Blame bad weather, rising labour and fuel costs for higher fish prices in Singapore, price hike up to 10%-20%

SINGAPORE, Nov 5 (The Straits Times/ANN): When Madam Mabel Chia, 40, buys threadfin at the Bukit Timah Market, she used to get one big enough to feed her family of six.

These days, she has had to cast around for something more affordable but smaller. Pointing to another fish which was bigger on Saturday, she said: “I used to be able to get something around this size, but it’s too expensive so I have to choose the smaller one.