Kopitiam depending on regular clients nowadays


Staying afloat: Customers picking up their take away orders at one of the coffee shop at Bagan Luar in Butterworth. Shops in the area have reported a drop in business since the beginning of the MCO this week. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

BUTTERWORTH: These days, Lim Shin Yi depends on faithful patrons to order breakfast from her coffeeshop.

“Luckily for us, there are regular customers as our family business has been around for five decades, ” said Lim, 36.

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