‘Kindness costs nothing’: $10,000 worth of free durians draws queue of over 500 in Yishun, Singapore News

According to Shin Min, there was already a long queue of over 200 people at 5pm, with the line winding across to a neighbouring block. 

One resident who was fourth in the queue told the Chinese evening daily that she was in line at 3pm. 

“This is my first time claiming the durians, I’m very happy,” said the 71-year-old retiree. 

There were also volunteers in place to maintain orderliness and to ensure that the line did not obstruct the HDB walkways. 

Yan stated that due to the large turnout, he had to give out 100 more durians and stocks were depleted by 7.20pm. 

“There were about 500 to 600 people, but nearing the end we realised there were not enough durians. So we took out 100 more durians to give out, but this time the seniors could only get one each,” said Yan. 

He acknowledged that some of them were disgruntled as a result. 

“This is (an event) to spread love and happiness to people, making anyone unhappy is not our intent,” he said. 

A Facebook post by the business following the event expressed similar sentiments of spreading love, “in a world that feels messy”, with “no agenda”. 

“Kindness costs nothing, but it means everything. I hope everyone can pass this love forward and make our society a little softer.” 

https://www.facebook.com/Famousdurian/posts/pfbid02mUnTfGnvuu65vAw5cKPqxpxP1iFfyQzKUDRiJ7Cwe4UjbDTiRLpNVUdQXBSaCozHl 

This is not the first time a durian business has organised a free giveaway of the king of fruits. 

Last year, a durian business along Serangoon Road gave away 1,000kg of durians worth $15,000 to Pioneer Generation customers and CHAS (Community Health Assist Scheme) card holders. 

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