“IT HELPED A LOT”
Mr Tan said that due to budget concerns, the maximum cash bonus had to be halved to S$50.
Last month, the association paid out S$240 for more than 10 rats caught. This was less than half of the 20 rats caught in July, which netted stallholders a total of about S$500.
Mr Patrick Sze, former chairman of Clementi 448 Market & Food Centre, said that the association decided to start its cash reward initiative after holding meetings “for many years” with various agencies without solving the problem.
“We hope that this programme (will not) stop. You see, once we stop, these rats – they give birth, I think minimum one time they give (birth to) 10 babies,” said Mr Sze.
