Chew waits for better times

Survivors: Chew (left) at his closed store while his wife Lee Kah Lai, 47, holds up a package of frozen durian from Balik Pulau at Chew Jetty in George Town. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: After more than a year of the Covid-19 pandemic, almost all business and tourism operators at Chew Jetty have closed for good or temporarily, leaving the once bustling jetties all quiet.

But Chew Cheng Chooi still lives there, waiting for the jetty of his ancestors to go back to livelier times so that he can sell his durian puffs and ice cream again.