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Hawkers association in WP ward closes down

It shut down due to governance issues and was struck off Registry of Societies last year

Mr Chan Kheng Heng, 62, who was the chairman of Kaki Bukit Promenade Merchants' Association, said he had discussed the problems with his adviser, secretary and a committee member, and "reached a unanimous decision to dissolve the association". ST PHOTO: GIN TAY

Joyce Lim

Senior Correspondent

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Apr 01, 2019, 05:00 AM

An association that represented hawkers in Bedok North and helped resolve their infamous row with the Workers' Party (WP)-run town council over the cleaning of food centres in 2013 has closed down due to governance issues.

Kaki Bukit Promenade Merchants' Association, which represents some 60 stallholders at Block 511, was struck off the Registry of Societies in January last year, The Straits Times has learnt.

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