Bakeries’ business drops by half

Lim preparing the coal-fired oven at Hiap Joo Bakery and Biscuit Factory at Jalan Tan Hiok Nee.

BUSINESS at the two remaining old-fashioned bakeries in the older part of Johor Baru city has plummeted because of the Covid-19 pandemic and movement control order.

Century-old Hiap Joo Bakery & Biscuit Factory’s famous banana cakes, which are baked in a coal-fired oven, are popular with the locals and Singaporeans.