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Sun Wukong
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Singapore
Feb 8, 2010
Noodle seller sues nephew
<!-- by line --> By Selina Lum
THE owner of a famous bak chor mee (minced meat noodles) stall in Crawford Lane has taken his nephew to court over the latter's outlet in a food court at VivoCity shopping mall. Mr Tang Chay Seng, 63, who runs well-known Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle, alleges that Mr Arthur Tung Yang Wee, 39, is trying to pass off his stall, Lau Dai Hua, as the original. Mr Tang, who has accused his nephew of pulling publicity gimmicks to mislead the public, wants a High Court order to stop his nephew from riding on the reputation of his stall. He is also seeking unspecified damages, and for an apology to be published in the Chinese-language newspapers.
The falling-out between the men arose from advertisements the younger man took out in two Chinese-language newspapers in November 2008 to promote his newly opened outlet at the Food Republic food court. Mr Tang said that in the ads, his nephew tried to pass off his noodles as his uncle's by displaying the original stall's awards and certificates. Mr Tang said this was calculated to mislead and confuse the public into thinking that the outlet is connected to the stall with a history of 76 years.
Read the full report in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
Feb 8, 2010
Noodle seller sues nephew
<!-- by line --> By Selina Lum
THE owner of a famous bak chor mee (minced meat noodles) stall in Crawford Lane has taken his nephew to court over the latter's outlet in a food court at VivoCity shopping mall. Mr Tang Chay Seng, 63, who runs well-known Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle, alleges that Mr Arthur Tung Yang Wee, 39, is trying to pass off his stall, Lau Dai Hua, as the original. Mr Tang, who has accused his nephew of pulling publicity gimmicks to mislead the public, wants a High Court order to stop his nephew from riding on the reputation of his stall. He is also seeking unspecified damages, and for an apology to be published in the Chinese-language newspapers.
The falling-out between the men arose from advertisements the younger man took out in two Chinese-language newspapers in November 2008 to promote his newly opened outlet at the Food Republic food court. Mr Tang said that in the ads, his nephew tried to pass off his noodles as his uncle's by displaying the original stall's awards and certificates. Mr Tang said this was calculated to mislead and confuse the public into thinking that the outlet is connected to the stall with a history of 76 years.
Read the full report in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.