As someone who has bid for a hawker stall at the NEA run hawker centres and tendered for a stall at the NTUC/Timbre led ones, I would like to highlight that the data on hawker stall rent may not paint the full picture on rental related cost. Besides the base rental, there's also things like maintenance, utilities, pest control, dish washing etc. These are cheaper for the older hawker centres, but for the newer ones they are substantially higher and compulsory, so individual hawkers can't even reduce their costs by washing their own dishes. Also for the newer ones, many of them tend to have a 10% discount if you use their related cards (e.g. ntuc card). For the one I bid for (and I assume the same goes for the other hawker centres), the 10% discount comes out of the hawker's own pocket, and that is a huge amount because it is 10% of your revenue. So yes the govt and the papers may go spouting about how rental is not that expensive, but that is because they have defined 'rent' a certain way while obfuscating other costs.
Folklery suggestion : 1. Interviewing parents: these are likely less conversant in english which is the medium of this channel. Should branch into the bigger market of vanacular languages
I have to say I am very impressed with haresh, he is a great host and has a terrific sense of humour. To top that off he is a Manchester United fan just like me. I am not bias just stating facts . Terence is all right. 😊
Not sure why coffee shop increase from 7% to 8% then next year to 9% How can a coffee from $1 to $1.2? My Kopi-peng downstairs was from $2 became $2.6 (Large glass) Not sure how their 1-2% is about 15-30% increment. And who pays the difference? Us Consumers. Dont we think that "coffee shops' should have a control is their rental? which directly affects their food pricing. I am sure Kopi in 2030 would be $2 by then.
i don't want to celebrate hawker culture or show it to the world, if it comes at the cost of increased prices. i simply want to have cheap & yummy food at hawkers 😢 those who want to show off atas food and what-not, please feel free to bring the visitors to atas restaurants. keep hawkers low priced please for the rest of us. it's an irony if the "hawker culture" has to be changed to make it "live up to" the unesco listing
Guys, GST is only charged by GST-registered businesses. A business must register for GST if its annual turnover exceeds S$1 million. For small businesses that do need meet this threshold, GST registration is optional. So hawkers are generally excluded from GST collection although other cost components stack up 😅 The quantitative and qualititative analysis were too binaristic, without considering the holistic business models of hawkers, also not forgetting commission charged by platforms for same hawker food deliveries as well.
Singapore hard to find boycot. Isolated by self interest. Loose sands? I not sure. Theoretically, if hawkers jack up prices unfairly, just half the customer base if they boycot for a short while, the hawker will know and surrender. But this is not possible in reality and that's why many continue to pay even if they not happy
A lot of Sinkies still think an increase of GST from 7% to 9% over 2 years is just a 1% increase each year so no big deal. Makes me wonder why we still have Advanced Maths in school. BTW 8th Jun is my birthday so you should give me a free ticket to your event. Thanks
Blame the opposition for wanting staggered increase in GST instead of taking 1 hit! With each increase in GST, retailers will increase their prices more than each 1% increase . So don’t go pushing your blame on voters of the incumbent party like you guys have no part to play in this!
@@lilychua7866 a quick google search on 'workers party staggered gst hike' will provide you cna/ST articles that show WP objected to GST increase and PM Wong was the one who initiated the staggered gst, so I'm not sure where you're getting your info from that the opposition wanted staggered increase.
Hawkers rental already low compare to coffeeshop or food court but they also increases price and even charges for extra bit of chilli or extra empty plate requested...what is that? These stalls should be banned for 2 days when received complaints with prove....then i think other stall would not follow those unfair path
the newer hawker centres charge hawkers for dish washing for each piece of cutlery. requesting for an extra plate increases the cost for the hawker, so it is understandable why some are unwilling to provide it
As someone who has bid for a hawker stall at the NEA run hawker centres and tendered for a stall at the NTUC/Timbre led ones, I would like to highlight that the data on hawker stall rent may not paint the full picture on rental related cost. Besides the base rental, there's also things like maintenance, utilities, pest control, dish washing etc. These are cheaper for the older hawker centres, but for the newer ones they are substantially higher and compulsory, so individual hawkers can't even reduce their costs by washing their own dishes. Also for the newer ones, many of them tend to have a 10% discount if you use their related cards (e.g. ntuc card). For the one I bid for (and I assume the same goes for the other hawker centres), the 10% discount comes out of the hawker's own pocket, and that is a huge amount because it is 10% of your revenue. So yes the govt and the papers may go spouting about how rental is not that expensive, but that is because they have defined 'rent' a certain way while obfuscating other costs.
