Singapore News - The year-end monsoon season in Malaysia has resulted in more expensive vegetables here, with some roughly doubling in price recently. Local vegetable sellers said the price hike is not unexpected, adding that leafy greens are easily damaged by torrential rain. The. Read more at www.tnp.sg
January 13, 2021
At the Pasir Ris and Ghim Moh Market & Food Centre, the price of tomatoes has almost doubled.
SINGAPORE - The prices of vegetables and fish are going up across the board at wet markets in Singapore, with some vegetables costing about twice as much as they were just weeks ago.
The Straits Times visited five wet markets on Tuesday (Jan 12) and vendors said poor weather conditions in Malaysia has caused a shortage in supplies as farms are flooded, resulting in poor crop output.
Transport is an issue because roads are closed owing to severe flooding.
Mr Alex Zhou, 35, who runs a vegetable stall in the wet market in Pasir Ris Drive 6, said: The constant rain in Malaysia has made it hard to transport goods, and we ve lost a lot of supply due to the poor weather. The green leafy vegetables like spinach are more badly affected because they spoil easily in water.
The prices of vegetables are going up at wet markets in Singapore, with some prices doubling as compared to the prices of a few weeks ago. Market vendors said poor weather conditions in…
At the Pasir Ris and Ghim Moh Market & Food Centre, the price of tomatoes has almost doubled. - All images courtesy of The Straits Times/Asian News Network SINGAPORE, Jan 12 (The Straits Times/ANN): The prices of vegetables and fish are going up across the board at wet markets in Singapore, with some vegetables costing about twice as much as they were just weeks ago.
The Straits Times visited five wet markets on Tuesday (Jan 12) and vendors said poor weather conditions in Malaysia has caused a shortage in supplies as farms are flooded, resulting in poor crop output.
Transport is an issue because roads are closed owing to severe flooding.