Can Someone Tell Me Why Hawkers Like to Display PeekturesTaken With PAP MPs?

[AhMeng]

Why huh? So big FUG Meh? Or can get more business?

 

[syed putra]

No need to pay gangsters protection money if pictures of PAP MP's are displayed.

 

[Patriot]

Why huh? So big FUG Meh? Or can get more business?

I have an ex classmate who likes to take photos with MPs & Ministers & post them in our class WhatsApp group chat.

When I questioned him, he said that he was proud of doing so.

What a porlumpar!

 

[AhMeng]

And now more and more hawkers do that.. nabei porlumpar hawkers

 

[knowwhatyouwantinlife]

Boycott lor

 

[sweetiepie]

Why huh? So big FUG Meh? Or can get more business?

KNN they hope that pap won't increase their rental lo KNN

 

[kulgai]

Why huh? So big FUG Meh? Or can get more business?

Patronized by PAP MPs is confirmed hor chiak machiam michelin starred

 

[AhMeng]

I have an ex classmate who likes to take photos with MPs & Ministers & post them in our class WhatsApp group chat.

When I questioned him, he said that he was proud of doing so.

What a porlumpar!

Your ex classmate must be like this Tiong new citizen

 

[eatshitndie]

wonder why? don't know why leh.

 

[bobby]

Why huh? So big FUG Meh? Or can get more business?

Can charge more....

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

Why huh? So big FUG Meh? Or can get more business?

Singaporeans are dumbasses who will fall for anything. They see MP picture, they think the stall must be great enough to attract attention.

 

[desmondo]

NEA will give face to the MP photo and not summon the stall owner

 

[tanwahtiu]

Trend mah.... porlumpa the best... use them as Chiam See Tong loh...

 

[congo9]

It's can produce more business and sales when you associate yourself with these people who always clad in white.

 

[laksaboy]

It's a form of marketing which appeals to the 70% gong kias: "if my product is bought/endorsed by the pappies, it must be damn good".

However, it becomes a bit silly when you're selling tau hway and tau hway chwee.

 

[JustLikeThis]

My grandparents were hawkers. They explained this phenomenon to me:

1. Generally speaking, food stalls believe that NEA will go easy on them because they know grassroots people. You will get B if you are C-graded.

2. These hawkers are generally bullies; sometimes their belongings and preparation food stuff infringe borders of other hawkers. They might even disturb customers of competing stalls out of jealousy. Displaying these photos give them that sense of arrogance when they engage in disputes with timid neighbour-stalls.

3. In extreme situations, many drink stalls are involved in payment collection for illegal horse betting, 4D or even 12-ki during the earlier days openly in front of their stalls. Some of them operate like an illegal singapore-pools outlets. Coincidentally, hawkers who are granted drink stalls license are related to grassroots, so displaying these photos will make law-enforcers think twice when they act.

 

[bobby]

But sometimes you take peekture with ministars....people also dun know who they are.

 

[Leepotism]

These hawkers want to show off that even VVIPs patronise their stalls.

 

[AhMeng]

These hawkers want to show off that even VVIPs patronise their stalls.

MPs are VVips .. Lol

 

[laksaboy]

3. In extreme situations, many drink stalls are involved in payment collection for illegal horse betting, 4D or even 12-ki during the earlier days openly in front of their stalls. Some of them operate like an illegal singapore-pools outlets. Coincidentally, hawkers who are granted drink stalls license are related to grassroots, so displaying these photos will make law-enforcers think twice when they act.

The drink stalls usually make the most profits, especially in a kopitiam where they have a de facto monopoly.

Cooked food... sometimes all you can do is swat flies during lunch hour while your neighbouring stall has a long queue stretching to the opposite row of stalls.

The feeling for those hawkers must be unbearable, like catching your best friend pumping your girlfriend at a chalet.