — A Malaysian Facebook user recently shared a sobering tale about the hardships faced by hawkers during the Covid-19 movement control order (MCO).<br /><br />Filmmaker Gary Chong stopped by his local coffee shop to get some takeaway lunch during a grocery run and ended up “re-evaluating (his) role as a citizen in (his) community” after chatting with a chicken rice seller.<br /><br />The hawker revealed how his earnings have dipped sharply ever since the MCO was implemented on March 18.<br /><br />“While going about his usual way of preparation, he started lamenting that his daily sales now are only around RM140 but he has to open shop from 7am to 11pm.<br /><br />“To put it in a nutshell, he has to work 16 hours to just sell chicken rice and survive between RM100 to RM180 a day,” wrote Chong.<br /><br />The chicken rice seller told him that he would have to shut up shop if business remained slow for the next two weeks.<br /><br />Chong was especially shocked when the hawker pleaded with him to return that evening and buy another meal from him to sustain his business.<br /><br />“He begged me to come back and buy from him for dinner, in which he then gave me extra meat in my packets in the hopes that it would seal the deal and I would come back that night.<br /><br />“It was at that moment I realised that yes, all sectors are hit badly because of this MCO (which is unavoidable and in my opinion, a necessary long term manoeuvre), but the small coffee shop hawkers and gerais are the most vulnerable.”<br /><br /><a href='https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2020/03/30/chicken-rice-seller-pleads-with-customer-to-return-buy-dinner-from-him-due/1851657' target='_blank'>https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2020/03...him-due/1851657</a><br /><br /><a href='https://www.facebook.com/garychongkhinjin/posts/10158464827416518' target='_blank'>https://www.facebook.com/garychongkhinjin/p...158464827416518</a> plain_white Kopitiam Mon, 30 Mar 2020 23:31:57 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4863379 [YOUTUBE]vJcdT0yd1As[/YOUTUBE]<br /><br />Freedom for HK&#33;<br /><br /> plain_white The Museum Of Kopitiam Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:36:16 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4833170 <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8zDjJAPd2c' target='_blank'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8zDjJAPd2c</a><br /><br />watched 2 episodes of this medical drama.. seems like not bad plain_white The Museum Of Kopitiam Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:11:37 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2803532 <a href='https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kita-Kawan-Mah/156300457877858' target='_blank'>https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kita-Kawan-M...156300457877858</a><br /><br />There&#39;s still hope amidst of all the racial tension <!--emo&:peace:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/icon_rolleyes.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='icon_rolleyes.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:peace:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/icon_rolleyes.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='icon_rolleyes.gif' /><!--endemo--> plain_white The Museum Of Kopitiam Tue, 07 May 2013 22:35:38 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2736365 how much would it cost for taxi from KL (bukit bintang area) to Bukit Tinggi, Pahang? plain_white Travel &amp; Living Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:03:56 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2736359 how much would it cost for taxi from KL (bukit bintang area) to Bukit Tinggi, Pahang? plain_white Serious Kopitiam Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:58:02 +0800