Wong Tak Kam, rice shop owner Wong Tak Kam has worked in his family business, the Shing Hing Tai Rice Shop, since he was just 16 – following in his father’s footsteps. He is now 73 and much of his operation remains unchanged. The shop decor looks almost exactly as it did when it opened in 1956, he has used the same rice-cleaning machine for 30 years, he serves many of the same customers every week, and he still delivers large bags of rice on his 40-year-old bicycle. None of his five children want to carry on the business, so it is likely the Shing Hing Tai Rice Shop will shut when he retires