Thambi Magazine Store may have closed down but the iconic magazine stand isn't going out without a fight. Education Minister Chan Chun Sing revealed via a Facebook post shared on Monday (May 6) that he met up with 49-year-old store owner Periathambi Senthil Murugan, better known as Sam, during the weekend. They took a stroll around the Holland Village neighbourhood.
SINGAPORE Periathambi Senthil Murugan, better known as Sam, was a marine engineering student in the 1990s when circumstances led him to take over the family-run Thambi Magazine Store. He has since become the backbone of the business, which will see its last day of operation at Holland Road Shopping Centre on May 5. The 49-year-old Singaporean, who is the.