The measures keep increasing, patronage keeps falling The fallout from Jover Chew and Mobile Air’s antics continues, as Sim Lim Square (SLS) continues to rein in errant retailers. They have the means and the technology now! Source Previously, there was a shame list of retailers who’d received the most complaints displayed inside SLS, but those were taken down, probably because the retailers on the list could care less. #1 was Mobile Air, and that didn’t prevent that poor Vietnamese guy from being scammed. Source New by-laws in place Now, the following will be installed outside shops which have received more than 3 complaints: 1. CCTV cameras 2. Audio recording devices 3. Stickers 4. Pictures of Jover Chew Complaints have gone down since last year, although that may be partly because of a lack of business in SLS; compared to last year, traffic has also gone down by 50 to 60 per cent. New measures aimed at highlighting errant vendors Taking a leaf from using CCTV cameras inside elevators to deter urinating, management at SLS seems to think that placing a CCTV camera outside a shop with a lot of complaints will deter vendors from pulling any funky business ala Mobile Air. Apparently, CCTVs aren’t […]
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