A hawker centre which made headlines for handing out cash rewards to their stallholders for catching rats has seen improvement in the problem.
The initiative has been going on at Clementi 448 Market and Food Centre over the past three years.
Shin Min Daily News reported last November that stall holders were given a maximum of $50 for each large rat caught.
It seems that the cash reward is paying dividends, CNA reported on Tuesday (Nov 25).
More than 10 rats were seen at the hawker centre per day before the Covid-19 pandemic. This month, only a single rodent has been caught so far.
“Over the years, there has been a lot of improvement,” said the market’s chairman Henroy Tan.
“Even this month, according to the town council’s report to the National Environment Agency (NEA), it’s only one for Block 448. So the rat cases went down tremendously.”
