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Sembawang’s only wet market to stay

Posted on 12 Oct 2009 | Comments Off on Sembawang’s only wet market to stay

STALLHOLDERS at Sembawang New Market in Canberra Road – the only wet market in Sembawang – will stay put after all, instead of making way for a FairPrice supermarket.

Health Minister and Sembawang GRC MP Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday the market operator has decided to extend its lease with the Housing Board.

The decision came after news broke more than a week ago that stallholders at the wet market had been told to leave by the end of the month.

The market’s master tenant had decided to end its lease, and it was reported that the space would likely be taken over by a FairPrice supermarket.

That will not happen now.

Describing the latest turn of events as a ‘good development’, Mr Khaw said the operator was now discussing the extension of its tenancy with the HDB. Continue reading →

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Another wet market to close down

Posted on 3 Oct 2009 | Comments Off on Another wet market to close down

SEMBAWANG may soon be the next neighbourhood to lose a wet market – its only one at that.

Its 14 stallholders at the market in Canberra Road have been told to go by the end of this month.

This is because the master tenant, Sembawang New Market, is ending its lease with the Housing and Development Board, the owner of the market.

The space will probably be taken over by a FairPrice supermarket, pending approval by the HDB. The papers to transfer the tenancy to NTUC FairPrice were submitted a few weeks ago, and are still being evaluated.

Meanwhile, some residents in the neighbourhood are upset at the prospect of losing the wet market; stallholders there are also aggrieved over the short notice they have been given.

The situation there echoes that of the five other heartland wet markets which made the news this week.

The wet markets in Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Batok West, Serangoon and Pasir Panjang – among the minority here which are privately owned – also look set to go. Continue reading →

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