REACH 527 - What are your views on the Great Budget Meal Hunt initiative? What more can be done to support Singaporeans amidst the rising cost-of-living?
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18 Jan 2024 (10am - 7pm)
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18/1/24, 10:00 am - +REACH: 📢 *Topic* 📢
On Jan 16, a new initiative called the Great Budget Meal Hunt was launched to help Singaporeans locate cheaper meals amid cost-of-living pressures. The initiative would allow the public to crowdsource meals for $3.50 or less.
💬 *What are your views on the Great Budget Meal Hunt initiative? What more can be done to support Singaporeans amidst the rising cost-of-living?*
Since the pilot of the initiative began in late October 2023, members of the public have submitted more than 1,600 recommendations for budget meals and over 2,500 verifications across about 310 coffee shops islandwide through the CrowdTaskSG portal.
These public recommendations will be added to the BudgetMealGoWhere website from Jan 16, the Housing Board and Government Technology Agency (GovTech) said in a joint statement. The public can also identify stalls serving budget meals by looking out for a circular budget meal decal on display.
📌 *_Government is aware that the cost of living, including the price of cooked food, continues to be a very important concern for Singaporeans_*
“We also know that members of the public are aware of very affordably priced food and drinks in coffee shops elsewhere, and we want to encourage them to also list these budget meals and drinks on our website," said Senior Minister of State for National Development and Foreign Affairs Sim Ann.
The BudgetMealGoWhere website (www.go.gov.sg/budgetmeal) allows users to search for the nearest coffee shop budget meal options. Drinks priced at $1.20 and below are also listed. Since the site was launched on May 19, 2023, it has received 300,000 unique visitors.
📌 *_Number of HDB coffee shops that must offer budget meals has increased_*
Since May last year, all HDB rental coffee shops have had to offer budget meal options upon their tenancy renewal, and the number of HDB coffee shops that must offer budget meals as part of their lease agreements has increased from 40 at the launch of BudgetMealGoWhere in May 2023 to the current 130.
HDB and GovTech said the Government will continue to work closely with food and beverage businesses and operators to expand the implementation of budget meals, while also considering the outlets’ commercial interests.
👉🏼 https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/great-budget-meal-hunt-initiative-officially-launched-to-allow-public-to-crowdsource-cheap-meals
👉🏼 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/budgetmealgowhere-website-hdb-coffee-shops-budget-lunch-dinner-govtech-4050546
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18/1/24, 10:03 am - +Frankie Wee: Coffeeshop don’t accepted amount
Because choose good dish
chicken drumsticks and mushrooms veggies total $4.50 to $5
18/1/24, 10:08 am - +Telephone number: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/iswaran-resigns-minister-mp-pap-member-allowances-salary-cpib-corruption-4056081?cid=internal_sharetool_iphone_18012024_cna
18/1/24, 10:08 am - +Rama: Government asking public to provide information!?
18/1/24, 10:11 am - +Telephone number: I don't think they need any more information if CPIB already handed over to AG.
18/1/24, 10:12 am - +Rama: Planning to plead not guilty but resign as transport minister!?
18/1/24, 10:12 am - +Rama: Awaiting Ong Beng Seng Case!
18/1/24, 10:13 am - +Telephone number: That's why. Oxymoron.
18/1/24, 10:13 am - +Rama: Chee Hong Tat takes over MOT and Grace Fu MTR.
18/1/24, 10:14 am - +Frankie Wee: <Media omitted>
18/1/24, 10:15 am - +Frankie Wee: He is not wearing white and no longer stand for pap. He has case 27 charger next hearing again.
18/1/24, 10:15 am - +Rama: PAP lost the right to wear white long ago!
18/1/24, 10:16 am - +Sherie: more government support for entrepreneurship and investment in robotics and vending machines that allow simple preparation of pre-prep meals will lower down food prices and offer more budget choices
18/1/24, 10:16 am - +Frankie Wee: He is not admitting and not guilty
18/1/24, 10:18 am - +Telephone number: Good one.
18/1/24, 10:18 am - +Rama: 192K MP allowance must be stopped immediately and clawed back upon successfully being prosecuted!
18/1/24, 10:19 am - +Rama: Let him leave on sgd8.5k in a one room one hall hdb flat!
