Residents in Sengkang New Town on Wednesday welcomed their first wet market, which is being opened a year earlier than the target launch date. Kopitiam Square houses 120 stalls selling cooked food, meat, vegetables and dried goods. Some stallholders said their rental is 10 to 20 per cent higher than normal rates. But like the residents, they are optimistic about their business prospects thanks to its...
Wet Markets
The Housing and Development Board (HDB) has said it cannot take over the wet markets owned by private operators or interfere with the commercial negotiation between the new owner and the stallholders when such wet markets change hands. The HDB also cannot "impose new requirements that are more stringent on the new owner, compared to those already imposed on the existing one". HDB said this in a statement...
Five privately owned wet markets won't be converted into air-conditioned supermarkets if Sheng Siong takes over. This is because HDB told MediaCorp, the supermarket chain has expressed taking over the wet markets in their existing state. The wet markets are located in areas like Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Batok and Serangoon North. Earlier, stallholders at the Serangoon Wet Market were trying to garner 3,000...