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Toa Payoh night vegetable market to close in August

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Selling produce from crates and cardboard boxes strewn across a road, a wholesale night vegetable market in Toa Payoh has served as a cheap source of greens for households and eateries for more than half a century. But from Aug 19, the market will close owing to the...

Relocating would provide these operators with sheltered facilities that would ensure greater sustainability for businesses and safety for customers, it said.

Several HDB Build-to-Order projects will be coming up in the area, including Kim Keat Ripples, scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 2025.One vendor, Mr Ong Eng Seng, said he has been selling vegetables since 1968, when the surrounding area was undeveloped.Media reports had said the vendors could not find younger people to take over their trade, and that they faced competition from 24-hour supermarkets.

Mr Sharif noted that buying about 60kg of turnips and 40kg of cucumbers for their business would cost about $150 at Toa Payoh East, compared with $250 elsewhere.

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