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Marine Parade hawker who placed record S$10,000 bid for stall says it is worth it​

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Marine Parade hawker who placed record S$10,000 bid for stall says it is worth it​

Ms Yang Ailan, the hawker who bid a monthly rent of S$10,158 for a stall at Block 84 Marine Parade Central, said it is rare to have a vacant stall at the hawker centre.

Ms Yang Ailan, 51, bid over S$10,000 for a nearby vacant stall at Marine Parade Central Market and Food Centre. (Photos: CNA/Koh Wan Ting)

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Koh Wan Ting
20 Aug 2024 06:00AM (Updated: 20 Aug 2024 09:35AM)
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SINGAPORE: A hawker who submitted a bid of more than S$10,000 (US$7,600) to rent a stall in Marine Parade said the record offer was worth it.
Ms Yang Ailan, who already runs a drink stall in the same food centre, made the second-highest bid of S$10,158 for the vacant unit in Marine Parade Central Market and Food Centre.
News reports said this was the highest bid for a hawker stall in the last six years, although the National Environment Agency (NEA) has not confirmed this.
The NEA manages all 120 hawker centres in Singapore, comprising more than 14,000 stalls.
The stall at Block 84 Marine Parade Central received three other bids ranging from S$8,113 to S$9,500, according to a tender notice in July detailing the five highest bids. The highest bid of S$10,680 for the stall was withdrawn.
Vacant stalls in hawker centres managed by the NEA, like this Marine Parade food centre, are rented out through monthly tenders.
Successful bidders will pay rent at the tendered offer for the first three years of their tenancy period. After that, the rental will be adjusted to the market rate determined by an independent professional valuation that factors in footfall, stall size and market conditions.
Rents higher than the market rate will be adjusted downwards, while those below the market rate will be increased accordingly.

 

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75% Singapore residents want to preserve hawker culture because it's affordable: Survey​

More than half of the respondents also believed that "dining at hawker centres is part of our national identity".​

Timothy Kang
·Finance Producer
Updated Wed, 14 Jun 20232-min read

Affordable prices was the top reason for wanting to preserve hawker culture in Singapore, according to a survey by RySense. (PHOTO: Getty) (Ciara Sherry via Getty Images)
SINGAPORE — When it comes to preserving the hawker culture in Singapore, 75 per cent of Singapore residents said in a survey that enjoying good food at affordable prices was the top reason to do so.
The survey, conducted by Singapore-based research organisation RySense between 17 to 24 April 2023, with 1,048 Singapore residents, found that nine in 10 respondents (93 per cent) feel it is important or very important to preserve the hawker culture.

When asked why they believed it was important to preserve hawker culture, 64 per cent of those surveyed cited the convenience of hawker centres as a meal source. This is followed by "dining at hawker centres is part of our national identity" as the third reason for preserving hawker culture, with 55 per cent of respondents agreeing.

 

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Hawker food prices rose by 6.1% in 2023, but cost pressures easing​

The Singapore Department of Statistics study compared prices of food across hawker centres, coffee shops and foodcourts. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
Shermaine Ang, Jordan Loo and Taryn Ng
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May 26, 2024, 10:17 PM

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SINGAPORE - Hawker food prices rose by 6.1 per cent in 2023, the highest since 2008, a new study by the Singapore Department of Statistics (SingStat) found.
For example, the average cost of a plate of chicken rice in 2023 was $4.15, up from $3.40 in 2019, while that of a bowl of mee rebus went up from $3.26 to $3.79 in the same time period.
While some cost pressures have since eased – with hawker food inflation falling to 4.1 per cent in December 2023 after peaking at 8.3 per cent in February 2023 – this may not translate to cheaper eats.

 

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Price increases were driven partly by factors such as pricier raw food ingredients due to supply chain disruptions triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic and compounded by other events such as the Russia-Ukraine war, the study found.

They have since moderated because global energy and food commodity prices fell significantly between February and December 2023, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry, pointing out that the Singapore dollar nominal effective exchange rate also appreciated.

“This abated cost pressures faced by F&B (food and beverage) service providers, including hawkers, in terms of imported raw ingredients, electricity and gas,” it said

 

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Global prices of most food commodities such as cereals, meat and dairy are likely to continue falling due to favourable global supply conditions, and the Singapore dollar trade-weighted exchange rate is gradually strengthening, it said.

The study, published on May 6, compared the 6.1 per cent jump in overall hawker food prices in 2023 with the average price increase of 2.2 per cent per year observed from 2012 to 2022.

It compared prices of food across hawker centres, coffee shops and foodcourts, using the consumer price index for hawker food, which measures the average price changes across more than 100 hawker food items from 1,700 stalls. A total of 16 commonly sold food items and beverages were analysed.

 

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https://www.nea.gov.sg/our-services/hawker-management/programmes-and-grants/hawker-culture

Programmes and Grants​

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Hawker Culture

Hawker Culture​

Our hawker centres have become ‘community dining rooms’, where Singaporeans from all walks of life bond and interact through shared love for food.
“Hawker Culture in Singapore: Community Dining and Culinary Practices in a Multicultural Urban Context” was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on 16 Dec 2020.
Hawker Culture in Singapore is an integral part of the way of life for Singaporeans, where people from all walks of life gather at hawker centres to dine and bond over their favourite hawker food, which are prepared by hawkers. Over the years, this unique combination of food, space and community has evolved into a microcosm of Singapore’s multicultural society.

Many of our hawker dishes originated from the food cultures of different immigrant groups who settled in Singapore. Over time, they have evolved to become the distinctive local dishes that we love, and form an important part of our food heritage.

Our hawkers and their repertoire of skills are central to our hawker culture. Well regarded for their mastery of the hawker culinary traditions, it is important that our hawkers’ knowledge, culinary skills and values are passed on through the generations.

Today, there are hawker centres across the island serving as “community dining rooms” where friends and families gather, interact and bond over their shared love for food. They also serve as vibrant communal spaces that promote social cohesion, moderate the cost of living and foster a common national identity based on shared experiences, values, and norms.

Hawker Culture is Singapore’s first nomination to the UNESCO’s Representative List after a series of public engagement efforts with Singaporeans. Hawker Culture was consistently highlighted as an intangible cultural heritage that best represents Singapore’s multicultural heritage, with hawker centres viewed as important community spaces.

With the inscription, it is hoped that there will be greater appreciation and recognition for our hawkers. Let us come together to celebrate, appreciate, and safeguard Singapore's Hawker Culture as a nation!​