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🇸🇬Forum: Biggest challenge #hawkers face is #economics, not #consumer #culture
"Coffee shops changing hands for #millions of dollars shows tt many #investors see #coffeeshops as #speculative #assets to be flipped, rather than #businesses to be operated. Stall operators have suffered fr large #arbitrary #rent increases in such #kopi tiams.. #hawkercentres “play a role in moderating increases in #food #prices, thereby performing an important #socialservice”"
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-biggest-challenge-hawkers-face-is-economics-not-consumer-culture
Forum: Biggest challenge hawkers face is economics, not consumer culture

I was disappointed to read senior columnist Chua Mui Hoong’s commentary “Hawker culture debate: The missing ingredient is our willingness to pay” (Nov 23). Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times
@dimi Tekka Market Food Centre is called Little India. #Singapore #HawkerCentres #Foodie

Google to include indoor imagery of Singapore Hawker Centres in 2020. Individual stalls will be identified, Streetview imagery and images of stalls to be included.

#Singapore #HawkerCentres #Food #Culture #Google #GoogleMaps #GoogleStreetView

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/looking-for-a-hawker-stall-find-it-on-google-maps-by-early-2020

Looking for a hawker stall? Find it on Google Maps by early 2020

SINGAPORE - Hawker centre patrons will have some help with looking for their favourite stall by next year.. Read more at straitstimes.com.