It's the year of the rattan rocking horse

Retired rattan weaver, Sim Buck Teik, 83, putting touch up on the rattan bamboo craft on horse at his shop Seang Hin Leong at Beach Street. //CHAN BOON KAI/THE STAR/(3rd Jan 2014) note: he did not make the rocking horse, but distributes rocking horse made by others. also repair when customer bring back to shop

GEORGE TOWN: Rocking horses made from rattan are set to sell like hot cakes with the Year of the Horse around the corner.

Rattan shop proprietor Sim Chew Poh said he recently stocked up 20 units of the handmade toy at his shop, Seang Hin Leong in Beach Street, as the items would be sold out within weeks with Chinese New Year coming up.