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HDB can’t interfere

Posted on 21 Oct 2009 | Comments Off on HDB can’t interfere
HDB said stallholders in five markets in Choa Chu Kang Street 62, Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1, Serangoon Avenue 3 (left), Bukit Batok West Avenue 8 and Fajar Road, which were bought by Heeton, are ‘tenants of Heeton, not HDB’, and it cannot interfere as this is a private property transaction. — ST PHOTO: TERENCE TAN

THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) has said it cannot take over the wet markets or interfere with the commercial negotiation between the new owner and the stallholders.

In a statement on Wednesday, it added that it cannot also ‘impose new requirements that are more stringent on the new owner, compared to those already imposed on the existing one.’

The statement came a day after Minister for Environment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim said in Parliament on Tuesday that private operators of wet markets would have to get approval from the HDB for the sale and any change of their uses. Continue reading →

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‘Vanishing’ wet markets : Don’t let it go on unchecked

Posted on 17 Oct 2009 | Comments Off on ‘Vanishing’ wet markets : Don’t let it go on unchecked

I AM glad that some wet markets have been given a reprieve (“HDB to Sheng Siong: 6 wet markets must stay“, Oct 10).

I frequent both supermarkets and the wet markets at Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Batok and Bukit Timah. I find that prices at wet markets are much more competitive than those at supermarkets. The price difference can be as much as 10 to 15 per cent.

The gradual disappearance of wet markets over the years should not go on unchecked. Wet markets should not be left to the mercy of market forces. These “small fish” still have a role to play in lowering the cost of living for Singaporeans.

We are not out of the woods yet as far as the recession is concerned. The Government should do much more to ensure that wet markets continue to not just survive, but also thrive, and in so doing, help bring down the cost of living. Continue reading →

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