‘Soiled as hell’: Patrons welcome renovation works at infamous Folks’s Park Meals Centre in April

Folks’s Park Meals Centre in Chinatown is about to shut quickly from April 1 to June 30 for renovation works.

On the web, many have greeted this upcoming closure with aid.

Whereas the hawker centre is understood for its quite a few meals stalls, it has additionally developed a fame for its obvious lack of hygiene requirements. 

On Monday (March 13), a netizen posted a photograph of a banner displaying the upcoming closure on the Fb group Can Eat! Hawker Meals.

Whereas it is enterprise as typical for retailers on ranges two and three, the hawker centre on degree one might be closed.

Final month, Shin Min Every day Information reported that each hawkers and clients had been involved concerning the degree of hygiene on the hawker centre.

Some diners have had the disagreeable expertise of coping with unwelcome company, from rats scurrying on the ground to crows and pigeons pecking away at plates of leftover meals.

It is no shock that netizens are welcoming this closure, with one claiming that this has been “lengthy overdue” given how “soiled” and “smelly” the hawker centre is.

One Fb person has even requested for it to be renovated to look extra upscaled and fancy “like Paragon” mall in Orchard.

Nonetheless, there was a way of dread amongst some netizens as they fear renovation works might spell an increase in meals costs.

“Oh man, I do not want to pay $10 for a plate of duck rice,” mentioned one commenter.

On HardwareZone, the sentiment was mutual as netizens predicted an increase in meals costs as soon as the hawker centre reopens.

Amongst hawkers on the meals centre, reactions to the renovation works had been blended. 

Some welcomed the information, feeling grateful for a three-month break, whereas others had been apprehensive concerning the potential lack of earnings.

It’s not recognized if the closure was scheduled or put in place due to public suggestions relating to the situations on the meals centre.

AsiaOne has reached out to Jalan Besar City Council for extra info.

8world reported that this closure will permit for the refurbishment of tables and chairs in addition to coping with the poor hygiene situations. 

In August 2022, one other in style meals spot, Changi Village Hawker Centre, closed for 3 months for repairs and redecoration works.

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