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INTERVIEWER: Do your arms hurt from doing this? MRS LUNG: Of course it's painful! INTERVIEWER: Can you get arthritis from doing all these hard work? MRS LUNG: You'll get arthritis from all these pulling INTERVIEWER: Ohh... INTERVIEWER: Did a lot of people make and sell Dragon's Beard Candy in the past? Are there much fewer customers now? MRS LUNG: Yes, there were a lot (of people selling Dragon's Beard Candy) in the past. Nowadays they don't make nor sell it anymore. INTERVIEWER: Ohh... INTERVIEWER: We couldn't find any stalls selling Dragon's Beard Candy at all, your stall was the only one left MRS LUNG: Yeah, now there are very few stalls remaining INTERVIEWER: Were there many people buying Dragon's Beard Candy 40+ years ago? MRS LUNG: Yeah, the variety of food wasn't that great in those days MRS LUNG: There were long queues in the past...but there are still many people buying now... INTERVIEWER: Are your kids intending to succeed this business? (laughs) MRS LUNG: Who wants to spend long hours standing here? It's so taxing... MRS LUNG: Youngsters nowadays won't want to do that... INTERVIEWER: They're all gonna take up office jobs, aren't they? MRS LUNG: Yeah, those who have studied hard wouldn't want to take up this business INTERVIEWER: But won't the art of making the Dragon's Beard Candy be lost then? MRS LUNG: Let it be then, for we have no choice... INTERVIEWER: Why are there so many flavours of Ding Ding Tong, why don't you make more flavours of the Dragon's Beard Candy? MRS LUNG: There's no need to.. INTERVIEWER: No need to? INTERVIEWER: I've seen chocolate flavoured Dragon's Beard Candy commercially available, the ones made by machines MRS LUNG: You just have to mix in some Ovaltine powder and you get those INTERVIEWER: Ohh...So you can actually create other flavours! MRS LUNG: But the original flavoured ones are the most popular INTERVIEWER: Yeah...my dad loves them! (laughs) INTERVIEWER: Were there a lot of people buying Dragon's Beard Candy around fifty years ago? MRS LUNG: Yes, it was popular in the past MRS LUNG: There's still a lot of people buying it today INTERVIEWER: Not fewer? MRS LUNG: There are many foreigners who like to buy this nowadays MRS LUNG: It's a healthy food product! Best Hong Kong souvenir! (points to newspaper clippings on board) MRS LUNG: Those who have been eating it since young come back for it even after they have migrated to the US There was this kid who came here just to buy over fifty boxes and went back MRS LUNG: Now nobody wants to take up this business...we're the only ones left doing this now MRS LUNG: We have been looking over this area for a few decades now... INTERVIEWER: I can see that you have a good relationship with your neighbours MRS LUNG: Yes, this lady is very kind INTERVIEWER: Are there many competitors in this business? MRS LUNG: No...nobody wants to go into this so there aren't many competitors..Who wants to learn how to make this when it's so tedious? MRS LUNG: Plus you have to stand here, its so taxing. Also sesame is so expensive nowadays!