SINGAPORE: Most heartland merchants and hawkers have embraced the scheme as a boost to their business in recent years, despite some customers misusing their Community Development Council ( CDC ) vouchers.
On Wednesday, January 3, the most recent batch of money tickets was made available, giving each Singaporean and nbsp household S$ 500.
In order to assist in coping with the COVID-19 epidemic and support local businesses, the CDC program was initially introduced in June 2020.
Participating homeland stores and peddlers, as well as specific supermarkets like NTUC FairPrice and Giant, may use the vouchers.  ,
When they first met, Madam Seet Kwee Man, who owns a traditional Chinese medicine shop in Clementi, frequently felt confident in her patrons when they handed over certificates.
However, when she eventually checked on the transactions, she discovered that many of the vouchers were irrelevant or had already been redeemed. She claimed that she was powerless to change the situation because the customers had long since left her stall.  ,
Because we’re very busy and we ca n’t keep checking or waiting for the transaction to go through, many people in this hawker center experienced the same problems. She predicted that consumers would become waiting.  ,
The consumer might not be satisfied and the discussion may turn hostile if I insist on waiting for the deal to go through, according to nbsp.
After the very first large in 2020, Mdm Seet ultimately decided to opt out of the CDC card program.
The 73-year-old said,” There are advantages to participating because people will come and buy things ( with ) the vouchers.” But for us older people who run a barn by ourselves, it’s not so simple.