Tong Man-leung Column Discusses Cha Chaan Teng Owner Aged 70 Who Has No Plans to Retire
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On 28 October 2026, Ming Pao Daily Economic published a Tong Man-leung column titled "Tong Man-leung: Tao Yuanming Says Don't Retire So Early". In the article, a cha chaan teng customer asks the owner how old he is and why he has not yet retired; the owner says he has just passed 70 years old but has no plans to retire, believing that cha chaan teng work is familiar and not hard, and that retirement would instead feel unfamiliar. The column uses this to make the point of not retiring too early.
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- 明報·每日經濟Tang Man-Leung: Tao Yuanming Says Don't Retire Too Early
Tang Man-Leung mentions in his column that a cha chaan teng customer asked the owner how old he was and why he had not yet retired; the owner said he had just passed 70 years old but had no plans to retire, believing that he was used to the cha chaan teng work and did not find it hard, and that retirement would instead feel unfamiliar.
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