It’s Phase 2 again, people.
While I agree that it’s absolutely necessary for everyone to stay home in order to stem the spread of this COVID-19 outbreak.
It’s bad news for businesses out there because it means lesser traffic and potentially lower income for business owners (read: livelihoods are at stake).
One of the worst-hit ones is the small-time hawkers in your hawker centres and kopitiams.
Source: Straits Times
They’re already dealing with long hours and less than ideal working conditions to serve affordable food to the masses.
And while Enterprise Singapore previously announced a Food Delivery Booster Package to help reduce the business costs of selling on food delivery platforms.
Most of these hawkers don’t have the means or do not make enough to be able to put their food online.
So it really breaks my heart to see them struggling to make ends meet in times like this.
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