Wah bendemeer market full house

[Bardiel]

that place weekday weekend also full. morning till noon.

the lou mai gai siew mai shop is good but need to be early.

beef noodle no need say q till dono where. sometime before 11 sold out

[Keeptrucking]

i first had the idea when my godma whos an experienced hawker ask me if i wanna start a hawker stall on my own... so i went around and check in places and even bid for a few on NEA exercises but close a couple of times, didnt get though

i also have a few friends who are old timer hawkers, what ppl bid is just the pure rental, theres table cleaning fee, conservancy fee, utilities and other operating cost, not so simple de... u know u cant even use your own gas supplier?

end of the day its all abt the money, gov wanna ensure hawkers remain open and not like u say, suka suka close... hence nowadays no more old scheme where hawkers were given a choice to purchase the stall

then i suspect that the some of the hawkers at circuit road hawker own their stalls or they pay low rental.
sad for the other hawkers there who open regular hours cos they want to make a living. but cos some stalls there open irregularly some people avoid going there. end up the hawker centre can look quiet.

which is such a shame given that there are many varieties of food there and some are really good. like cai png, claypot rice, hokkien mee, biryani... all by local hawkers.

[daryl76]

then i suspect that the some of the hawkers at circuit road hawker own their stalls or they pay low rental.
sad for the other hawkers there who open regular hours cos they want to make a living. but cos some stalls there open irregularly some people avoid going there. end up the hawker centre can look quiet.

which is such a shame given that there are many varieties of food there and some are really good. like cai png, claypot rice, hokkien mee, biryani... all by local hawkers.

u talking abt 89 which is opposite the community centre??? that one predominantly morning crowd only

if its 79/79A den those ppl actually deserve it, i took part in several bidding exercises there... the prices there had gone crazy liao

if its 80 den the stalls quite limited, and its another morning crowd place

[encourageSome1]

i suspect gov do reno and upgrading so as to keep GDP up. and give businesses to contractors haha.

I believe same is what u thought, secondarily, ea dept also ownself jaga ownself..
Imaginary internal dialogue
🤔💭🤔"This budget x thousands .. so try to use up 99% else next yr the head ll scare will shrink budget .. need or want is secondary.. my dept budget nx year can grow is one
My dept appraisal n my appraisal of course my number one concern la " 💭💭💭

[Keeptrucking]

u talking abt 89 which is opposite the community centre??? that one predominantly morning crowd only

if its 79/79A den those ppl actually deserve it, i took part in several bidding exercises there... the prices there had gone crazy liao

if its 80 den the stalls quite limited, and its another morning crowd place

Wah you know the place well. 79/79A. Did not know the price is high there. Then why are there still so many empty stalls?

also, those old hawkers there... are they still holding on to their stalls at a low rate?

[Keeptrucking]

I believe same is what u thought, secondarily, ea dept also ownself jaga ownself..
Imaginary internal dialogue
🤔💭🤔"This budget x thousands .. so try to use up 99% else next yr the head ll scare will shrink budget .. need or want is secondary.. my dept budget nx year can grow is one
My dept appraisal n my appraisal of course my number one concern la " 💭💭💭

yeah you are right. i don't know why no one in the gov has looked into this. this only keeps the cost high.

to me, one of the high waste stat board/gov body is the National Gallery. 

so many staff with CEO, COO... for a building that not many visitors go to and not bringing in tourist dollars. they also never meet their KPIs. and still send their staff to overseas museums in venice as a form of learning/educational tour.

all on tax payers' monies.

why can't we combine all these non-profit generating museums under the same board and staff? at least National Museum and Asian Civilisation Museum have a clear purpose. No one knows what the national gallery is for.

[encourageSome1]

yeah you are right. i don't know why no one in the gov has looked into this. this only keeps the cost high.

to me, one of the high waste stat board/gov body is the National Gallery. 

so many staff with CEO, COO... for a building that not many visitors go to and not bringing in tourist dollars. they also never meet their KPIs. and still send their staff to overseas museums in venice as a form of learning/educational tour.

all on tax payers' monies.

why can't we combine all these non-profit generating museums under the same board and staff? at least National Museum and Asian Civilisation Museum have a clear purpose. No one knows what the national gallery is for.

