SUPPORT CHEAP & TASTY HAWKER FOOD!

Hello all,

In view of the blatant inflation caused by conglomerates bidding ridiculously high for shop spaces, forcing lessees and tenants to pay very high rents and thus, charge very high prices for food products.

Whenever you see a certain Hawker Centre being torn down for renovations- It bodes BAD news for the poor and the middle class, and it means more riches for the already rich.

It means you will no longer pay $2.00 for your same plate of noodles. It will increase to $3-$7 for the same bowl of noodles, and some even lesser in quantity.

Ultimately, the majority of the citizens get poorer, having to fork out many 100 percent more for their food while the capitalistic rich gets even richer, as it doesnt bother him that he bidded very high for the property: As all his costs are passed down to the tenants and the tenants are forced to increase their food price to the ultimate consumers.

And what happens when they cause these financial hardship to the masses? They get awarded with some Bullshit 'Entrepreneurial award' for getting even more rich at the expense of the middle and lower class (ie. Koufu)

Well, that is Singapore, and that is capitalism. Well, these rich conglomerates will defend their indecent windfall by saying they bring comfort, cleaner and airconditioned environment to the masses, but if you ask me, I'D RATHER STICK WITH THE $2.00 PLATE OF NOODLES & 70CENTS DRINK, rather than pay $5.00 for a bowl of noodles & $1.70 for a ridiculous cup of ice lemon tea.

Well, to show support for the last surviving hawker centres in Singapore, here are some honest hawkers selling food very cheap and in very reasonable quantity:

ZION ROAD HAWKER CENTRE
(NEXT TO THE CANAL- OPPOSITE GREAT WORLD CITY)

GO TO STALL NUMBER 2, THE 'BAK CHOR MEE' STALL:











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This uncle gives serves very GENEROUS Serving of noodles (unlike the stingy majority where you eat 2 bowls yet still not enough).
And only for $3 ! And,
it also comes with a complimentary tasty bowl of soup!


Go visit and patronise them: Support the generous hawkers and

SAY NO TO UPGRADING OF WET MARKETS & HAWKER CENTRES!

Justice Bao Gong: To Serve & To Protect: CHEAPEST FOOD AND DRINKS IN TOWN!

Commodity Prices have FALLEN DRASTICALLY, yet there are still hawkers who sell SKY HIGH PRICES, profiteering from the cheaper commodity prices but pocketing the differences in savings.

There are however, GOOD HEARTED hawkers who continue to sell food CHEAP and provide GOOD service.

Here are some examples of the Good Hearted vendors who sell Food and drinks at Pre-year 2000 PRICES:

CHEAPEST COFFEE STALL IN TOWN AREA:
MAXWELL HAWKER CENTRE

FIRST ROW STALL PARALLEL TO MAXWELL ROAD FACING THE ROAD

(From the toilet, walk towards URA Blg, about 6-7 stalls away)

(There are 2 coffee stalls, the first one nearer to toilet is slightly more expensive,

the SECOND coffee stall is the CHEAPEST COFFEE STALL in town!)

(When you're there, look for HELEN)


Here are their PRICES: Know of any cheaper prices in town? I doubt it.
Here are their Wonderful Prices:



SUPPORT CHEAP PRICES! SUPPORT THEM! LOOK FOR HELEN!

Clearing Trays at Hawker Centres

(Source: The New Paper)
There has been a recent debate over the 'clearing of trays' at hawker centres and this article has proven to be the last straw. In our previous post of Inflation: Excessive Rising Cost of Food, we have analysed and highlighted the discrepancy between lower cost of food and rising prices of hawker food and also pinpointed that someone along the food chain has been profiting unethically at the expense of the man in the street.

We would like to highlight that this article by KF Seetoh to be highly insensitive and adding on more financial pressure on the man in the street. He is suggesting that people who do not wish to clear their trays after eating should PAY A SURCHARGE, AMIDST RIDICULOUSLY HIGH FOOD PRICES ALREADY CHARGED BY THESE HAWKER CENTRES.

For someone who is earning good money and making a living going around eating good food and not having to worry about financial expenses to make such a suggestion is preposterous. What he is suggesting will only make the already rich monopolistic hawker centre owners even richer at the expense of the lower and middle class citizens, with their inflated food prices despite the plummeting cost of food in this worldwide recession. It is common knowledge that food prices remain stubbornly high despite the plunge in cost of food, and someone is unethically profiteering at the citizens' expense.

I hope that a well-known celebrity like him could reflect on his comments and think about the less fortunate and the less well off first, before publishing an article like that to add on the already magnified problem of food inflation, which is already a huge burden on the less well off. There are hordes of people who has to ration food among their family members because their salaries are not increasing with the ludicrous rise in food and hawker prices, and not everyone has the good fortune to enjoy the good life of tasting good food all around the world without worrying about the ridiculously high prices of hawker food.

After a few focus group sessions, many agreed that the BEST SOLUTION would be for the monopolistic hawker centre owners to REDUCE THEIR FOOD PRICES to a reasonable level, as they had increased during the commodities bull run previously, and you can rest assured, the citizens would be more than willing to help clear their trays. Nobody faults you, as a capitalistic business owner of these monopolies of hawker centres earning indecent amount of profits, but by making these profits at the expense of the poor, can you live with that? Even if you can, judgement day will come (Kiamat menjelang), and justice will prevail.

As a personal opinion, I feel the current route in financial markets is good, and I do hope it will prevail until public pressure would help bring down the prices down in Singapore as well as the rest of the world. However, in Singapore, where population remains high and continuing to increase, inflation and the existence of monopolies will always be a big problem for the masses. In a future post, we will analyse the cause and solutions of monopolies and profiteering parties and how it affects the man in the street in greater detail.

If you need help, or advice regarding a problem, do drop us a comment and we will endeavour to research and attempt to find a solution to the best we can. We are not wealthy, but we have the heart to make life better for the masses.

Your humble servant.

Why the increases despite Worldwide Recession?

(Source: The Straits Times)
WORLD STOCK MARKETS ARE PLUNGING
DOW JONES DROP BELOW 10,000 MARK
NIKKEI DROPS BELOW 10,000 MARK
STI DROPPED TO 2,000
OIL PRICES PLUMMETED TO LOW of 86.03.
AUSTRALIA, CHINA, SOUTH KOREA AND TAIWAN CUTS INTEREST RATES.

World markets & interest rates are seeing record falls but
what happens in Singapore?

Singtel INCREASES its phone charges.
(Source: The Straits Times)

Singapore Government INCREASES Electricity Tariffs.

According to the report, Mr Tharman mentioned "price of electricity has risen much less than oil prices", but according to the facts, oil prices from Oct and Nov last year ranges from $80 - $90 which is similar to what the oil price right now, so the increase is not justifiable.
Citizens of Singapore are welcome to analyse the facts and figures here .

A silver lining would be STARHUB, who has done the community a service by providing free services rather than increase prices like Singtel. At times like this, the Government should be working to reduce inflation via reducing cost of land, property, transportation, energy costs and food costs instead of increasing it. (We all understand the need to boost the Government reserves due to the falling financial markets wiping out huge percentage of equity of sovereign wealth, hedge and private equity funds, but please, not at the expense of the man in the street).

At Justice Bao Gong, we welcome ALL constructive COMMENTS. Please do bookmark us, and forward this blog to your friends so that everyone can benefit from the articles. If you do know of a topic that affects the man in the street, do email us or drop us a comment. We will endeavour to research the topic and post it for the benefit of all.

Your humble servant.