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[Cammy]

More hawker centres, coffeeshops join anti-inflation drive
By Lynda Hong | Posted: 06 April 2011 1500 hrs

SINGAPORE : Prices at almost all hawker stalls in Radin Mas will be maintained for six months.

That is the pledge from some 320 stallholders in the area.

Two stalls are not joining the initiative. These stalls, which serve Western food, envisage fluctuations in prices for their ingredients, which they said make it hard for them to join in.

Radin Mas is the latest constituency to join the Retail Price Watch Group's (RPWG) anti-inflation drive.

Stallholders said they also want to keep portions the same because they serve mostly the lower-income group.

The Retail Price Watch Group is optimistic that inflation will come down from a current high of five per cent in the second half of the year.

Lee Yi Shyan, chairman of the Retail Price Watch Group, who is also Minister of State for Trade and Industry, said: "If they have achieved the purpose of conveying confidence and assurance, they may not need to extend this exercise.

But at that time, however, if they think that they can come up with a new promotional pricing, why not? They can do a second round."

- CNA/fa/ms

 

[halsey02]

Election time , my dear!, the same devil that had driven all prices sky high with their GREED, is now pretending to be white Angels to help lower them. The Consumers have to wake up and see what they vote for and get for the years ahead!

 

[po2wq]

... Prices at almost all hawker stalls in Radin Mas will be maintained for six months.

That is the pledge from some 320 stallholders in the area.

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Stallholders said they also want to keep portions the same because they serve mostly the lower-income group.

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Lee Yi Shyan, chairman of the Retail Price Watch Group, who is also Minister of State for Trade and Industry ...

y shud hawkers who dun earn much b forced 2 kip their prices down? ...

y r big landlords like ah hdb not doing their part in tis so-called anti inflation drive? ... so, gahmen landlord can push up prices? ... n dey force peasants not 2 do so? ... :oIo:

stop trying 2 fix peasants 4 ur selfish benefits! ...

 

[hairylee]

Try telling the MIWs to maintain their salary for 6 six years.

 

[annexa]

They say price stay the same. They not say quality and size of food in your bowl stay the same ok.

 

[aangsc]

as long as the endless upgrade does not end with rental hike, it should not be a big problem to keep price affordable. Can govt not adjust rental after upgrade or freeze for next few years until next election ?

 

[po2wq]

... Two stalls are not joining the initiative. These stalls, which serve Western food, envisage fluctuations in prices for their ingredients, which they said make it hard for them to join in ...

ya, man! ... :oIo: 2 dem ...

dey raise ur rent ... dey let ur suppliers raise prices ... dey gif demselves 8 mth bonus ... n dey want u 2 make less so dat dey can look gd ... :oIo:

 

[Char_Azn]

as long as the endless upgrade does not end with rental hike, it should not be a big problem to keep price affordable. Can govt not adjust rental after upgrade or freeze for next few years until next election ?

Stall rent normally rent doesn't go up from year to year unless they rented a sublet stall. If you rent the stall from commercial entities(example food court operators) then that's different. The biggest pressure to increase price for these stall holders usually comes from the cost price of their ingredients. Most stall holders are reluctant to rise prices for no reason coz the customers will go else where. So to sum it all up, this stupid watch group, Retail Price Watch Group, managed to convince pple to do what none of them plan to do in the first place

 

[ivebert]

Sinkie hawker centers are very inefficient

It is labor intensive and nothing is automated

If you want efficiency
Give the contract to BK or Mac to do Asian-style fast food

 

[halsey02]

Sinkie hawker centers are very inefficient

It is labor intensive and nothing is automated

If you want efficiency
Give the contract to BK or Mac to do Asian-style fast food

You better eat from vending machines from now on......

 

[ivebert]

You better eat from vending machines from now on......

The lowest I will go is Subway

MAC/BK/Subway belongs to the hawker center level in U.S. btw

 

[cooleo]

The lowest I will go is Subway

MAC/BK/Subway belongs to the hawker center level in U.S. btw

 

[Received_by_Kings]

MAC/BK/Subway belongs to the hawker center level in U.S. btw

Yup they are the cheapest sort of food in America. But good diners in some areas are also a bit of a challenge to find.