About Street vendors(street stalls)
Have you ever walk in major downtown such as Nowon Street, Konkuk University street and Jong-ro street? When people walk in street, we can see street stalls anywhere. Street stalls was convenient. But now, street stalls don't do. Almost street vendors are poor people. Street vendors want to earn much money. So, they want to use more cheap ingredients and more land of outside their street stall. Is it really good to us? I think street stalls isn't good to us. So, I think government should control street stalls.
First, Food hygiene. Almost street stalls sell foods. But We can't exactly know ingredient of food. They don't have water supply facilities.
They use water to make foods. Do they use safe water? And, We can't know this problem. And around 60 million germ was detected in fish cake(Uh-muk) which is foods in Jong-ro street stalls.
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Second, extended street stalls. Street vendors expand their street stall to street. So, people can't walk in street due to street which became narrow. People can't walk in street every weekend and holiday. This problem should be corrected. Because people can get hurt in narrow street. In addition, street vendors get angry to sell more food and merchandise to customer. Is it normal?Third, Tax. They don't pay tax. But they pay money to gangster to protect their street stall. Street stall is illegal. They work not for us but for their profit only.
After this presentation, I thought that street stalls don't help us convenient. So, I thought street stalls should be struck. On the one hand I thought they are poor and street stalls are our culture. Therefore, I think government should regulate the number of street stalls in street and appoint the place of street stall. Government should think about this problem.
i think some street vendors block the street, so people can't go through the pavement. if they did't block street, i like street vendors.
답글삭제I disagree with you. I feel that street vendors should not be kicked out. So what if they don't pay tax? I'm assuming people who choose to sell 떱볶이 next to the street is not someone that I'd necessarily kick out just because they don't pay tax. Maybe they should have some special system for paying tax for paying tax. A lot of the rich people are gwtting away with it as well, and this is when real problems arise.
답글삭제Considering many problems, I think that the most severe problem is that sanitary problem with uncleaned places and foods at the street vendors. This can not be guaranteed that they are honestly having their places clean and provide clean and healthy food. And besides, this problems, they are not following laws required for Korean sales owners.
답글삭제You said that the street vendors use cheaper ingredients for earning much money, and there are lots of problems of food hygiene, but I feel some prejudice about the street sellers from your opinion because there are lots of problems of food hygiene in many eating places not just only the street vendors' food but also restaurants' and eating houses' food. I know that the vendors have many problems with the sanification are intimately related with air pollution and water supply facilities, but we also should consider the inner eating places.
답글삭제Almost people think street vendors are poor and in poverty, but I don't think so. And even so, it can't be an excuse and it can't be justified to do thier business illegally on any streets in Korea. Of course, we couldn't kick them out without any solutions. But street vendors should do their business legally and pay taxes for all of us.
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