ground zero

The heartland was abuzz the past week about a survey showing that hawker food prices seem to have increased.

The survey by the Consumers Association of Singapore released a few days ago shows that more hawker stalls and coffee shops are charging higher prices for popular local fare.

CAUSING MUCH ANGST: Train service disruptions, such as this one on Dec 15, 2011, have inconvenienced many heartlanders. LIANHE ZAOBAO FILE PICTURE

Motorists rev the engines, honk or yell at us, say elderly heartlanders in Ground Zero this week.

Madam Alice Ang, 70, a grandmother of five, is quite certain she will die in a road accident.

Heartlanders have been wondering about that one person who snagged last Monday's $3.4m Toto jackpot.

They are also abuzz with hope that they may also strike it rich one day.

And hope is what Heartland Aunty Maureen Koh thinks the lottery really is to many heartlanders.