Folklery suggestion :
1. Interviewing parents: these are likely less conversant in english which is the medium of this channel. Should branch into the bigger market of vanacular languages
I have to say I am very impressed with haresh, he is a great host and has a terrific sense of humour. To top that off he is a Manchester United fan just like me. I am not bias just stating facts . Terence is all right. 😊
I’m from KL and enjoyed listening to you guys. Feel welcome and warm when you mentioned kindred spirit!
Not sure why coffee shop increase from 7% to 8% then next year to 9%
How can a coffee from $1 to $1.2? My Kopi-peng downstairs was from $2 became $2.6 (Large glass)
Not sure how their 1-2% is about 15-30% increment. And who pays the difference? Us Consumers.
Dont we think that "coffee shops' should have a control is their rental? which directly affects their food pricing. I am sure Kopi in 2030 would be $2 by then.
Why? Because it's a business opportunity . If people cannot do anything about it, businesses will makan you
You willing to buy then don't complain. I boycott
Many just say Bo Bian and pay for the much jacked up prices. So hawkers know you Lan Lan
We need to be pro business 😭
I love the chemistry and the different views provided by Haresh and Terence, funny and real, just like why friends gather and chit chat ❤
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i don't want to celebrate hawker culture or show it to the world, if it comes at the cost of increased prices. i simply want to have cheap & yummy food at hawkers 😢
those who want to show off atas food and what-not, please feel free to bring the visitors to atas restaurants. keep hawkers low priced please for the rest of us. it's an irony if the "hawker culture" has to be changed to make it "live up to" the unesco listing
Would be Nice to see a future interview with Eugene Tay and Jonathan Lim from Supernatural Confessions. 👍🏻
Guys, GST is only charged by GST-registered businesses. A business must register for GST if its annual turnover exceeds S$1 million. For small businesses that do need meet this threshold, GST registration is optional. So hawkers are generally excluded from GST collection although other cost components stack up 😅 The quantitative and qualititative analysis were too binaristic, without considering the holistic business models of hawkers, also not forgetting commission charged by platforms for same hawker food deliveries as well.
Last time not long ago I can eat 4 square meals with $10. Now at least $20.
Singapore hard to find boycot. Isolated by self interest. Loose sands? I not sure. Theoretically, if hawkers jack up prices unfairly, just half the customer base if they boycot for a short while, the hawker will know and surrender. But this is not possible in reality and that's why many continue to pay even if they not happy
Singaporeans generally no protests, no boycots , no demonstrations, no publicly voicing up. Wonderful for businesses
Every increase is an opportunity for owners to try justify a 50 cents hike.
3 tix left after my purchase from the shownotes link
This Channel sometimes Gives PAP honeypot Vibes 😊 … Wonder Why?
A lot of Sinkies still think an increase of GST from 7% to 9% over 2 years is just a 1% increase each year so no big deal. Makes me wonder why we still have Advanced Maths in school.
BTW 8th Jun is my birthday so you should give me a free ticket to your event. Thanks
Blame the opposition for wanting staggered increase in GST instead of taking 1 hit! With each increase in GST, retailers will increase their prices more than each 1% increase . So don’t go pushing your blame on voters of the incumbent party like you guys have no part to play in this!
@@lilychua7866 a quick google search on 'workers party staggered gst hike' will provide you cna/ST articles that show WP objected to GST increase and PM Wong was the one who initiated the staggered gst, so I'm not sure where you're getting your info from that the opposition wanted staggered increase.
Hawkers rental already low compare to coffeeshop or food court but they also increases price and even charges for extra bit of chilli or extra empty plate requested...what is that? These stalls should be banned for 2 days when received complaints with prove....then i think other stall would not follow those unfair path
the newer hawker centres charge hawkers for dish washing for each piece of cutlery. requesting for an extra plate increases the cost for the hawker, so it is understandable why some are unwilling to provide it
Then keep raising the salaries to match the cost of living.
Cup of ice charges between 50 cents to $1 ...hahaha what the hell is that? Fair? A little water makes a cup of ice ...