18/1/24, 10:19 am - +Frankie Wee: If not admit guilty then keep more to pay lawyer
18/1/24, 10:19 am - +Frankie Wee: Fight for his case 27 charge
18/1/24, 10:20 am - +Rama: Can afford SC Davinder Singh!
18/1/24, 10:20 am - +Frankie Wee: Wow
18/1/24, 10:23 am - +Frankie Wee: When money investment in Singapore should be draft and too fast accepted approval without acknowledgment. How did he make project with his partner Ong boss F1
18/1/24, 10:23 am - +Rama: Good question!
18/1/24, 10:23 am - +Rama: Suspended as MP but draw allowance is a blady joke!
18/1/24, 10:24 am - +Frankie Wee: Paperwork didn’t approval govt acknowledged
18/1/24, 10:24 am - +Frankie Wee: Then he become corrupted and his transaction illicit activities where money come from
18/1/24, 10:25 am - +Rama: Is the PM gonna soft and not let heads roll!?
18/1/24, 10:28 am - +Rama: 58 years PAP has advised all MP/Minister on protocol to avoid cpib probe!
18/1/24, 10:29 am - +Frankie Wee: One of member pap was committed suicide he was arrest by CIPB long ago 1970 or 1980
18/1/24, 10:30 am - +Rama: Teh Cheang Wan
18/1/24, 10:30 am - +Frankie Wee: Yes
18/1/24, 10:30 am - +Frankie Wee: He was accepted bribed
18/1/24, 10:31 am - +Frankie Wee: LKY never accepted bribes this country he is very strong head of govt and law
18/1/24, 10:31 am - +Frankie Wee: Very enforceable
18/1/24, 10:33 am - +Frankie Wee: He is accused of accepting more than $160,000 from hotelier Ong Beng Seng to advance Mr Ong’s business interests in a Singapore Grand Prix contract with the Singapore Tourism Board in September and December 2022.
Iswaran also faces 24 charges of accepting valuable items worth more than $218,000, including Singapore Grand Prix tickets, between November 2015 and December 2021 from Mr Ong while being a public servant, and one charge of obstructing justice in May 2023.
18/1/24, 10:37 am - +Frankie Wee: He is accused of accepting bribes by Ong
18/1/24, 10:38 am - +Thai word: Ahyo now a day Singapore going back to 1950s - 1960s . With all corruption around. Even Court judge also accept bride, not only minster . And police can even said Government bodies ma. they can do anything and no one can charge them . Old Lee should be jumping out after years of cleaning up and now back to square one
18/1/24, 10:40 am - +Smiley face: 2 January, 2024
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18/1/24, 10:45 am - ☸️ Danny 心: <Media omitted>
18/1/24, 10:45 am - ☸️ Danny 心: <Media omitted>
18/1/24, 10:45 am - ☸️ Danny 心: <Media omitted>
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18/1/24, 10:45 am - +Rama: Very disappointed with how GCT handled HPL saga and LHL on his fair share subsequently!
18/1/24, 10:46 am - +KL: My area no budget meal :( so should I be eating grass ?
18/1/24, 10:46 am - +KL: If took a bus back and fro is 5 dollar
18/1/24, 10:47 am - +Rama: Ntuc food dare should take the initiative to work various budget meal f and associations to input the app as the government is only providing lip service with the app itself!
18/1/24, 10:47 am - +KL: 3.50 plus 1.09 *2 = 5 plus
18/1/24, 10:47 am - +Frankie Wee: I want to ordered chicken drumsticks 🍗 and mushrooms veggies
The coffeeshop charges me $5
18/1/24, 10:48 am - +Rama: I don't feel independence of the judiciary from the executive!
18/1/24, 10:48 am - +Thai word: wait long long the foodfare in Yishun - 1 plate of veg rice ( 2 veg + 1 meat ) coast $5.60 . Is this budget meal ?
18/1/24, 10:49 am - +Rama: When is OBS case
18/1/24, 10:49 am - +Frankie Wee: U show them the url budget
18/1/24, 10:49 am - +Thai word: They said in the veg there is meat ( Just a few mince meat ) that is why consider as meat not veg . It is not transparent
18/1/24, 10:49 am - +Rama: Not anymore!
