Little bosses: Kids as young as five run businesses at children's fairs
Audrienne Hui En Mohammed Bazli, nine, at her plushie stall. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN
SINGAPORE – Audrienne Hui En Mohammed Bazli is nine – and has a little business selling homemade plushies.
The Primary 4 pupil from Rulang Primary School set up shop for the third time on June 14 at the Children's Entrepreneurship Fair held at Furama RiverFront, a hotel in Havelock Road.
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