Noodle seller sues nephew
Feb 8, 2010 9.33pm - The Straits Times
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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.
