A half-boiled idea pays off

Hew with his egg- making inventions. The second version (right) was patented internationally in 1988.

Making half-boiled eggs is not rocket science. It’s just about timing, which means you have to watch the clock.

But back in the days when Datuk Hew Ah Kow was just a lad working as a bulldozer operator in the jungles of Kelantan in 1973, there was little time to keep count of the minutes.