Ice-cream Kids on the block

Had you purchase any Ice-cream from those Ice-cream Kids who push the Ice-cream carts around the estates in small groups?

Children, reportedly aged about 10 to 14 years old, have been spotted selling ice cream in housing estates across Singapore. Strolling their carts around estates, they approached people or knocked on doors asking residents to buy ice cream for around S$10.

Its a common sight in Ang Mo Kio as they would come like once a month.

Under the Employment Act (Employment of Children and Young Persons Regulations), children must be at least 13 years old before they can be employed. Errant employers, as well as parents who allow their under-aged children to work, can be fined a maximum of S$2,000 and jailed up to two years. An employer or parent or guardian who knowingly or negligently suffers or permits a child to be employed faces a maximum S$2,000 fine or imprisonment of not more than two years or both.

The National Environment Agency (NEA) received reports about children selling ice cream three times this year, but its officers could not find the children, and NEA is not able to determine if the ice cream was from a licensed source.