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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->IN LAST Thursday's article, 'Grading system for hawker hygiene 'sound'', it was reported that a suggestion to take away the licences of stallholders rated 'C' or 'D' was turned down, as these people depend on hawking as their livelihood.
Should hawkers' livelihood matter more than customers' safety? What about protecting the lives and health of consumers? If hawkers value their livelihood, they will shape up - at least given time.
Therefore, it is prudent to set high standards and have a system to meet and exceed standards.
Providing the right infrastructure and environment is no less important than hawkers' performance. The performance of the Environment and Water Resources Ministry, which oversees hawker hygiene standards, should be exemplary and not fall below 'A' grade.
This includes cleaning frequency,
provision of suitable bins, pest control, sanitation and hand-washing facilities (disinfectant sprays should be placed at the entrance of hawker centres), as well as ongoing education of hawkers and patrons.
Better still, the ministry should encourage competition among hawker centres, as is the case with schools that improve themselves by vying against one another in studies and co-curricular excellence.
Jack Chew

 

[scoobyhoo]

yes. the hawkers ought to achieve A grade as his ethnic and responsiblity to provide makanan in hygene and this should not be compromised. any way, besides individual's cooperation and deternination, the hawker centre or the eating shop itself must have certain improvements especially those which are old. for those with C grade, there should be a kind of the improvement and evaluation system to help and make sure they can improve their grade. so as those with B grade. i have seen the tv interview with the lady boss of this hawker matter. i think she should be sacked and replaced by someone who really works and do not just to use her mouth to talk to cover up her faults!