BY SOO WERN JUN
As for now, it is clean-up time for all traders who did not manage to do so when the market was shut abruptly by the authorities on April 27 after a trader tested positive for Covid-19. A fruit trader, who wanted to be identified as Bee Ching, said she lost 300kg worth of bananas which she had received the day before the market ceased operations.“We also haven’t been allowed to enter the market since April 27 until today ,” she said.
Fruit stall operator Bee Ching said that had the authorities notified market traders earlier or given them several hours to remove perishable goods, they would not have had to deal with massive losses and a major clean-up.Tan said there were maggots everywhere as they did not manage to clear out the fish left in the market prior to the shutdown.
Acknowledging that some were self-modified, he said it was unfair that the authorities had demolished these structures when they were not obstructing the common walkway. “Who is here to read the notice when they shut the market on April 27? They also did not allow us to enter the market.