Title
Thye Hong Sunday Crunches biscuits tin
Year/Period
1980s
Region
Singapore
Object Type
biscuit boxes
Material
Tin
Dimension
Object size: Part 001: 1.5 x 21.4 x 30.5 cm,
Object size: Part 002: 6.3 x 22.1 x 30.8 cm
Object size: Part 002: 6.3 x 22.1 x 30.8 cm
Accession No.
2018-00662
Collection of
NLB Type
Cultural artefact
This flat tin to store biscuits were produced by the well-known local company. Thye Hong Biscuit and Confectionery Factory (1929-1990) is one of the oldest biscuit manufacturers in Singapore. Owned by Lee Gee Chong, the factory was first set at 124 Neil Road. Later a bigger factor was built at the junction of Alexandra Road and Tiong Bahru road in 1935. It was automated and could produce some 10-12 tonnes of biscuits every day. Despite various setbacks and tragedies that plagued the family-run company the factory thrived and in the 1960s employed more than 200 workers. Bought over by Huntley and Palmer in 1981, the factory stopped producing in 1982. Although Thye Hong biscuits were sold under other brands till 1990.
