Jurong West Hawker Centre to reopen in Q3 2023 after two-year closure

It additionally proposed one other programme for aspiring hawkers to run their companies at pre-fitted stalls with diminished lease for 12 months.

Three different operators – Cover Hawkers Group, Fei Siong Meals Administration and Hawker Enterprise – had positioned bids between $3.9 million and $5.18 million for the contract.

NEA may also ask former cooked meals stallholders on the outdated centre to return. Earlier than its closure, the company had reached out to 18 stallholders to help them to take up vacant stalls at different NEA-managed hawker centres and markets.

Madam Liza Ng, 66, mentioned she hopes there can be all kinds of cooked meals choices on the new hawker centre.

“All my grandchildren now wish to eat at McDonald’s and PastaMania at Pioneer Mall. When the hawker centre reopens, I’ll positively take them there,” mentioned the retired accounts govt who usually walks previous the centre when she picks up her grandchildren from faculty.

Jurong West resident Lilian Lok, 68, mentioned the earlier market stalls have been open for less than half a day, so it was extra handy for her to buy groceries in Big at close by Pioneer Mall.

When instructed concerning the hawker centre’s reopening, she mentioned the choice to have the native meals choices on the primary storey makes it extra handy for patrons, because it was a little bit of a problem when it was on the second storey beforehand.

The prepare dinner added: “However separating the cuisines over two storeys may additionally be troublesome. My grandchildren could wish to eat Western, however I’d wish to eat native meals.”