All e museum stuff r under national archives

National gallery ?? Maybe under arts council ... sure to hv some dept  duplicated / overlap n wastage / fat

[encourageSome1]

yeah you are right. i don't know why no one in the gov has looked into this. this only keeps the cost high.

to me, one of the high waste stat board/gov body is the National Gallery. 

so many staff with CEO, COO... for a building that not many visitors go to and not bringing in tourist dollars. they also never meet their KPIs. and still send their staff to overseas museums in venice as a form of learning/educational tour.

all on tax payers' monies.

why can't we combine all these non-profit generating museums under the same board and staff? at least National Museum and Asian Civilisation Museum have a clear purpose. No one knows what the national gallery is for.

Got curious and found this

They r inc as a biz entity lei albeit non profit ... also same board as museums ... national heritage board
https://www.nationalgallery.sg/about/news/press-room/strategic-directions-set-for-national-art-gallery-singapore

I think the board of dir also mostly arty heads from museums/ & scholarly ppl / academics

[daryl76]

Wah you know the place well. 79/79A. Did not know the price is high there. Then why are there still so many empty stalls?

also, those old hawkers there... are they still holding on to their stalls at a low rate?

haha cos i went there to do survey as its one of my target location... stayed there from 5 plus in the morning until evening just to see the crowd and flow

that place is ex cos its the only one which isnt just a morning matket, night also got ppl de... those empty ones u see are those who blindly went in without checks and bid themselves out... i still remember a few units, #36, #99, #25 and #02

all i bid but didnt get, one of it i came in second... many old hawkers give back liao, probably left a few who still on old scheme.. golden mile hawker another one, many old ones retire and now its all those kumgong who think hawker sipeh easy

[Keeptrucking]

haha cos i went there to do survey as its one of my target location... stayed there from 5 plus in the morning until evening just to see the crowd and flow

that place is ex cos its the only one which isnt just a morning matket, night also got ppl de... those empty ones u see are those who blindly went in without checks and bid themselves out... i still remember a few units, #36, #99, #25 and #02

all i bid but didnt get, one of it i came in second... many old hawkers give back liao, probably left a few who still on old scheme.. golden mile hawker another one, many old ones retire and now its all those kumgong who think hawker sipeh easy

oh i see. so empty ones are those who bidded too high and then realise cannot make money so they return the stall?

wasted. that hawker got potential to be good cos of those parking lots just beside. and yeah it is the only day and night place there. also, more BTOs are coming up there. business sld improve. got new condos there too.

[Keeptrucking]

Got curious and found this

They r inc as a biz entity lei albeit non profit ... also same board as museums ... national heritage board
https://www.nationalgallery.sg/about/news/press-room/strategic-directions-set-for-national-art-gallery-singapore

I think the board of dir also mostly arty heads from museums/ & scholarly ppl / academics

that is good to know. but i think the staff are seperate. they sld combine national gallery with the singapore arts museum and make it one. really too useless none GDP churning entities that also serve no little purpose to singaporeans. i reckon can save a lot of money with lesser staff.

[Keeptrucking]

https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/businesses-chinatown-struggle-rental-hikes

[daryl76]

oh i see. so empty ones are those who bidded too high and then realise cannot make money so they return the stall?

wasted. that hawker got potential to be good cos of those parking lots just beside. and yeah it is the only day and night place there. also, more BTOs are coming up there. business sld improve. got new condos there too.

yup, many are return despite only getting them recently... the table cleaning fee there is nearly $500, plus conservative and the rental, just these 3 items how much liao

parking lots suck actually cos very limited parking, those few pathetic lots only, lol

[Keeptrucking]

yup, many are return despite only getting them recently... the table cleaning fee there is nearly $500, plus conservative and the rental, just these 3 items how much liao

parking lots suck actually cos very limited parking, those few pathetic lots only, lol

Wow 500 for table cleaning?? Include dishwashers too? Don't think they are paid well. Guess most of it goes to middlemen contractors.

[daryl76]

Wow 500 for table cleaning?? Include dishwashers too? Don't think they are paid well. Guess most of it goes to middlemen contractors.

lol i guess most ppl dunno, hence jump onto the pit thinking its damn ho tan... u know hawkers arent even allowed to use disposable utensils?

dun include washing hor, just "table cleaning" despite cleaners not going around cleaning tables and customers having to return trays...