THE Housing Board’s reply, ‘HDB shop corridor area cannot be sublet’ (July 21), stated that HDB corridor areas should not be sublet by shop owners to third parties.
This may be the rule, but in my experience, it is often breached.
We operate shops dealing in mobile phones in Clementi and Bedok Central. A 100 sq ft ‘hole in the wall’ in these locations costs up to $7,000 a month to rent.
However, there are many fly-by-night mobile phone operators who set up shop in the yellow boxes in these areas and pay about $2,000 a month to rent the space. In Bedok Central, town council officers periodically patrol the neighbourhood to check on illegal peddlers. However, enforcement of the rule has been inconsistent. Continue reading
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