There are Chinese stallholders who speak Tamil, and vice versa. A variety of types of stallholders occupy the open market. Their parents were Turkish-Jewish stallholders selling fabrics. Now it attracts close to 1,000 stallholders. After initial interest, the number of stallholders slowly decreased. Many of these stallholders were from Upper Thomson's Long House and Lavender Food Square. Stallholders and shopkeepers devoted themselves to trading in dairy produce and seeds. There are many stallholders who made their mark such as the Banana Man. The Salamanca Stallholders Association was officially established on 19 February 1987. This resulted in regular stallholders being identified, assigned fixed sites and paying rent in advance. When it opened, there were 12 stallholders, but this soon increased to 30. Stallholders said that the haze had not affected their business. Meanwhile, stallholders set out their fruit and vegetables for the day's market.