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The minister is out of touch. Life is hard. Unless we go back to earlier times when most people buy food from the wet market and cook their meals at home, it is a struggle to eat at hawkers centres. Even uncooked veggies and meat have gone up in price. A bunch of leafy veg that used to cost $1, they often cost $1.20 to $1.50... 

1. Someone complained that the rental of a stall for the Ramadan Bazaar is $18,000 a month, or $600 a day. 2. This is a high rental. The stall operators need to generate revenue of $600 a day just to cover the rental. There is also the cost of workers and the cost of the goods that are sold. 3. The high rental will have to be... 

There is an old story about Midas, a man who was given one wish. To Midas, riches was everything, so he wished that everything he touched would turn into gold. Midas realised too late that the food and water he touched also turned into gold. He starved to death because he foolishly wished for the wrong thing. Now if we switch...