Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and Environment:
So that tells us a few things. That the livelihood of hawkers is actually not what our young people would aspire to have, because (for) our parents or grandparents ... that's the only thing that they know of, but their children, their grandchildren are probably well-educated, and there's actually better livelihoods besides being a hawker.
Secondly, we need to think about how to really treat our hawkers better. Is there a way for us to share a bit more with the food costs?