HAWKERS AT FOOD CENTRES (Individual Water Meters)

Mr Ho Kah Leong asked the Minister for the Environment whether the Public Utilities Board will consider installation of one water meter to each hawker at food centres if the hawkers are prepared to bear the cost of installation.

Mr Lim Kim San: Mr Speaker, Sir, a hawker may be given an individual meter if his consumption of water per month is over 20 cubic metres and if he will pay for it. But this practice is not encouraged by the PUB because if every hawker in the market has an individual meter, it means that we would have a maze of pipes running all over the market and all over the stalls.