18/1/24, 10:49 am - +Frankie Wee: <Media omitted>
18/1/24, 10:50 am - +Frankie Wee: Whether owner accept or not then u pay right price
18/1/24, 10:51 am - +KL: I really wait very long lol
18/1/24, 10:54 am - +KL: You need to order one meat and one veg than got cheaper price
18/1/24, 11:05 am - +Jimmy Chew: Work at macdonald for 6 hrs and get free meal <This message was edited>
18/1/24, 11:08 am - +KL: Already think of it last time
18/1/24, 11:23 am - +~N: May I have some of the budget of the Great Budget Meal Hunt?
18/1/24, 11:42 am - +Sh Koh: How does the $3.50 decided ? And how long this price will maintain ?
18/1/24, 11:44 am - ☸️ Danny 心:
https://www.gowhere.gov.sg/budgetmeal/
18/1/24, 11:45 am - ☸️ Danny 心: https://www.crowdtask.gov.sg/quest/budget-meal
18/1/24, 11:46 am - +Kenneth Lee WM: Quite hard for "Anti profiteering" committee to make a case. Singapore is supposed to be "free market". Government not suppose to interfere with prices of goods here.
The problem with high prices is that we only have ourselves to blame. eg: canned drinks now cost $1.80 (at NTUC only $0.60), people still buy because of the convenience. If *all* Singaporeans cooperate and stop buying canned drinks at $1.80, drink stalls no choice but to reduce the cost. Endure the inconvenience and bring own drink until price come down to something more reasonable like $1.20. If can't bring in drinks, drink before going there or drink after.
Having the web site that shows places that sell S$3.50 is the right step in getting consumers informed about where to get such meals. HDB food centres, forcing stall holders to have $3.50 selections is also a good move.
18/1/24, 12:01 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
1. Glad that the one time exercise to push for food center to offer budget meal come post pandemic is taken up by the government.
2. This will prevent high food prices from being entrenched once food prices have risen.
3. As cooked food are daily basic essential for all Singaporeans and residents - having an affordable food prices is important for residents.
4. A very good initiative by the government - to curb high inflation.
18/1/24, 12:04 pm - +Rama: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/private-jet-flight-musical-and-epl-match-tickets-iswaran-allegedly-received-items-worth-over-s384000-ong-beng-seng-2344921?cid=telegram_tg-single_social-free_26012019_today
18/1/24, 12:05 pm - +Rama: <Media omitted>
18/1/24, 12:10 pm - +Rama: https://www.malaymail.com/news/singapore/2024/01/18/singapores-ag-chambers-to-decide-on-action-against-malaysian-hotelier-ong-beng-seng-after-iswarans-corruption-case-concludes/113077
18/1/24, 12:11 pm - +Ducky: Former transport minister S. Iswaran faces 27 charges including corruption, says he is not guilty
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/former-transport-minister-s-iswaran-faces-27-charges-including-corruption-says-he-is-not-guilty
18/1/24, 12:20 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
In my place, I have notice 2 coffeeshops start to offer lower price food - though no budget meal decal is accorded.
However, there are 2 coffeeshops whereby some food stalls increase their food prices because of GST hike this year.
I boycott such food stalls but instead patronize those coffeeshops and food stalls that offer lower price food to encourage them and reward them. <This message was edited>
18/1/24, 12:22 pm - +Rama: Quality, portion and price important
18/1/24, 12:23 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
I think the lower price food are acceptable.
18/1/24, 12:23 pm - +Frankie Wee: $3.50 better lower
18/1/24, 12:24 pm - +Rama: Yes
18/1/24, 12:24 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
My place some are $3.20.
18/1/24, 12:25 pm - ☸️ Danny 心: <Media omitted>
18/1/24, 12:34 pm - ☸️ Danny 心: <Media omitted>
18/1/24, 12:34 pm - ☸️ Danny 心: <Media omitted>
18/1/24, 12:34 pm - ☸️ Danny 心: <Media omitted>
18/1/24, 12:35 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
My places - several food stalls offer $3 to $3.50 food prices.
18/1/24, 12:36 pm - +Frankie Wee: Nice
18/1/24, 12:37 pm - +Frankie Wee: I have lunch today economy rice
$4.30 and Teh $1.40
18/1/24, 12:37 pm - +Frankie Wee: 🤦
18/1/24, 12:46 pm - +~.@: my kopi-c 3 dollars 😭
18/1/24, 12:53 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
$3.50 and below is considered budget meal.
Nowadays $4.30 is considered normal prices.
18/1/24, 1:25 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
I have just ordered a chicken rice in a mall food court - $7.50.
1 coffee $2.
Total $9.50.
