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Gig Economy: Riding into the sunset at a bike-rental shop in a Punggol park

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ST Journalist John Lui showing a customer bicycles that are available to rent while working in a bicycle rental shop for a day at Jomando Adventure & Recreations on May 1, 2024. 

ST PHOTO: HENG YI-HSIN

Journalist John Lui showing a customer available rides at bike-rental shop Jomando Adventure & Recreations in Punggol in May.

ST PHOTO: HENG YI-HSIN

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SINGAPORE – It is 3pm on a public holiday at Punggol Point Park. Bike-rental shop owner Joe Chua should be happy to see that the record-breaking temperatures have not stopped a smattering of people from coming out to walk and bike.

Since 2014, he has run Jomando Adventure & Recreations at The Punggol Settlement, the retail and dining strip hugging the bulge of land that sticks into the Johor Strait.

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