KF Seetoh slams NEA for its 'horrible timing' to increase hawker rent by 40%

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Singapore – Makansutra founder KF Seetoh took to social media to criticise the National Environment Agency (NEA) for allegedly raising hawkers rent by almost 40 per cent amid trying times. 'Here we all are doing our best to 'supportourhawkers

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NEA clarified that the typical tenancy of hawker stalls is for three years and that the rental “is kept unchanged” throughout that period.

The agency added that rentals upon renewal could be higher or lower; however, they have not exceeded S$300 in recent years. In light of the Covid-19 period, NEA noted that rental increases were suspended from Apr 1, 2020, until Mar 31, 2021. The median monthly stall rental of non-subsidised cooked food stalls across all hawker centres is S$1,250, NEA noted.

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