This is what inflation is about. <This message was edited>
18/1/24, 1:27 pm - +Frankie Wee: Some coffeeshop stall without label budget meat that why I pay more 😓
18/1/24, 1:28 pm - +Rama: Genuine inflation or exhorban markup!?
18/1/24, 1:28 pm - +Rama: Not right as no checks done!
18/1/24, 1:30 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
Now most mall food court are such prices.
That's why many office workers say cannot tahan.
Including bank officers.
18/1/24, 1:30 pm - +Rama: Competition price watchdog sleeping!?
18/1/24, 1:31 pm - +Frankie Wee: Different local if central can pay
18/1/24, 1:39 pm - +Rama: <Media omitted>
18/1/24, 2:02 pm - +REACH: 📢 *Topic* 📢
18/1/24, 2:04 pm - +Christmas: I’m glad the Govt is aware of concerns about high cost of living but simply launching this Great Budget Meal Hunt is just putting a plaster rather than addressing the root cause. Hawker centres provide a public service of feeding the masses conveniently and cheaply. Rather than putting the onus on the hawkers and the public, the Govt should instead be keeping rental low for hawkers so that across the board, they can continue to provide good affordable food.
18/1/24, 2:06 pm - +Christmas: By only targeting a few stores to sell budget meals, how do we know how these stalls provide these meals? Will the ingredients be compromised just to fit the budget criteria?
18/1/24, 2:15 pm - +Japanese Words: Will need to based on feedback.
We can’t expect government to police every policy.
Start from trusting the stores that join the program so that they can help people rather than government force them to do it
18/1/24, 2:15 pm - +Christmas: Start by lowering rentals across the board. That will help lower the food prices.
18/1/24, 2:15 pm - +Japanese Words: Cheaper ingredients don’t necessarily means it’s bad food 😅
18/1/24, 2:16 pm - +Rama: What is the issues for reintroducing rent control!?
18/1/24, 2:18 pm - +Japanese Words: Rental control means public is paying for the lost of income by maintaining the hawker centre. Need to see if it is necessary.
18/1/24, 2:18 pm - +Christmas: honestly i’m quite shocked by how much meals at hawker centres cost these days. I’m happy to pay more than $3.50 but recently i’ve been shocked more often into paying $9-11 for a plate of food that shouldn’t cost that much.
18/1/24, 2:19 pm - +Japanese Words: <Media omitted>
18/1/24, 2:19 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
What will make up the cost of food stalls?
1. Ingredients cost.
2. Raw food prices.
3. Increase workers salaries.
4. Increase electricity and water prices.
5. Rental costs.
6. Need higher profits to earn higher income.
18/1/24, 2:21 pm - +Rama: Cool at home
18/1/24, 2:21 pm - +Rama: With or without subsidies is a contributing factor
18/1/24, 2:22 pm - +Frankie Wee: Wow need to make $600-$700 a days
18/1/24, 2:23 pm - +Japanese Words: Hence per plate need to earn how much? If you sell 150 to 200 item profit need to be around how much?
18/1/24, 2:23 pm - +Frankie Wee: $5 X 120 pax is $600
Profit take $100-$200
18/1/24, 2:24 pm - +Rama: Factor in insurance cover and cpf
18/1/24, 2:25 pm - +Frankie Wee: Ask SME for grant
18/1/24, 2:25 pm - +Rama: Conditions must be favourable
18/1/24, 2:26 pm - +Frankie Wee: If one day make profit total monthly is $3000 to $4000
18/1/24, 2:27 pm - +Rama: Number of full-time and part-time workers too
18/1/24, 2:27 pm - +Frankie Wee: I think owner stall will do it
18/1/24, 2:27 pm - +Frankie Wee: No need employment
18/1/24, 2:27 pm - +Frankie Wee: Not enough
18/1/24, 2:29 pm - +Frankie Wee: Toa Payoh hub interchange basement foods courts at Rojak a lot order one day total 1000
18/1/24, 2:29 pm - +Frankie Wee: $4-$8 owner employees one person
18/1/24, 2:29 pm - +chan5956: <Media omitted>
18/1/24, 2:30 pm - +Frankie Wee: I heard they said no profit take
18/1/24, 2:30 pm - +Frankie Wee: Or little
18/1/24, 2:30 pm - +Rama: Cost to Cost!?
