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Hawkers fall prey to brazen break-ins
1a) Why is it easy for burglers to break into stalls at the two markets in the kallang area?
1b)What is the Geylang East Central Merchants' Association going to do about the break-ins?
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?
ANSWER
1a) The reasons are the units are open at the top and both markets, none of the stalls had their roller shutters and locks tampered with so the thieves got in through the open ceilings, getting a leg up on the pipes or metal bars running along the walls.
1b) The chairman, Tan Seng Peng, said that they will be in touch with the relevant authorities, such as the National Environment Agency(NEA) and the town councils, to look into improving security and at last possibly by modifying stall layout and design.
2) I think that they should change the stalls layout and design but at first when they were planning the market they should have think of a better layout and design so as it had been built there will not have many cases on brazen break-in. After so many years, the chairman finally said they will possibly by modifying stalls layout and design, by this it make me felt that he was so irresponsible. Mean while, the hawkers should have place a camera, if they did not have the effort to purchase on a camera, they should ask the chairman to pay some amount. On the other hand, putting camera is not enough, the police should patrol round that area so that the burglers would not have the chance to break-in. I think that the burglers are selfish and cold blooded as they never think before that the money that they stole is the hawkers' blood and sweat money, they only think of themselves. however, you think of another ways now the world is very cruel, if you do not have any literary talent you never think of finding a good job so i felt a little sympathy for them. However if they only think that it was more easier for stealing than working i will not even sympathy them and i will looked down on them.
