Twilight years of the trade


Quieter days: Liew checking the herbs on display at his shop in Chulia Street, George Town. —KT GOH/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Once a popular place for people to get traditional herbs, a century-old medical hall here now stands mostly quiet with the shelves lined with jars meant more for show than trade.

“We stopped selling Chinese herbs in 2014,” said Liew Kong Choy, who has run the shop in Chulia Street for decades.

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