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GEORGE TOWN - A number of photos and videos that have gone viral online show hawkers at various foodcourts fighting over where customers can sit, with police reports made as well.
The hawkers force customers to buy their food from the stalls nearest to where they are seated.
If they order from other stalls, quarrels ensue.
The council, however, is having none of it. Bright red signs have now been placed at popular hawker centres to make it clear that "the customers are free to sit anywhere and order from any stall".
This story is from the February 22, 2023 edition of The Straits Times.
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