SMEs want rules to ensure fair rents

[CityFarmer]

I thought they (hdb) have implemented curb on this assigning of hdb units from one to another? i think this is definitely one way of kicking the snowball and have it getting bigger and bigger, rental will keep going up if speculators are allowed to bid and re-assign hdb shophouses etc. Remeber the mega-million dollars coffee shop in hougang? Its sure one way to inflate the kopi and mee-pok price.

The difficulty in paying the high rental faced by bigger player e.g. ShengSiong (SS), shows the severity of the issue. If the trend is mitigated, than it might be a good news for SS. SS focuses on non-mall retail space, especially HDB shops.

(vested in SS)