New battle ground, from hawker centre to rojak fair

The make shift rojak fair or pasar malam that rotates among the various HDB estates for years, and becoming a part of the local culture, has turned into the latest battle ground. And it happens right in the heart of Aljunied Hougang Punggol East Town Council, AHPETC. Is this just a sheer coincidence?
 
The organizer of the rojak fair, Events Business Management, EBM, has been told by NEA to stop operating as it does not have a licence to operate a trade fair. And this rojak fair which the locals have got used to as a common temporary fixture in housing estates has now been elevated to the status of a trade fair.
 
The stall holders have started to fold up their businesses as a result and sent packing. EBM GM Dennis Chew argued that the event is not a ‘trade fair’. They have been organizing this kind of events for 10 years. Sylvia Lim of AHPETC said this was just a year end festive event. The Kovan Merchants’ Association ‘remains puzzled about the turn of events’. ‘Chairman Ng Cher Po said they have never issued a letter of consensus to event organizers in the past three years, despite the fact that numerous fairs have been held in Kovan City.
 
What is this battle all about? What do you think?