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Good business starts from making your employees happy, says founder of Dian Xiao Er restaurant chain
Interest-free housing loans are just one perk Samuel Yik provides for employees at the restaurant chain he started in 2002 and which has seen many ups and downs, he tells Sumiko Tan.
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Samuel Yik spent a decade as an auditor but he didn’t like the 9-to-5 life. In 2002, he opened Dian Xiao Er, a Chinese restaurant specialising in herbal roast duck. He now has 18 outlets across Singapore.
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There are restaurant owners who cook, and those who don’t. Mr Samuel Yik falls into the second category.
The founder and managing director of the Dian Xiao Er restaurant chain says his culinary skills are limited to instant noodles, frying eggs and cooking porridge.