18/1/24, 2:30 pm - +Frankie Wee: Yes
18/1/24, 2:31 pm - +Frankie Wee: Pay expenses after net profit
18/1/24, 2:31 pm - +Frankie Wee: I not sure rental how much it’s possible lower rental in non mature
18/1/24, 2:46 pm - +Japanese Words: More charity then business bah
18/1/24, 2:47 pm - +Japanese Words: Their are old stalls do it really just to pass time and be service to the community they earn from
18/1/24, 3:02 pm - +Christmas: Rentals are a significant portion of fixed costs, which is making it difficult for the hawkers to keep prices down, so rentals need to be lowered. Hawker/food centres are an important part of life for the common people here in Singapore and the govt needs to do more to keep those food costs low and affordable.
18/1/24, 3:03 pm - +Rama: Having graduate hawkers doesn't help either
18/1/24, 4:00 pm - +REACH: 📢 *Topic* 📢
18/1/24, 4:11 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
Looking at the breakdown of the cost, raw food prices and ingredients prices make up the bulk of the cost.
Hence inflated imported prices is the cost that need to be tackle.
Due to geopolitical tensions, war, disruption of global supply chain, global temperature that impact food prices - look like MAS will still need to maintain a strong currency to curb high imported raw food and ingredients.
Alternatively, we need to ramp up our local production of food and ingredients to fulfil our 30 X 30 food security - to keep our food price moderate.
Sourcing for raw food and ingredients that are not impacted by global disruption - such as nearer our homes will be another alternative.
18/1/24, 4:15 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
Eg. The container farm - whereby prawns, fish etc can be rear container by container in modular form depending on demand - is a good way to keep production cost low with smaller footfall.
Our local food production can ramp up as demand grow - this is one way to keep food stalls raw food and ingredients prices low - and hence can sell food at lower prices to consumers like us.
18/1/24, 4:16 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
My close friend comments:-
On way to survive this inflation is to bring your own drink BYOD.
Honestly, drink stalls needs little or no skill set and profit margin is very high.
But sorry to drink stalls owners...
18/1/24, 4:17 pm - +Japanese Words: Container farm not to produce cheap food. Is more for food security than cheap produce 😅
18/1/24, 4:17 pm - +Japanese Words: Scale than things can be cheaper
18/1/24, 4:17 pm - +Japanese Words: Modular will not be cheap.
18/1/24, 4:21 pm - +Liang Wei: Agree w Li Shing. Prefer a structural solution that brings cost down
18/1/24, 4:29 pm - +Rama: Yes
18/1/24, 4:30 pm - +Rama: Weekend and holidays, go to wet market and cook at home. One dish for at least lunch and dinner
18/1/24, 4:31 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
Interperse cooking at home and eat outside is one way to lower food prices.
18/1/24, 4:32 pm - +Rama: Try and strike a balance.
18/1/24, 4:33 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
Yes this is the only way to cushion food inflation.
18/1/24, 4:46 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
My close friend comments:-
We should enlarge our local food production, not hoping to lower costs but to secure food safety.
When it was cheap and easy to import, we lose the impetus to plug this gap and it may be our Achilles heels.
18/1/24, 4:47 pm - +Rama: Old reusable building is a important part for this
18/1/24, 4:47 pm - +Terrie Wong: I second that.
18/1/24, 4:55 pm - +Rama: Can we go beyond 30%!?
18/1/24, 4:55 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
My close friend comments:-
Just think about how our neighbour threatened to turn off fresh water supplies to sg... until sg kept expanding it's fresh water sources such as desalination, newater etc.
18/1/24, 4:56 pm - ☸️ Danny 心: <Media omitted>
18/1/24, 4:56 pm - ☸️ Danny 心: <Media omitted>
18/1/24, 4:57 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
My dinner bill at mall food court.
18/1/24, 5:03 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
My close friend comments:
If we cut down on drinks, we can save a few dollars. It is easier to make drinks than to cook a dish.
My comments :
Yes that's true.
That's why, sometimes I saw people order a plain hot water.
Then dish out a 3 in 1 coffee - and become a coffee to go with the meal.
My close friend comments:
Most coffee shops drink stalls are operated by coffee shop owners.
Since they already charge high rental to stall operators，won't hurt them much if we make our own drink.
18/1/24, 5:04 pm - +Rama: 😳😆👌👍
18/1/24, 5:05 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
My close friend comments:
Besides, plain water is the healthiest . HPB can jump in to sing along 😉
My comments :
Hahaha...
