André Chiang Instagram – Since the first day I met Mr. Ng “The ice cream uncle”, we built a mutual bond and relationship beyond words, his passion to his work inspired me to create something just for him- to raised a national donation to improve his living quality.
I remembered him saying to me “I don’t want donation, I simply want to sell ice cream”… I totally respect that but how many ice he could possibly sell per day?
so we created Restaurant ANDRE’s “Ice cream uncle” dessert to sell the ice cream for uncle Ng, by offering him all the profit and donation by the end of the year to him.
I believed it was just a token gesture to raise awareness, most importantly to get the public attention to protect and support this living treasure- oldest ice cream uncle at age of 92 doing what he’s passionate about ; we successfully to sell thousands of ice cream over the year, forwarded tremendous guests to visit his stand near Sim Lim tower.
I’m sure Mr. Ng will continue selling ice cream, bring the happiness and this Singapore culture to wherever he is; and for everyone out there, please support all the living treasure while you can, support their passion as well as supporting them to continue being beautiful memories to the world.
自從我第一次見到黃先生（“冰淇淋叔叔”）以來，我們建立了超越言語的互信和關係。他對工作的熱情激勵我為他創作 — 我們發起全國捐贈來改善他的生活質量。
我記得他對我說：“我不想要捐款，我只想賣冰淇淋”……我完全尊重他的想法，他一天能賣多少冰淇淋呢？但他答應讓我們”幫他賣冰淇淋”; 於是我們創作了Restaurant ANDRE的“冰淇淋叔叔”甜品，為黃叔叔賣冰淇淋，然後在年底將所有所得交給他、當作是”賣冰淇淋的錢”。
當時我認為這只是一個象徵性的舉動，來提高人們的社會意識和關懷，最重要的是吸引公眾關注對老年從業族群及文化資產的保護，保護及支持這位活國寶—92歲高齡的新加坡冰淇淋叔叔，繼續做他熱愛的事情。我們成功地在Restaurant ANDRE一年內賣出了數千份冰淇淋，並吸引了大量顧客去支持他在SimLim大廈附近的攤位。
我相信黃先生會在天上繼續賣著冰淇淋，為所有人帶來歡樂並將這種新加坡文化傳遞到他所在的每一個地方。希望大家都珍惜生活周遭的”活國寶們” , 支持他們的夢想和他們為世界帶來的美好. | Posted on 23/Jun/2024 17:16:35
