{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Yah Lah But","title":"#531 - Hawker Prices Increasing at Slower Rate & NTU Student Activists “Protest” New Lab Initiative","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/abeba1db\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3752,"description":"A recent study by the Singapore Department of Statistics found that hawker food prices rose by 6.1% in 2023, the highest increase since 2008. The study also provoked the ire of KF Seetoh and other online commenters; why were people upset about it? Elsewhere, NTU student activists were up in arms about ExxonMobil’s involvement in a new lab initiative on their campus. Is this just another manifestation of the “wokeness” movement or do they have a point here?\n(00:00) A message from Folklory\n(02:08) Intro\n(11:21) Hawker Prices Increasing at Slower Rate\n(35:39) NTU Student Activists “Protest” New Lab Initiative\n(50:12) One Shiok Comment\n(57:32) One Shiok Thing\nFind us here!\nOur website\nYLB Subreddit\nYLB Telegram Channel\nYLB TikTok\nYLB IG\nYLB YouTube\nOur LIVE EVENT!\nGet your tickets here!\n$30 includes a custom YLB cocktail/ mocktail \nHappening on Sat, 8 June 2024 at Monk’s Brew Club \n\nFolklory\nBook a Folklory experience for your dad this Father’s Day!\nOrder by 7th June on Folklory.com to guarantee your slot\nIf you’ve got questions, click here to chat with us on WhatsApp!\n\nHawker Prices Increasing at Slower Rate\nHawker food prices rose by 6.1% in 2023, but cost pressures easing\n7 hawkers joined succession scheme in two years; others cite lack of incentives to join\nSHawker Food Price Trends Across Cooked Food Establishment Types | SingStat\nDOS | SingStat Website - FAQ on Consumer Price Index (CPI)\nProgressive Wage Model for the food services sector\nFB Post by KF Seetoh\n\nNTU Student Activists “Protest” New Lab Initiative\n'We don't buy it': Student activists protest ExxonMobil's role in S$60m low-carbon research lab at NTU\nNTU Divest (@ntudivest) on Instagram\nFossil-Fuelled Universities | Students for a Fossil Free Future\nNTU Singapore, ExxonMobil and A*STAR launch S$60 million corporate lab\n\nOne Shiok Comment\nComment by chestheflash\nComment by nicholasgerard1579\n\nOne Shiok Thing\nParis Hilton and Carter Reum on AI, Parenting and “Creating the Next Disney”\nMarvel...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/P-FL68bNyrAJP_EUfxDZLWp-CdkgeA4hsvYhFh8IVPw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNGVh/NjE1ZTIzODk2ODEx/ZmIwNDkwZWU1NDEy/ZGE4OS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}