A recognizable landmark in Bishan will soon be gone. After 30 years in operation, the newspaper Newspoint, which is next to the Junction 8 plaza, will entirely close on March 31.
Owner Wang Yaojiang claimed the stall’s shutdown was planned for August 2024, but he had reached out to Bishan-Toa Payoh MP Chong Kee Hiong to defer.
I find myself being most uneasy about dealing with the elderly people who buy papers every time. The 61-year-old told Foreign news agency Lianhe Zaobao,” Many of them have been my companions for many years.
The Urban Redevelopment Authority had made plans to construct new offices and workplaces on the vacant lot near Junction 8 and Bishan’s van exchange next year.
The contract on Newspoint will stop at the end of the quarter, and the walk will no longer be rentable after that, according to a Junction 8 spokesman. They will continue to collaborate attentively with Wang until the newsstand’s final day of activity for a clean transition.
Wang had purchased the barn from a colleague in 2011 and kept it empty from 6am to 11pm, often until evening. Additionally, he gave more pay to his staff members who worked over the holiday season to maintain the shop.
At its best, he claims, they may buy 5, 000 newspaper files in a single day.
When papers publication selling decreased, I began selling drinks and snacks to keep up. Wang said he would give media after Newspoint closes because” I wanted to do it until I had no more do it.”
After more than 80 times in operation, Thambi Magazine Store in Holland Village, an classic newspaper, shut down last season.  ,
It featured over 7, 000 names in the era of print publications, according to Periathambi Senthilmurugan, the publisher. He had made the decision to leave, primarily because he had been told to reduce the size of his show place by quarter, which he was unwilling to do.  ,