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Comments by "Kong Thai" (@kongthai..) on "Heritage trades in Kampong Gelam adapt to stay afloat amid rising rents" video.
Root cause is the International Financial Centre. All Financial Centre are expensive. BOY! Do some travel and report back to us on what you see in other Financial centres. 😂
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And you can, many do that. When the HSR is built, it is just a short ride and most people has friends & family on the North & South. You can even buy a cheap GETAWAY home in a small town, JUST FOR FUN. 😂❤
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Heritage trade guilds. Finding ways to expand. A few centres has emerged. Tanjung Pagar, Kampung Glam, Little India, and Geylang Serai. How about STREET THEATER parade. Get a choreographer with MoF grants. <DPM LW 奇谈, "grants" seems to want that> <thus will attract local, foreigners. The group attracted who comes to see, will usually eat, drink and buy gifts - including ethnic clothings like kebaya, kurong.> 😂
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Kampung Glam MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE can organise Ms. Kebaya <and let Geyland Serai Ms. Baju Kurong> contest. Raise a PRIZE, let's say $50,000 and invite all comers. That will spurt demand as participants have fun in the contest. 500 participants can buy $100,000 worth of clothing. Their family members, other patrons will come too. Extra 50,000 foot fall. 😂
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$17,000 rents used to be Orchard Road rents in 1990's. Proprietor just have to raise prices or increase footfall. 😦
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It can get to ridiculous levels like in Hong Kong drinks stalls in busy areas. Something like HK$500,000, and that's in the old days in 1990's. 🥺
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The PROBLEM is actually SUCCESS. Singapore is flushed with cash, full employment, so SALARIES RISES. even with 1.5 million migrant, expat & foreign workers cannot satiate labour demand, THUS SALARIES are raised till SECURITY GUARDS with ages 50 years to 70 years get paid a EYES WATERING $3,800. Landlords faces with maintaining their lifestyle HIKES THE RENT. So the CYCLE is self replicating. Does Singapore need to generate a RECESSION to break the cyclic process. PLEASE DISCUSS. 🥺
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