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Best foot forward
April 12, 2019
April 13, 2019 5:00 AM
When the Geylang shoe factory he worked at shut down in the 1990s, Mr Wong Chung Siu, aged 64 in 2012, struck out on his own as a cobbler at this spot in Bedok Town Centre. With a penknife, a millstone, some glue and a hammer, he fixes anything, from Bata loafers to Bally business shoes.
When the Geylang shoe factory he worked at shut down in the 1990s, Mr Wong Chung Siu, aged 64 in 2012, struck out on his own as a cobbler at this spot in Bedok Town Centre. With a penknife, a millstone, some glue and a hammer, he fixes anything, from Bata loafers to Bally business shoes.
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