When some people recently tried to pay for their food using their $100 Community Development Council (CDC) vouchers, they were rejected by hawkers.
The reason? Digital vouchers. To use the voucher, the customer has to show a QR code to a participating merchant who will then scan it using a mobile app.
Although his stall is a participating merchant under the CDC voucher scheme, a man running a Japanese-Korean food stall in Woodlands told Shin Min Daily News that he has turned away customers who wanted to use the digital vouchers as payment.
“There are usually two aunties manning the stall. They are not familiar with how a mobile phone works and no one has taught them how to accept these kinds of digital vouchers,” the 31-year-old hawker said.