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New Paper
9 hours ago
- Business
- New Paper
Nasi padang chain Hjh Maimunah rolls out colour-coded labels for price transparency
Bid farewell to erratic nasi padang prices. Popular Malay and Indonesian restaurant Hjh Maimunah is introducing a colour-coded price label system to help diners better understand what they're paying for. The initiative, in collaboration with the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case), will be rolled out across all nine Hjh Maimunah outlets - starting with its "mini" store at Parkway Parade. According to a press release by Case, seven colour-coded labels will be used to indicate price tiers. Speciality dishes such as tahu telur (tofu with eggs), ayam bakar (grilled chicken) and telur ikan paes (fish roe eggs) will be marked with grey tags, while other items will fall under different colour categories to signal their price range. Seven colour-coded tags will be used to indicate prices. PHOTO: CASE A 21-year-old student who only wanted to be known as Zen told The New Paper that the initiative will help improve price transparency for customers. "Nasi padang is like cai fan (mixed rice) where the staff will just calculate the amount I have to pay, so I don't actually know how much each dish costs." She shared that some nasi padang stalls categorise tempeh (fermented soya bean cakes) as a meat dish, while others categorise it as a vegetable dish, making it hard to gauge the total of her order. "With this colour-coding system, it will help me know which items are pricier than the others." Earlier in March, Case collaborated with Koufu to introduce colour-coded price labels for their economy rice stalls. "Since Case rolled out colour-coded price labels with Koufu, we have received many positive feedback that more economy rice stalls are adopting clear price labels for their dishes," said Case president Melvin Yong. He added that he was glad that the initiative was extending to nasi padang stalls. "This will provide consumers with more transparent pricing and help customers make informed choices before they order." Mastura Didih Ibrahim, managing director of Hjh Maimunah, hoped that the collaboration would set a positive example in the food and beverage (F&B) industry. "Price transparency is not only a mark of good business practice, but also a reflection of the trust and respect we have for our customers," she said. "We believe this collaboration will set a positive example in the F&B industry and benefit the wider community."
AsiaOne
a day ago
- Business
- AsiaOne
Nasi padang chain Hjh Maimunah to introduce colour-coded price labels, Lifestyle News
Popular nasi padang chain Hjh Maimunah will soon be launching colour-coded price labels for its dishes. This move comes in partnership with the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) and will be introduced to all nine of its outlets, starting with its Parkway Parade stall, Case announced in a press release today (July 24). Speciality menu items like tahu telur , ayam bakar and telur ikan paes will be labelled with grey tags while other items will be categorised by price range for easy identification. The announcement comes after the association had earlier this year announced its partnership with Koufu to launch similar labels for their economic rice stalls. Case said that there has been positive feedback from consumers on this initiative along with requests to extend it to nasi padang stalls. Speaking on the success of the clear price-labelling initiative with Koufu, Melvin Yong, president of Case, said that he's "glad that Case is partnering with HJH Maimunah" to expand this practice. "This will provide consumers with more transparent pricing and help customers make informed choices before they order. I thank Hjh Maimunah for taking the lead and I encourage all stall owners to adopt clear price labels for their dishes," he added. Mastura Binte Didih Ibrahim, managing director of Hjh Maimunah, also said regarding the initiative: "We are honoured to collaborate with Case on this important initiative. Price transparency is not only a mark of good business practice, but also a reflection of the trust and respect we have for our customers. "We believe this collaboration will set a positive example in the F&B industry and benefit the wider community." For those who aren't familiar, Hjh Maimunah is a Michelin Bib Gourmand-recognised chain of restaurants serving traditional Malay and Indonesian cuisine, namely nasi padang. [[nid:715984]]
Miami Herald
2 days ago
- Politics
- Miami Herald
Why Americans should care about child care - even if they don't have kids
The other day, I came across an article about child care that felt so familiar I let out an exasperated sigh. Child care, the article announced, is now more expensive than college tuition and rent in most states. Many of us had just read another version of the article in March. And before that, in November 2024. Then there's the one that dates back a little further - to 2013. Many of these stories, which seem to come out on an annual basis, fail to mention that this is a problem that spans decades. The real news is that it hasn't gotten any better, and many American lawmakers don't seem to care enough to take action. I asked Elliot Haspel his thoughts on this a few weeks ago when I interviewed him about his new book, "Raising a Nation," which will be available Aug. 11. In the book, he presents 10 arguments - some of them well known and others less intuitive - for why child care needs to be a more supported part of American society. His book starts with an anecdote that echoes my