That's true.
18/1/24, 5:06 pm - +Frankie Wee: I though water is free
18/1/24, 5:06 pm - +Rama: From which tap!?
18/1/24, 5:06 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
Now 20 cents is consider cheap.
In Nex Foodcourt, they charge 50 cents.
18/1/24, 5:08 pm - +Frankie Wee: Can bring alone bag coffee and cup then ask pour hot water pay $0.20 😅
18/1/24, 5:09 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
That's how some elderly are doing - I observe.
18/1/24, 5:13 pm - +Rama: Coffee shop operator will find fault with patrons who don't purchase drinks when dining in.
18/1/24, 5:14 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
Is it?
18/1/24, 5:18 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
My close friend comments:- And if you order a cold drink, you re also paying for disposable cup 😒.
And price difference between teh peng and teh, ice Milo and Milo?
Ice also very expensive. These are items which are easy to trim.
18/1/24, 6:00 pm - +REACH: 📢 *Topic* 📢
18/1/24, 6:21 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
Go beyond 30% means sacrificing lands, manpower and resources on other industries - I believe.
18/1/24, 6:23 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
Even hitting 30% is a challenge - as our cost are high eg. Rental, manpower, resources, utilities, production cost etc.
18/1/24, 6:23 pm - +Rama: Without sacrificing but improvise with what we have as Singapore is known for adapting and adjusting to make things work that others are impressed by our resolve!
18/1/24, 6:27 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
Well, let see whether we can hit 30% first.
My contact who are professionals on food sustainability told me that local food production to achieve 30% is not undoable.
It is the price that is high as compared to imported raw food.
This discourage local from buying Singapore produced foods - which in turn discourage local food sustainability farmers and professionals from producing more local high tech food - because imported food are cheaper.
Hence achieving 30% is a challenge if local don't buy more expensive locally produced foods.
18/1/24, 6:28 pm - +Rama: Hope for the best anyway
18/1/24, 6:29 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
I think the sustainability sector is trying very hard.
Some of my extended family members are the sustainability professionals - and the route is not an easy path.
18/1/24, 6:30 pm - +Rama: I wish them all the best
18/1/24, 6:30 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
Some are PhD, degree and graduate diploma in sustainability.
18/1/24, 6:31 pm - +Rama: This is part of our six pillars of total defence.
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18/1/24, 6:32 pm - ☸️ Danny 心:
Well hope the food sustainability sector will lift itself up eventually.
Now is still 萌芽。
Trying to bloom.
18/1/24, 6:45 pm - +REACH: *Dear Contributors,*
⏰ We will be closing the chat in *15 minutes* ⏰
Thank you very much for being part of our WhatsApp chat and participating actively.
Goodnight!
Megan 😊
18/1/24, 6:55 pm - +Smiley face: 18 January, 2023
"Hunting For Food"
"I changed my thinking, and it changed my life. Turning around, I help others and their lives changed for the better! What is Success and what is Failure?
SUCCESS is like one precious drop of water and Failure is dripping water."
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Selected Value Meals?
After consulting with all stakeholders, an agreed list of affordable food prices will serve as the common prices for from drinks to noodles and rice, breakfast, lunch and dinner; not in the list, sellers can set their own discounts; all participating stores and shops.
Tax Incentives?
One way to encourage price discount or "Selected Value Meals" for basic food at the hawker centres, coffeeshops and food courts.
Tax Deductible:
1) Wet markets store/shop up to $10,000
1) Hawker store up to $10,000
2) Coffee shops store up to $15,000
3) Food Courts store up to $20,000.
Digital Payments?
The shop/store that convert to digital payment will also be offered to up to 50% off the digital transaction fees on a year to year basis to encourage more to convert to e-epayment.
SG 1000 Food Champions?
At the end of each year, there will be a SG 1000 "Food Champs" awarded in recognition for the most served value meals by total sales value (IRAS records). All participants will have a Certificate of Appreciation for being part of the nation's affordable food drive.
- - in progress - -
18/1/24, 6:59 pm - +REACH: *Dear Contributors,*
We will be closing the chat for today.
Thank you very much for being part of our WhatsApp chat and participating actively.
Goodnight!
Megan 😊
18/1/24, 7:00 pm - ~ REACH Singapore changed this group's settings to allow only admins to send messages to this group
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