Inflation tidebreaker

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It is heartening to see people come together and help each other in times of inflation. 320 hawker stalls in Radin Mas constituency joined the anti-inflation drive, a movement which gets stallholders to maintain their prices during six months of the inflation, regardless of how much prices increase. The stallholders are joining an increasing crowd of hawkers from many different places in Singapore, who in recent months have decided to join the anti-inflation drive and maintain their prices.

The hawkers are really kind to take the initiative to maintain their prices and their serving portions. This anti-inflation drive will affect their business positively but it might bring in losses for some unlucky stallholders who do not get much business. I believe this helps the low-income group the most as it helps them to tide over the inflation. In this way, the lower-income group can focus more on working to make their lives better and not worry about the rising food prices. In fact, anyone who goes to the hawker centre can benefit from it.

It is really brave of those hawkers to try and improve the lives of others when they may not be faring so well. How much can you earn in one day working as a hawker? They take the risk of losing money just to ease the burden on someone else's shoulders, even though their burden may already be very heavy. After all, some of them have many mouths to feed at home, and assuming the inflation does not stop, the hawkers will suffer heavy losses.

Them taking the risk to help someone out proves that Singaporeans still have a heart and that not all Singaporeans are money-minded.