Rental support a boost for hawkers and market stallholders feeling the pinch from the Middle East crisis

The government announced that hawkers running cooked food stalls will receive S$1,200 in rental support while market stallholders will get S$600, disbursed over six months.

Markets on Wall Street were mixed before the opening bell and oil prices jumped more than 4% after Jordan and the U.S. knocked down another Iranian barrage launched against American forces in the Middle East

Prime Minister Han Seong-sook instructed officials Wednesday to make sure to crack down on market-disturbing acts, such as hoarding, amid persistent concerns about supply strains due to the on-again, off-again conflict in the Middle East. Han made the remark at the start of an emergency economic meeting with related mi

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