

#531 - Hawker Prices Increasing at Slower Rate & NTU Student Activists “Protest” New Lab Initiative
A recent study by the Singapore Department of Statistics found that hawker food prices rose by 6.1% in 2023, the highest increase since 2008. The study also provoked the ire of KF Seetoh and other online commenters; why were people upset about it? Elsewhere, NTU student activists were up in arms about ExxonMobil’s involvement in a new lab initiative on their campus. Is this just another manifestation of the “wokeness” movement or do they have a point here?
(00:00) A message from Folklory
(02:08) Intro
(11:21) Hawker Prices Increasing at Slower Rate
(35:39) NTU Student Activists “Protest” New Lab Initiative
(50:12) One Shiok Comment
(57:32) One Shiok Thing
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Hawker Prices Increasing at Slower Rate
- Hawker food prices rose by 6.1% in 2023, but cost pressures easing
- 7 hawkers joined succession scheme in two years; others cite lack of incentives to join
- SHawker Food Price Trends Across Cooked Food Establishment Types | SingStat
- DOS | SingStat Website - FAQ on Consumer Price Index (CPI)
- Progressive Wage Model for the food services sector
- FB Post by KF Seetoh
NTU Student Activists “Protest” New Lab Initiative
- 'We don't buy it': Student activists protest ExxonMobil's role in S$60m low-carbon research lab at NTU
- NTU Divest (@ntudivest) on Instagram
- Fossil-Fuelled Universities | Students for a Fossil Free Future
- NTU Singapore, ExxonMobil and A*STAR launch S$60 million corporate lab
One Shiok Comment
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