Saturday, July 25, 2009
term 3 week 4
1a) Why is it easy for burglers to break into stalls at the two markets in the Kallang area?
The two market at the Kallang areas makes an easy target for burglers to break into because the units are open at the top ,leaving it exposed to the thief. The other problem is that the stall holders like to put their money in their stall thinking that it will be safe .even thought a stall holder Mdm Chen had install a metal bar connecting over the front to give some protection to the money and cigarettes, but thief have an advantage to steal her money by tying a raffia string to a basket, lowering it into the stall.they use a broom to sweep the coins on the open container into the basket and they then hoisted.
b) What is the Geylang East Central Merchants' Association going to do about the break-ins?
The Geylang East Central Merchants' associations, which oversees the Aljunied Avenune 2 hawker centre, held a meeting about the break in a week after. The Chairman Tan Seng Peng decided they would look into the improving the security and might modify the stall layout.NEA responded that those stallholder who want to equip their stalls with additional security feature like grilles could apply to do so. They also was going to make a drawing and measurement of the feature they plan to install to ensure they fall within height requirement.The stall holder had to pay administrative fees on $16 as well as paying a reinstatement deposit before work start.
2) What do you think should be done to tighten the security of the markets? What do you think of the burglars who brazenly break into the stalls?
I think they should ''cover'' the possible places of the food centre for the thieves to enter and make something can prevent the thief from climbing up the metal poles and pipes like building a height of the metal poles higher or building another wall long enough to prevent them to climbing over. The stall holder also must do their job by keeping the money and valuable with them every time the leave the stall even if it was in a peak hour. They should also buy insurance to guard against their valuables.The in-charges of this two market should install grilles and cameras in every two to three stalls.the two market stall holder should work together and try to catch the thieves so that the stall holder can safely go back to work. I think that they my find this chance to get cash, Though there is no valubles, they are still hard work that the people in the market work for.
posted by Lim Shi Siang @
Saturday, July 25, 2009