Swee Kee Eating House, with a 82-year history, closed permanently last Sunday Red Star Restaurant and Lai Wah Restaurant are other long-standing restaurants that are forced to contemplate their fate They had not laid off anyone as they consider their staff who had worked with them for decades as “family” Lai Wah’s owners said losses are quickly approaching a six-figure sum, and the restaurant does not have money to pay rent Red Star’s monthly operating cost is about S$100,000, but takings are S$1,000 at most on weekdays and S$2,000 a day on weekends