Nong time never see Joanne Peh lol 

so much hawker news/store                        Steak, donburi – do non-Singaporean dishes belong in hawker centres? https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/hawker-food-local-western-chinese-dishes-6502736EMw4IufvpD1gBvjhVw         https://www.8days.sg/eatanddrink/hawkerfood/omg-fried-chicken-jollibee-style-chicken-spaghetti-hawker-863196 https://www.8days.sg/eatanddrink/hawkerfood/fiies-cafe-rudest-ayam-goreng-hawker-50-cents-extra-chilli-complaints-863871 https://www.8days.sg/eatanddrink/hawkerfood/new-horse-noodles-closing-chinatown-complex-fintech-hawkers-864101 https://www.8days.sg/eatanddrink/hawkerfood/first-street-fried-prawn-noodles-hokkien-mee-ion-orchard-hunky-hawker-864631 https://www.8days.sg/eatanddrink/hawkerfood/ex-hotel-cook-cant-take-orders-boss-sells-grannys-chicken-curry-hawker-1126-china-town-864691 https://www.8days.sg/eatanddrink/hawkerfood/hokkien-mee-club-newton-shiok-hokkien-mee-michelin-star-864646 https://www.8days.sg/eatanddrink/hawkerfood/old-master-roasted-grill-86-year-old-roast-master-found-116-shao-la-chinatown-864951 https://www.8days.sg/eatanddrink/hawkerfood/singapore-hawkers-struggle-reduce-salt-sodium-food-865091 https://www.8days.sg/eatanddrink/hawkerfood/ex-drag-content-creator-eric-lim-hawker-mei-li-sotong-ball-hong-lim-864651 https://www.8days.sg/eatanddrink/hawkerfood/hassan-sunny-dapur-hassan-closes-nasi-padang-stall-tampines-864261

Retrenchments in Singapore edged up in Q3 of 2026, with 4,800 layoffs between July and September.   https://str.sg/7rcin   📊 Full Details: Retrenchments & Labour Market — Singapore, Q3 2026   Source: Ministry of Manpower / The Straits Times, 30 Oct 2026        📉 Retrenchments   - 4,800 workers laid off in Q3 2026 (Jul–Sep) - ↑ 3.9% from 4,620 in Q2 2026 — 5th consecutive quarter of increase  - Highest quarterly figure since Q4 2020 (5,640)  - Retrenchment rate: steady at 2.0 per 1,000 employees  - Main cause: Business reorganisation/restructuring  - Hardest-hit sectors: Information & communications, financial services, manufacturing (outward‑oriented sectors)    📈 Employment Growth   - Total employment: +27,700 — up from +11,400 in Q2 and +25,100 in Q3 2025  - 20th consecutive quarter of growth  - Resident employment: growth in essential & public services  - Non-resident employment: majority of growth — mainly in construction & manufacturing    📊 Unemployment Rates (Sep 2026)   - Overall: 2.0% ↔️ unchanged  - Resident: 3.0% ↑ from 2.9% (Aug)  - Citizen: 3.1% ↑ from 3.0% (Aug)    🔮 Outlook & Business Sentiment   - Firms expecting to hire: 42.3% (Sep) ↑ from 30.5% (Aug) — but still below July’s level  - Firms expecting to raise wages: 19.9% ↑ from 16.9%  - Firms expecting to retrench: 3.1% (Sep) ↑ from 2.8% (Aug)  - ⚠️ MOM: "Emerging weaknesses in parts of the labour market that warrant close monitoring"    🛟 Support Schemes Available   - For employers: Career Conversion Programmes, Mid‑Career Pathways Programme, SkillsFuture Workforce Development Grant  - For workers: SkillsFuture Level‑Up Programme, Workfare Skills Support, career guidance & job matching via WSG / e2i  - Fresh graduates: Graduate Industry Traineeships  - Unemployed: SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support (temporary financial assistance)    📅 Next Release   - Full Q3 2026 labour market report: mid‑December 2026         

In China and HK, there are parks that are made available for dancing activities. These are healthy activities as old people get to exercise.   So I guess since there is a lack of such spaces here, the old people chose to make the food court a dual use space.   Anyway, the food court usually do not attract families so it should not offend anyone other than @coffeenut   If I were to eat there I would not mind if these old folks get some old muscles reactivated for that few seconds where they can still have it.   These are not dark seedy happy ending places. This is out in the open. And old does not mean no urge.   What do you all think? I am too liberal? I think I am a pragmatist