{
  "id": 17586481,
  "title": "New Horse Noodles by 2 hawker brothers staying open after younger brother decides to keep it going",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/new-horse-noodles-by-2-hawker-brothers-staying-open-after-younger",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T11:20:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/11/brothers-chinatown-hawker-stall-shutter-reopen/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two Singaporean brothers, Scott Lee, 29, and Troy Lee, 31, had opened a hawker stall in Chinatown Complex, offering Singaporean-Malaysian yong tau foo and Malaysian-style dry noodles. The brothers, who had previously worked in the finance industry, sold handmade Hakka yong tau foo and Malaysian-style dry noodles. However, the demanding work schedule took a toll on them, with Troy, the older brother, describing the experience as \"more effort, less pay.\" They had considered shuttering the business by the end of October due to the grueling work and lower earnings.\n\nOn October 23, Scott posted a video on the stall's Facebook page, announcing that he would continue operating the stall, albeit without Troy. He hired a stall assistant to help serve customers while he focused on running the business. Troy received a lot of support from customers after the initial announcement of closure, affirming his love for building relationships with his customers. On October 26, the younger Lee resumed operations alone, and on October 27, he updated customers that the stall would be open six days a week, excluding Fridays, due to increased operational costs after hiring the assistant.",
  "summary": "The younger brother later decided to reopen the stall on his own.",
  "key_points": [
    "Scott and Troy Lee, Singaporean brothers, opened hawker stall in Chinatown Complex.",
    "Troy Lee decided to keep stall open despite considering closure due to demanding work.",
    "Scott resumed operations alone on October 26, operating six days a week."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}