Love to eat food but unable to
afford it? You’re not the only one who is experiencing this problem. This may
be a first to you in experiencing such an issue but to the world, it is
nothing new. It is bad enough that the cost of living is getting higher, now
even food?! Oh no, what are we foodies going to do?
If you haven’t heard, even PM Lee is warning us to be
prepared for the future as the drought in America may affect us in some ways. This
is what he said: “So when you buy tao huay zhui, I think
you have to be prepared maybe it'll cost you five cents more. When you have ice kachang, maybe
there will be less jagung (Malay for sweet corn) in the ice kachang.” You can ask him personally if you do not believe me,
ha-ha!
However, according to a report by Nielsen, about seven in 10 consumers (around 69%) in
Singapore stated that they are not worried about the increasing food prices as
they can absorb it without making any cuts elsewhere. I suppose that is good
for them (at least they do not have to fear going hungry), but what about the
31% of the population?
A lot of us may think that there are
no Singaporeans who are facing hunger due to lack of allowance (after all,
Singapore is a developed country). I am here to tell you that it is not TRUE!
Even though many may still be able to afford food after the increase of prices,
there are some of us who will have to scrape through the days (even now, as you
are reading this). This is why, we as Singaporeans, can play a part in helping
the lower income to overcome this problem. If not, this will happen….
Photo credit: TheDailyEater
Read on more here to find out more ways on how you can contribute to the society!
Rawwwwring out,
Sillyrex a.k.a Rina
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