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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->IT IS disappointing and discouraging to read that the HDB has asked the Holland Village valet operators to close shop.
Sakthya Services is doing a great job and providing good services. Who would have bothered to take such an initiative in 2001 to make both customers and shop owners happy? Even DBS Bank supports Sakthya.
When a business is performing well, barriers are put on private operations. If a permit is needed to allow valet operators to improve their services, help them. Why stifle the entrepreneurial spirit? Don't break their spirits. They have put in a lot of time and energy.
Singapore needs more small-time business entrepreneurs. We should be happy for them that, with these small businesses, they are making money to provide for their family needs. There are more small-time business entrepreneurs in any Chinese City than there are in Singapore. Marcus Lee
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->IT IS disappointing and discouraging to read that the HDB has asked the Holland Village valet operators to close shop.
Sakthya Services is doing a great job and providing good services. Who would have bothered to take such an initiative in 2001 to make both customers and shop owners happy? Even DBS Bank supports Sakthya.
When a business is performing well, barriers are put on private operations. If a permit is needed to allow valet operators to improve their services, help them. Why stifle the entrepreneurial spirit? Don't break their spirits. They have put in a lot of time and energy.
Singapore needs more small-time business entrepreneurs. We should be happy for them that, with these small businesses, they are making money to provide for their family needs. There are more small-time business entrepreneurs in any Chinese City than there are in Singapore. Marcus Lee