observation on the dispiriting lack of momentum around the issue: In 1998, President William Jefferson Clinton stood in the Rose Garden and declared in an address that child care was essential to the nation's economy. President Barack Obama made the same argument in 2015. President Donald Trump did the same in 2019. Yet as the years go by, little changes. "We have been having many of the same child care battles for a long time, for decades and decades and decades," Haspel told me. Haspel's arguments in "Raising a Nation" include "The Economic Case," where he digs into how child care affects business productivity and the labor force; and the "The Patriotic Case," where he presents parenthood as patriotic and argues child care is important for American democracy. He cites numerous worrisome examples of the consequences of insufficient policy and investment. In making "The Community Case," for instance, he tells a jarring story from Montrose, Colorado, where the lack of child care has led to difficulties recruiting and retaining police officers. That, in turn, negatively affects the city's crime rate and response time to emergency calls. And in arguing "The Antipoverty Case," he highlights extensive research on how a lack of child care is a key theme for families who are unable to move out of poverty. "Care is, in fact, just as important to our social infrastructure as having a public education system, having public libraries, having public parks," he told me. As he writes, it's clear why we haven't made much progress as a nation, and why we remain behind nearly every other wealthy country in investing in child care: "We have never established that good child care belongs among the pantheon of American values." While Haspel's book focuses more on why we need more robust child care policy than howwe get there, he provides a few ideas for the latter: giving child care educators a wage that could support their own families, investing in stay-at-home parents and informal caregivers along with licensed care, and including before- and after-school care and summer care in the system. While those seem like lofty goals, Haspel argues it is indeed fully "American" to embrace such policies. Access to high-quality child care, he argues, is not an "individual family obligation but rather a societal imperative." Contact staff writer Jackie Mader at 212-678-3562 or mader@ This story about child care was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. The post Why Americans should care about child care - even if they don't have kids appeared first on The Hechinger Report.
Powys County Times
3 days ago
- Politics
- Powys County Times
Former Whitehall chief Simon Case takes seat on red benches in House of Lords
Former top civil servant Simon Case has taken his seat in the House of Lords. The 46-year-old, who served four prime ministers, joins the independent crossbenches in the unelected chamber, which scrutinises legislation and acts as a check on the Government. Lord Case wore the traditional scarlet robes for the short introduction ceremony in the chamber, where he swore allegiance to the King. He was supported by former Whitehall chief Lord Butler of Brockwell and Lord Chartres, a retired bishop of London. Lord Case became cabinet secretary and head of the Civil Service aged just 41 in September 2020, having previously served as private secretary to the Duke of Cambridge. He had also worked for the GCHQ intelligence agency. He stepped down from the top Whitehall job at the end of 2024 on health grounds after a turbulent four years in the role, which included the Covid-19 pandemic, Tory infighting, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the death of Queen Elizabeth II. His tenure was not without controversy, as he was forced to recuse himself from leading an investigation into the 'Partygate' scandal following allegations his office had held a Christmas event during lockdown. Lord Case was not one of those fined over the episode. Appointed by Boris Johnson, he held the post under the subsequent administrations of Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer. He was succeeded by Sir Chris Wormald.
North Wales Chronicle
3 days ago
- Politics
- North Wales Chronicle
Former Whitehall chief Simon Case takes seat on red benches in House of Lords
The 46-year-old, who served four prime ministers, joins the independent crossbenches in the unelected chamber, which scrutinises legislation and acts as a check on the Government. Lord Case wore the traditional scarlet robes for the short introduction ceremony in the chamber, where he swore allegiance to the King. He was supported by former Whitehall chief Lord Butler of Brockwell and Lord Chartres, a retired bishop of London. Lord Case became cabinet secretary and head of the Civil Service aged just 41 in September 2020, having previously served as private secretary to the Duke of Cambridge. He had also worked for the GCHQ intelligence agency. He stepped down from the top Whitehall job at the end of 2024 on health grounds after a turbulent four years in the role, which included the Covid-19 pandemic, Tory infighting, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the death of Queen Elizabeth II. His tenure was not without controversy, as he was forced to recuse himself from leading an investigation into the 'Partygate' scandal following allegations his office had held a Christmas event during lockdown. Lord Case was not one of those fined over the episode. Appointed by Boris Johnson, he held the post under the subsequent administrations of Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer. He was succeeded by Sir Chris Wormald.
