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An elderly former Sungei Road Thieves Market vendor has been left destitute following the closure of the market, one of many cases where the old aunties and uncles who used to ply their trade there have been badly impacted by the closing.

Sungei Road market vendor aired her worries about failing to find a suitable place to sell her wares. She cannot even afford a $50/day rent and is scrimping and saving despite her stomach problem. She is begging the government to give Sungei Rd stall owners a new location so that they can at least get by. #BrokenRiceBowl #Displaced

Things backfired for Sungei Rd market vendors who planned to relocate to the carpark at Golden Mile Tower. The owner of the carpark announced that there is no agreement for them to set up stalls there. Turns out Golden Mile Tower and its carpark are owned by different people. Getting the green light from Golden Mile does not mean they can use its carpark space. According to URA, they will also need to seek planning approval before setting up an outdoor market. Thanks to this confusion, Sungei Rd vendors will now be treated as trespassers. Authorities have already started putting up signs with the words 'No Trespassing' to prevent contractors from demarcating the space.

It was the last day of Sungei Road Flea Market. From this weekend, some of the vendors would have no choice but to set up temporary stalls at Golden Mile Tower - "so that we can continue with some hope in our lives. So that we will not be put in a situation where we have nothing to do and get into depression". "This new temporary market will be called Sungei Market. Sungei Market will not only consist of the vendors here; We hope to include the youths and entrepreneurs as vendors too. So that we can learn new things from each other and create a more exciting market... Tonight, Sungei Road Market may have lost the road, but we hope that the Sungei spirit can continue with Sungei Market".

The Sungei Road Market association have secured a new site for the vendors to operate similar to Sungei Road, the sixth floor of Golden Mile Tower's carpark. According to association chairman Koh Eng Khoon, about 100 of 200 vendors have expressed interest in moving there. The market has also been renamed Golden Mile Tower Sungei Market, he added. Mr Koh had been trying to find a place for all the Sungei Road vendors to peddle their wares for the past two years. The new site is set for a relaunch on Saturday.

Singapore keeps demolishing its history in its inane desire to modernise. Every historical building have shelf life. There is no historical building safe from the bulldozers, unless of course, the historical building is located at Oxley Road. Then the government will do all it can to preserve, including defying the wish of its founding father

The Association For The Recycling of Second Hand Goods will be extending a "Thank You" to all its supporters for the past 80 years of support. They have invited all Singaporeans to witness the closing of the historical heritage market today at 7.30PM at Larut Road.

Because the difference between the oxley house and sungei road is that doing away with sungei road will displace and affect the livelihood of many old singaoreans. While activist try to explore options for sungei road the government proposes options for the Oxley house, it is troubling to see the government put so much effort in preserving something singaporeans don't care about and ignoring the pleas of singaporeans trying to save sungei road.

I refer to the article “Sungei Rd vendors receive more help” (Straits Times, Jun 17). It states that “The National Environment Agency (NEA) yesterday said that more than 40 lock-up stalls, up from the previous figure of 30, have been set aside at market rent, which ranges from $240 to $900.

It states that “With less than two months to go before the flea market at Sungei Road closes, 44 of the 200 vendors have a clearer picture of how they might be moving on, having accepted assistance from various government agencies. Arguably, we seem to be hearing a lot of talk about how we are trying to help, but seemingly very little as to exactly how many have been helped and exactly in what way or quantum? “Despite these offers from agencies, some vendors are still holding out hope that a new site for the flea market can be found, despite repeated statements from the Government that this will not happen.”