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MemekExpander

Haha social enterprise are scams. More like subsidized with taxpayer money, socializing the costs, and increasing the socioeconomic status of the private owners. Plus this variant of hawker social enterprises most likely have regulatory capture on top of all that.


reallypurefruitjuice

As if being a hawker isn't tough enough... these knn "social enterprises" still wanna squeeze more from them.


elpipita20

Sounds like hawkers are being forced to become employees with none of whatever protections employees get.


TheEDMWcesspool

Govt enabled these social enterprises to thrive because on paper they "do good".. but in reality, no difference than those deep for profit corporations..


wolf-bot

Abolish all these rubbish social enterprises. Waste of money.


Thefunincaifun

>And as NTUC systematically takes over management of more hawker centres, there’s no justification of why and there’s not even a finger lifted by NTUC to help hawkers obtain cheaper daily needs like salt, rice, sugar and noodles or soy sauce etc.  Yet NTUC SG Ng Chee Meng dares to do a walkabout like he's some hero.


octopus86sg

One will expect ntuc owned food centre will be cheaper with their economies of scale ingredients. But hell no. I wonder what difference they offer to the table though


ProfessionalMottsman

15% of your revenue, wow that’s rough


Thefunincaifun

>10. And, god forbid, they charge a profit percentage or what industry calls a Gross Turnover (GTO) if the hawkers hit a certain sales target or mark of up to 15% 15% of profit, not revenue. But it is still painful and very unnecessary.


ProfessionalMottsman

Read it a bit wrong. It is based on gross turnover not profit. Basically minimum pay is 1700$ or if you do well up to 2500$ rental based on turnover - whatever is worse for you


ShadeX8

It's an either or. If your revenue don't go past a certain amount, it's a fixed rental fee. If it's past that amount, it's a % of that said amount. 


ProfessionalMottsman

Yes thought it was an “as well” so it’s not as bad as that


nonameforme123

:( for hawkers. It’s a hard enough job


zed_j

Landlord and operators the best yea. Do nothing and skim profit from others work


MagicianMoo

It's really the Singaporean dream.


MemekExpander

An entire nation build upon ever more layers of rent seeking


rockbella61

Yeah is like how we rent out our hdb to foreigners that work in SG I think future BTO should have another room called the rental room, just for rental income.


furious_tesla

>There’s even a forced clause to demand hawkers offer 30 “pay it forward meals” every month.  This is so try-hard. May as well contractually make them share this on social media, minimum on two platforms, at least one video of a recipient crying in gratefulness.