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Rent, food prices among top concerns of Kopitiam stall owners and patrons

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File photo showing the Kopitiam outlet at Plaza Singapura, on Sept 21, 2018.

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Ng Jun Sen, Joyce Lim

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For more than a decade, sporting goods store supervisor Randy Rubiales, 45, has had his work lunches at the Kopitiam-run foodcourt at Velocity mall in Novena.
The prices of his favourite Indonesian and Korean dishes there have risen marginally over the years - 50 cents, by his estimation.
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