heng ah
(Manglish, Singlish) !, thank goodness.
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(Manglish, Singlish) !, thank goodness.
"We called it Tankfully Fresh because it's the feeling we want our customers to have when they open their package, like 'heng ah, it's fresh'," said Mr Goh, using the Hokkien term for thankfully or luckily.
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