History of the Singapore Hawker Centers – Part III

by | Oct 27, 2020 | Part III | 4 comments

Singapore today has 114 Hawker Centers, all of which are regulated by NEA’s Hawker Division Group.

Only 26 are directly managed by NEA.
Majority of the remaining 88 Hawker Centers are managed by the Town Councils since 1989 after Parliament passed the Town Councils Act to empower Town Councils to takeover management and maintenance of common property at public housing estates from the HDB.
No hawker centers were built between 1985 and 2015.
In 2011, the Government made the decision to restart the Hawker Center Rebuilding Program to cater for new housing estates that were not served by hawker centers. This accounted for the startup of the Social Enterprise Hawker Centers (SEHC) which are run by privately run businesses. 
As at Oct 2020, 7 new SEHC have commenced operations which are run by 5 operators, ie. Fei Siong Food Management (Ci Yuan Hawker Center), Timbre Group (Yishun Park Hawker Center), Koufu Hawker Management (Jurong West Hawker Center), Kopitiam (Our Tampines Hub Hawker Center) & NTUC FoodFare (Pasir Ris Hawker Center, Kampung Admiralty Hawker Center & Bukit Panjang Hawker Center).
The Jurong West Hawker Center, which was run by Koufu, has been closed since Aug 2020 despite opening in Oct 2017, as Koufu found it unfeasible to renew the lease, resulting in all hawkers having to cease operations. NEA is currently looking for a new operator to run this Hawker Center.

NTUC FoodFare is clearly the biggest Operator (it acquired Kopitiam in Dec 2018) and some of the Town Councils/NEA have also delegated the running of their Hawker Centers to them (Bedok Interchange Hawker Center, Chong Pang Hawker Center, Old Airport Road Hawker Center, Toa Payoh Hawker Center & Whampoa Drive Hawker Center). 

Another 13 new Hawker Centers are to be build by 2027.

1.  Ci Yuan Hawker Center

This SEHC commenced operations in Aug-2015 and is run by Fei Siong Management.

It is part of the Ang Mo Kio GRC & along Hougang Ave 9 & is sited in the Ci Yuan Community Club.

2.  Bukit Panjang Hawker Center

This SEHC commenced operations in Aug-2016 and is run by NTUC FoodFare.

It is part of the Bukit Panjang SMC, co-located with a Market and at the junction of Bukit Panjang Road & Bukit Panjang Ring Road.

3.  Our Tampines Hub Hawker Center

This SEHC commenced operations in Nov-2016 and is run by NTUC FoodFare.

It is part of the Tampines GRC and located within the very happening Tampines Hub (houses a mall, swimming pool and a library) which is between the Tampines Central Park & Tampines MRT Station.

4.  Jurong West Hawker Center

This SEHC commenced operations in Oct-2017 and was run by Koufu Hawker Management who decided not to renew the lease and cease operations in Aug-2020.

It is part of the West Coast GRC, co-located with a Market and at the junction of Jurong West Ave 4 & Jurong West Street 61.

5.  Kampung Admiralty Hawker Center

This SEHC commenced operations in Sep-2017 and is run by NTUC FoodFare.

It is part of the Sembawang GRC at the junction of Woodlands Ave 7 & Woodlands Drive 71, and just next to the Admiralty MRT Station.

6.  Yishun Park Hawker Center

This SEHC commenced operations in Sep-2017 and is run by Timbre Group.

It is part of the Nee Soon GRC, at the junction of Yishun Ave 11 & Yishun Ring Road & just across the picturistic Yishun Park.

7.  Pasir Ris Central Hawker Center

This SEHC commenced operations in Jan-2018 and is run by NTUC FoodFare.

It is part of the Pasir Ris – Punggol GRC, along Pasir Ris Central & in the heart of breezy Pasir Ris Town Park.

History of Singapore Hawker Centers - Part II
History of Singapore Hawker Centers - Part I

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