(ANA) Tissue peddlers on the rise here
Category: People
This article, as the title suggests, is mainly about tissue peddlers(not drug). Everywhere you go, you can see tissue peddlers. All of them have a sad story to tell, but their trades are nonetheless illegal. The Ministry of Development, Youth and Sports have received eight complaints since july this year. A spokesman said that some of these peddlers are soliciting for money by appearing to be in dire straits. This activity can be considered hawking and disguised begging, both of which are illegal. They can be charged with creating a public nuisance and may be fined or jailed. Some even have aggresive selling tactics. They hurl vulgarities at you when you would not buy. Mr Chua Baizhen said: "I think that what they are doing is all right because they are selling a product. They are not asking for money for nothing." Peddlers, rude and polite can range from a 76-year-old man to a primary school boy. Each having a sad story to tell, like losing their jobs or earning their own pocket money.
I agree with Mr Chua what they are doing is all right. I have seen old people going around, selling packets of tissues. I think that is all right as they are really poor and might not even have any money to have their meals. But as for those "fakers", I think that they ARE doing illegal begging. But we never know whether that person is really poor or is just faking it. I know of a woman who always loiters at Lavender. Once, my mother gave her ten dollars and we saw her going into a 4-D betting station. She was betting! I could not believe it. She should have been glad that she had ten dollars but instead, she wanted more. In the end, she might end up with nothing. Everytime we go to Lavender to eat, she would be there collecting cans. I thought that she was really a nuisance, lifting up every can she sees. I hope that people would be more considerate. Do not anyhow go around disrupting people's meal. And remember, do not just give your money away whenever somebody approaches you.
If I could control the situation, I would not allow beggers or peddlers at any food centre and hawker centre.
Meaning of word(s):
soliciting: ask for or try to obtain something from someone
dire: extremely serious or urgent
hawking: carry about and offer (goods) for sale in the streets
peddler: an itinerant trader in small goods
initerant: travelling from place to place
That's all for today!
This article, as the title suggests, is mainly about tissue peddlers(not drug). Everywhere you go, you can see tissue peddlers. All of them have a sad story to tell, but their trades are nonetheless illegal. The Ministry of Development, Youth and Sports have received eight complaints since july this year. A spokesman said that some of these peddlers are soliciting for money by appearing to be in dire straits. This activity can be considered hawking and disguised begging, both of which are illegal. They can be charged with creating a public nuisance and may be fined or jailed. Some even have aggresive selling tactics. They hurl vulgarities at you when you would not buy. Mr Chua Baizhen said: "I think that what they are doing is all right because they are selling a product. They are not asking for money for nothing." Peddlers, rude and polite can range from a 76-year-old man to a primary school boy. Each having a sad story to tell, like losing their jobs or earning their own pocket money.
I agree with Mr Chua what they are doing is all right. I have seen old people going around, selling packets of tissues. I think that is all right as they are really poor and might not even have any money to have their meals. But as for those "fakers", I think that they ARE doing illegal begging. But we never know whether that person is really poor or is just faking it. I know of a woman who always loiters at Lavender. Once, my mother gave her ten dollars and we saw her going into a 4-D betting station. She was betting! I could not believe it. She should have been glad that she had ten dollars but instead, she wanted more. In the end, she might end up with nothing. Everytime we go to Lavender to eat, she would be there collecting cans. I thought that she was really a nuisance, lifting up every can she sees. I hope that people would be more considerate. Do not anyhow go around disrupting people's meal. And remember, do not just give your money away whenever somebody approaches you.
If I could control the situation, I would not allow beggers or peddlers at any food centre and hawker centre.
Meaning of word(s):
soliciting: ask for or try to obtain something from someone
dire: extremely serious or urgent
hawking: carry about and offer (goods) for sale in the streets
peddler: an itinerant trader in small goods
initerant: travelling from place to place
That's all for today!
posted by Emerz at 5:05 PM
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