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Originally Posted by JasonJG

Nice cool, breezy morning. Thought it would be a good idea to hop over to Smith Street Hawker Centre in Chinatown for brunch, but instead the experience spoilt my mood completely...

1. More than 2/3 of the tables were taped up;
2. The 1/3 tables that were available only allowed two persons (as per curreny Safe Management protocols);
3. As a result of 2, had an extremely tough time looking for seats;
4. While customers had to clear their trays after eating, the cleaners were not cleaning the tables; the few cleaners around seemed to be only pre-occupied with clearing the crockery from the tray return station, leaving all the tables really dirty and messy with leftover foods, spilt beverages and gravy, dirty wet tissues;
5. Saw two NEA ambassadors and approched them to highlight the issue, and the reply was, "This is under Town Council." So it seems their job scope is to catch customers for not returning trays and not to ensure that the cleaners do their jobs to ensure cleanliness at the hawker centre so that we could all eat in a clean and hygenic environment.

Seems like cleaning contractors are taking advantage of the new law requiring customers to return trays to deploy fewer cleaners, knowing that us customers would likely be cleaning the tables ourselves in order that we do not have to eat at dirty/messy tables.

I think there's something seriously wrong with the new law. It may even be barking up the wrong tree. The authorities should be going after the cleaning contractors more, rather than us customers.

On a side issue, if we have to clean our own tables before food, and clear our own trays after food, shouldn't we enjoy some kind of rebate when eating at hawker centres and coffee shops?

Kindly check who is the boss of the Cleaning Companies or Advisors behind the Cleaning Companies or Directors of the Cleaning Companies !!!!