OPINION: Cheap meals under threat - Seah Chiang Nee

Malaysia Star, 9 Jan 2011THE deepening trend of price increases in Singapore appears to be laying siege to the remaining bastion of cheap eating – the small food stall.I am referring to the thousands of small eating places in neighbourhood coffee shops and hawker centres that traditionally provide cheap meals for the masses.It is an institution that makes life in one of the most expensive cities