So when the 63-year-old clerk and her friends found out about the second edition of the Chatuchak Night Market Singapore, which began on Feb 7, they decided to head down on Tuesday evening to savour authentic Thai street food.
Ms Araya Mahuttanawongwoon, who operates a lotus leaf rice stall, added that one of the hurdles she and her business partner faced was the fact that the event runs for two months. As he is unfamiliar with Singapore’s public transportation system, he found himself having to rely on a taxi to get him to and from his hotel in the vicinity of Orchard Road to the night market.
“This is true. There are a lot of people,” said the Bangkok resident in Thai through an interpreter. “But the problem is the rain. We cannot do business.” As 71-year-old Ms Supranee Chutkaen, who runs a massage booth at the night market put it: “Rain is a big problem no one comes. We just sit and watch rain fall.”
Ms Chutkaen said other issues included some Thai vendors getting stuck at immigration, and she recalled having to speak to the authorities on at least four occasions to prove that her compatriots were indeed participating in the event. However, only one of the Thai vendors, among those that agreed to speak to TODAY, said that they had insufficient workers.
“But as street food vendors, they are not very internet savvy. So for some of them, it is not so straightforward,” he said, adding that everyone who needed to do so eventually got their visit pass extended. Aside from this profit-sharing model, other vendors, such as massage shop owner Ms Chutkaen, can opt to pay rent to Mr Tay’s company instead. However, this means that their hotel accommodations would not be covered.
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