Value Meals vending machine at The Hillside condo sparks concern, PA says no public funds used<\/h2>\n
Should a Value Meals vending machine be made available to residents of a private condominium?<\/p>\n
That was the question raised by a self-described \u201cConcerned Gen Z Citizen\u201d, who suspected taxpayer money had been used to subsidise the machine at The Hillside condominium on Upper Bukit Timah Road.<\/p>\n
However, the People\u2019s Association (PA) later clarified how the initiative was funded.<\/p>\n
Netizen questions if taxpayer money was used for condo vending machine<\/h3>\n
On 15 July, a user on the r\/SingaporeRaw subreddit posted a photo of a Value Meals vending machine at The Hillside condominium<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: Reddit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Part of the Value Meals @ South West initiative, a partnership between the South West Community Development Council (CDC) and food service provider Select Group, the vending machines offer meals priced at S$3 or less<\/a>.<\/p>\n Residents who receive credits through the Taste Asia app can also use them to redeem meals.<\/p>\n After seeing the Reddit post, Concerned Gen Z Citizen emailed MCCY and the People\u2019s Association (PA) to ask whether taxpayer funds were being used to subsidise meals for private condominium residents, copying MS News<\/em> in the correspondence.<\/p>\n \u201cI strongly object to public tax dollars being used to subsidise meals inside private estates,\u201d they told MS News<\/em>.<\/p>\n As the machine displayed the logos of the PA and Citizens\u2019 Consultative Committee (CCC), the citizen suspected that the initiative was financially supported by the former.<\/p>\n As the PA is funded by taxpayer money, they argued that public funds should instead be directed towards lower-income residents and estates.<\/p>\n \n\t\t![\"value](\"https:\/\/mustsharenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vending-machine-1-scaled.jpg\")
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