Singapore’s Vanishing $2.20 Chicken Rice Stokes Inflation Angst
Prices of dishes such as chicken rice and seafood noodles have risen more than 12% in two years.
Customers have lunch at Chinatown Complex Food Centre in Singapore.
Photographer: Edwin Koo/BloombergBreaking for lunch during his work as a handyman in Singapore, Zuo Jing Fa usually heads to the nearest food hall in search of a cheap meal.
He’s having to look harder these days as inflation hits hawker centers — the open-air food complexes dotting the city and long a source of affordable dining in one of the world’s most expensive cities.