Ex-Science Teacher Turned Hawker Earns Half Of Former Salary, But Wants To Continue Dad’s Beef Kway Teow Legacy
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These days, Melissa Lim wears a T-shirt and shorts to work. After a decade of being a secondary school science teacher, the 35-year-old has traded her officewear and comfy air-conditioned work environment for the heat and chaos of a hawker stall. In May this year, she quit her teaching job and started working alongside her hawker dad, David Lim, 62, who runs the popular 25-year-old Empress Place Teochew Beef Kway Teow stall.
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