Source: The Alternative View
Water supply to Chinatown Food-street Cut Off; Stallholders asked to Switch Trade
Since May 2013, five stallholders at Chinatown Food-street have had to suffer from a lack of water supply after it was cut off due to renovation works.
For close to a year, on a daily basis, these stall-holders many of whom are old folks such as Mr Du (age 76) have had to walk all the way to the town council building to fetch pails of water for their business.
Seeing no end to their ordeal, they had called for a meeting with the Chinatown Merchants' Association to look for a solution this month. At the meeting, they were surprised to be told that they could no longer sell F&B and were asked to switch to selling clothings or other goods.
All five stall-holders are at a loss as some have existing supply to clear, not to mention that many have been in the F&B line for a long time.
When asked about this, the Merchants' Association declined to comment.
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This is the second time stallholders in the Chinatown area have had run-ins with their management association.
Last November, a group of 20 hawkers at the Chinatown Food Centre refused to pay their monthly cleaning fee after it was raised by a substantial amount although cleaning standards had not improved.
It's strange that the nation-building press, The Straits Tirnes, have not reported on both incidents.
If this had taken place in Hougang or Aljunied, we are sure it would have splashed the news on its front page and attempt to cast aspersions on The Workers' Party.
Water supply to Chinatown Food-street Cut Off; Stallholders asked to Switch Trade
Since May 2013, five stallholders at Chinatown Food-street have had to suffer from a lack of water supply after it was cut off due to renovation works.
For close to a year, on a daily basis, these stall-holders many of whom are old folks such as Mr Du (age 76) have had to walk all the way to the town council building to fetch pails of water for their business.
Seeing no end to their ordeal, they had called for a meeting with the Chinatown Merchants' Association to look for a solution this month. At the meeting, they were surprised to be told that they could no longer sell F&B and were asked to switch to selling clothings or other goods.
All five stall-holders are at a loss as some have existing supply to clear, not to mention that many have been in the F&B line for a long time.
When asked about this, the Merchants' Association declined to comment.
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This is the second time stallholders in the Chinatown area have had run-ins with their management association.
Last November, a group of 20 hawkers at the Chinatown Food Centre refused to pay their monthly cleaning fee after it was raised by a substantial amount although cleaning standards had not improved.
It's strange that the nation-building press, The Straits Tirnes, have not reported on both incidents.
If this had taken place in Hougang or Aljunied, we are sure it would have splashed the news on its front page and attempt to cast aspersions on The Workers' Party.
