Finding success in ‘sticky’ venture


Dumplings maker Sharon Ooi, 47, checking the dumpling for the Bak Chang festival at her shop in Jelutong, Penang ( May 28, 2022 ). - CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: With bags of glutinous rice from Thailand coupled with time on her hands during the pandemic, a former interior decorator stumbled into a new lucrative business.

The rice was left by Sharon Ooi’s father, who died suddenly of an unknown ailment during the movement control order (MCO).

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