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Recently the spike in COVID cases due to the outbreak at the KTV lounges have led to the tightening of restrictions once again. From tomorrow, dining in will cease, and households can only accept up to two visitors. This is after most of Singaporeans have done our best to obey …

According to our reader, their purpose of bidding or buying over the hawker stalls is for the sole intent to rent out the stall at exorbitant prices to Citizens and PRs who are either unsuccessful in their bids or can’t afford to buy a stall in highly competitive areas.

Our reader Justin appeals to everyone to support our local businesses.

Our reader felt unfair when she saw an uncouth hawker reject an elderly man from getting an extra plastic spoon. He only wanted to eat dessert with his wife. Liddat also cannot?

Do you think NEA's grading of hawker stalls should include an assessment on their attitude? A netizen thinks this should be implemented so that hawkers will stop being unreasonably rude to customers.

While the fire first began around the bonnet of the car, it quickly consumed the rest of the car. Photos taken by witnesses nearby show the car completely engulfed in flames. The driver said that he bought the car eight months ago and changed the car's air conditioning system the day before the incident.

Twenty five aspiring hawkers have now gone back to school to learn how to manage a hawker business, which includes how to source for suppliers and formulate a business plan. This group was among the first of three Introduction to Managing a Hawker Business lessons, organised by NEA and ITE.

The recent uproar about the close of the Sungei Road Market and the fact that many of the sellers there will lose their place of business seems like it might not be over yet. The Association for the Recycling of Second Hand Goods recently wrote to the press voicing their unhappiness with the Environment and Water Resources Minister’s response in Parliament. They indicated that only about 10 out of the more than 200 vendors in the Sungei Road market are receiving relocation assistance or public assistance. As is known by the public, most of the sellers who hawked their goods at the Sungei Road market are elderly folks, and hawking is their only source of income. Now, they are going to lose their source of income, and despite assurances from the government that they will extend assistance and provide employment services for the vendors, thus far, no government official has approached the association to date.

I saw your post on Kopitiam at Lau Pa Sat overcharging customer. I met with a case today too. I was at Kou Fu at Jem. The menu signage stated $1.70 for ice lemon tea. So I ordered 2.

What if I told you hawkers can be very very rich? My uncle owns a famous seafood zhichar stall(2 units) and his daily revenue hits about 5000 a day. Deduct monthly wages and expenses and you'll be looking at a net income of at least 40000. Sometimes you don't need a university degree to earn big bucks.