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> The country has long had an obsession with hygiene and cleanliness. An obsession with shiny appearances. Hygiene and cleanliness? What a joke. So many meat s
by testcross 8y ago
> The country has long had an obsession with hygiene and cleanliness.
An obsession with shiny appearances. Hygiene and cleanliness? What a joke. So many meat shops don't store meat in a cold and clean place. Plenty of hawkers are far from clean.
> There are 56,000 cleaners registered with the National Environment Agency. There are likely thousands of independent contractors who aren’t registered. Mostly they’re low-paid foreign workers or elderly workers.
This says everything. It's easier to keep the city "clean" when you have slaves.
- ValentineC 8y ago> Hygiene and cleanliness? What a joke. So many meat shops don't store meat in a cold and clean place. There are legal statutes regulating this [1], and the enforcement agency (National Environment Agency) responds to all complaints about potential hygiene issues pretty fast. I've reported some borderline cases where I felt that the places weren't storing cooked food properly, and I've always gotten a response including a statement that officers visited the place. [1] https://sso.agc.gov.sg/SL/EPHA1987-RG16#pr15- https://sso.agc.gov.sg/SL/EPHA1987-RG16#pr15-
- testcross 8y agoWould be curious to know why the negative votes? I'm leaving there, so that's not just an impression from a western guy trying to save human rights. That's how it works there.