When i was young, i remember shops in the neighbourhood as a
single unit and there is diversity among them. Now i see half-shops
and many of them sells the same thing. There maybe as many as 4
mama shops in one row of shops cannablising each other, coupled
with the might of large enterprises these shops flopped or are
reduced to half-shops. there is one vcd rental store which stood
there since i was young but recently it closed down too. There is
also another fruit store which stood besides NTUC in my neighbourhood.That NTUC
did not sell fruits in the past. However, it starts selling fruit a
few years ago at cutthroat prices. Obviously, the store closed
down. For the past four years since it close down, that shop
changed hands many times.In the past, shops can have a lifespan of
ten years but now they barely last a year and there are such things
as half-shops. My point is how can the economy be recovering when
things are getting worse in the neighbourhood? the government are
lairs.
