Number of Hawkers Who Have Hired LTVP or LTVP+ Holders to Work as Stall Assistants

33 Mr Victor Lye asked the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) how many hawkers have hired long-term visit pass (LTVP) or LTVP+ holders to work as stall assistants since it was allowed on 1 January 2025; and (b) whether the data indicates (i) a limited supply pool or (ii) limited demand due to the restriction to LTVP or LTVP+ holders.

Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien: Starting 1 January 2025, the policy was relaxed to allow stallholders at hawker centres managed by the National Environment Agency (NEA) or NEA-appointed operators to hire Long Term Visit Pass (LTVP) or Long Term Visit Pass-Plus (LTVP+) holders with Letters of Consent (LOC) or pre-approved LOCs as their stall assistants, even without any familial ties to the hawkers.

In the first six months since the revised policy, about 170 LTVP or LTVP+ holders were hired as stall assistants across over 120 hawker centres. The policy is relatively new, and NEA will continue to monitor the number of LTVP or LTVP+ holders working in our hawker centres.