Singapore-based Hong Kong eatery run by disabled needs new partner to keep mission going

Founder of Dignity Kitchen, in poor health, wants a local partner ‘with a good heart’ to help sustain hawker-style social enterprise

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Carol Wong, who suffers from spasticity, has worked at Dignity Kitchen for four years, and makes dishes such as Hainanese chicken rice and fried pork chops. Photo: Edmond So

Published: 12:04pm, 28 Jun 2025Updated: 8:35am, 29 Jun 2025

Hong Kong’s social enterprises empowering vulnerable communities are struggling to survive amid a dire economy. In the first of a two-part series, the Post looks at how a Singapore-based catering business is trying to chart a new path forward for its workers with disabilities. You can read the second instalment here.

Dignity Kitchen, a beacon of hope for people with disabilities seeking training and employment in Hong Kong, is at a crossroads.

The Singapore-based social enterprise restaurant is urgently looking for a local partner because its founder, Koh Seng Choon, can no longer fly as often as needed to the city to manage the business after undergoing heart surgery in March.

Over the past six years, the 66-year-old travelled from the city state to Hong Kong every two months to set up and run the hawker-style restaurant in Mong Kok that has so far trained and placed more than 200 people with disabilities in jobs.

“The only thing I regret now is I don’t have the health to carry on,” he told the Post earlier this week, three months after his surgery.

“I’m not selling the business. The idea is to find a partner with a good heart, commitment and experience working with disabled people, letting Hongkongers help Hongkongers.”