▁onto ▁the ▁main ▁road ▁and ▁created ▁traffic ▁ob stru ctions , ▁which ▁caused ▁motor ists ▁to ▁drive ▁on ▁the ▁opposite ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁road ▁and ▁increased ▁the ▁lik elihood ▁of ▁acc idents ▁occurr ing . ▁Res idents ▁even ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁ha w k ers ▁were ▁host ile ▁when ▁motor ists ▁asked ▁them ▁to ▁shift ▁their ▁st alls . ▁ ▁Hence , ▁many ▁residents ▁wrote ▁to ▁the ▁authorities ▁regarding ▁the ▁legal isation ▁of ▁ha w k ers ▁and ▁related ▁road ▁safety ▁concerns . ▁These ▁issues ▁not ▁only ▁occurred ▁in ▁Bal est ier ▁but ▁also ▁in ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁Singapore . ▁ ▁In ▁response , ▁the ▁government ▁designated ▁market p laces ▁for ▁ha w k ers ▁to ▁alle vi ate ▁the ▁road ▁issues ▁and ▁to ▁facil itate ▁the ▁legal isation ▁of ▁ha w k ers . ▁Bal est ier ▁Market ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁few ▁wet ▁mark ets ▁in ▁Singapore ▁which ▁was ▁established ▁as ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁this ▁government ▁measure . ▁However , ▁even ▁with ▁such ▁measures , ▁police ▁officers ▁were ▁still ▁needed ▁to ▁pat rol ▁the ▁area ▁and ▁ensure ▁that ▁ha w k ers ▁who ▁possessed ▁a ▁ha w ker ▁license ▁do ▁not ▁sell ▁their ▁products ▁out ▁of ▁their ▁allocated ▁area . ▁ ▁One ▁highly ▁public ised ▁example ▁of ▁this ▁problem ▁occurred ▁in ▁Bal est ier ▁Market ▁and ▁arose ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁un av ail ability ▁of ▁p ork ▁in ▁the ▁market ▁– ▁three ▁p ork ▁vend ors ▁possess ing ▁ha w ker ▁lic enses ▁elsewhere ▁were ▁arrested ▁and ▁f ined ▁for