SINGAPORE, Nov. 25 -- Stallholders at a Clementi hawker centre have continued a cash-for-rats scheme as part of broader efforts by the authorities to tackle Singapore's growing rodent problem.

The initiative, run by the Clementi Town Shop Owners' Association, offers payments to vendors who trap rats within the market.

According to CNA, the association reduced the maximum payout from S$100 (RM316.95) to S$50 this year, with stallholders required to hand over the captured rodents to licensed pest controllers.

"Over the years, there has been a lot of improvement. Only lately there are not much rats caught," market chairman Henroy Tan told CNA.

"We hope that this programme (will not) stop. You see, once we stop, these rats - they give bir...