'They come to steal my business every day': Local tissue seller claims foreigners are stealing sales at Bedok hawker centre
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Selling tissues may already be a taxing job to do, but things may have gotten even tougher for some of these vendors. Some local tissue sellers at Bedok Food Centre under Block 216 are claiming that foreigners from China have been stealing their customers'They come to steal my business every day': Local tissue seller claims foreigners are stealing sales at Bedok hawker centre
Selling tissues may already be a taxing job to do, but things may have gotten even tougher for some of these vendors. Some local tissue sellers at Bedok Food Centre under Block 216 are claiming that foreigners from China have been stealing their customers, 8world reported on Monday (Nov 4). A local tissue seller surnamed Chen (transliteration) told the Chinese publication that she was wheelchair-bound after suffering a stroke years ago and has been relying on selling tissues at the food centre to make a living. «They come every day to steal my business, which has really impacted people like me who make a living through selling tissues,» she said. Believing these peddlers to be unlicensed, she added that they also operate in nearby food centres and coffee shops. Chen said she hopes that the authorities would be able to step up enforcement to protect legal tissue sellers in Singapore. 'Selling tissues daily' In a Facebook post on Complaint Singapore last Monday (Oct 28), user Lee Cheokcheng questioned if it was legal for foreigners to sell tissues at food centres. Read more
