Number of Subsidised and Non-subsidised Food and Beverage Stalls in Hawker Centres and Average Rent Paid in Past 12 Months

27 Mr Sitoh Yih Pin asked the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources (a) what is the current number of subsidised and non-subsidised food and beverage stalls in hawker centres; and (b) what is the average rent paid by these subsidised and non-subsidised food and beverage stalls in the past 12 months.

Mr Masagos Zulkifli B M M: There are over 6,000 cooked food stalls in the 114 hawker centres owned by the Government. Of these, about 40% (2,294) of stallholders pay subsidised rent.

The rent for subsidised cooked food stalls is either $192 or $320 per month, depending on the scope of upgrading works carried out during the Hawker Centres Upgrading Programme (HUP). Rents for non-subsidised cooked food stalls are on average about $1,300 per month as of November 2018.