Tapioca sells like hot cakes during monsoon season

Zam Zulfadli attending to customers buying tubers from his stall along Jalan Tanah Merah-Pasir Mas in Kampung Paloh, Tanah Merah.

TANAH MERAH: Come monsoon season, roots and tubers, such as tapioca and yam, and also corn, become popular food stuff, providing a source of income, especially for village residents.

One of them, Zam Zulfadli Kamarulzaman, 22, said his family had been selling various types of roots and tubers during the monsoon season for the past 10 years.