Long wait for durian is over


Ripe season: Tie checking on the new batch of durians he has just received from farms around Johor.

JOHOR BARU: Fruit traders in Johor are anticipating a boom in business within the next few weeks as Singaporeans are expected to come over to have a taste of the king of fruits – Malaysian durians.

Tie Kian Chow, 41, who owns a stall selling durians and other fruits in Skudai here, said he had been selling at least 3,000kg of durians a day since the end of May.

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