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Supporting Our Hawkers In The Midst Of COVID-19 - Off The Record: Ep02

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In this second episode of 'Off the Record', we have with us Charlene, a second-gen nasi lemak hawker, and Jocelyn, starter of IG account @wheretodapao, which spotlights our elderly hawkers so you know where to support them. #offtherecord

In case you missed the hawkers who were mentioned during the livestream, you can find them here: https://my.walls.io/u3nuf

Charlene, Tree Coconut Nasi Lemak

1:29 Tell us about your hawker stall

  • 2:50 What’s your daily schedule like?
  • 3:23 Do you use any food delivery apps?
  • 4:08 What do you think are some of the benefits of delivery? eG: Safety during the pandemic?
  • 4:56 How have the government schemes impacted you?
  • 6:38 Do you use any digital payment modes at your stall?
  • 7:29 Do you have any regrets taking over the stall especially during Circuit Breaker and P2HA?
  • 9:10 Is there any other way we can help our hawkers now besides patronizing their stall?
  • 11:01 What happened when the news hit that you had to close on a short notice due to P2HA?
  • 13:12 How has the JSS and other government schemes helped you during the pandemic?
  • 16:06 Is your hawker centre very different now - during P2HA? Compared to during CB and Phase 3?
  • 17:30 What advice do you have for those who want to start their own hawker stalls?
  • 19:19 Does it help hawkers if we bring our own containers?
  • 20:21 For hawkers, what happens to the fresh ingredients when it was announced that no dining-in is allowed during P2HA?
  • 21:03 What else can Singaporeans do to help hawkers?

    • Jocelyn, owner of IG account @wheretodapao

    • 23:53 Tell us more about who you are and what you do
    • 26:15 Why did you start this initiative?
    • 28:01 What can Singaporeans do differently to support our hawkers?
    • 29:37 What are some of the challenges you faced when you first started this account?
    • 32:00 How did the hawkers respond to your initiative? Did you face any resistance?
    • 33:31 How long do you intend to keep doing this?
    • 35:03 Do you have any other ideas to help support our elderly hawkers?
    • 35:37 Any experiences you'd like to share from your time spent talking to hawkers?
    • 39:52 Why is the IG account handle spelled ‘dapao’ instead of ‘dabao’?
    • 42:14 Any encouraging anecdotes to share?
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