PSP: ALLOW STALLS TO HIRE ONE WORK PERMIT HOLDER To address the manpower shortage, Mr Leong proposed that each cooked food hawker stall, including drinks and cut fruit stalls, should be allowed to employ one work permit holder as a stall assistant. “Our policy proposal will not undermine the Singaporean character of our hawker centres … Read more
While Ms Yee has seen some success, she cautioned aspiring hawkers to understand the realities of the job before taking a leap of faith. “The working environment is totally different from what I’ve done in the past, from an air conditioned environment to a very hot environment, and long working and standing hours,” she said. … Read more
ECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS AND AGEING HAWKERS This apparent decline seems to be symptomatic of the complicated issues that plague the hawker trade as a whole. With inflation and rental costs, hawkers are finding it increasingly difficult to operate their businesses at the prices, let alone standards, that Singaporeans expect. One hawker reported a 30 per cent … Read more
Ah Pui’s larger-than-usual Hainanese-style charcoal-grilled satay boasts a good meat-to-fat ratio — apt for a stall named ‘Ah Pui Satay’. It’s also a cheeky nod to the hawker’s ‘pui’ (chubby) build. But compared to when we last saw him almost two years ago, we must say that Ah Pui looks a lot less pui now. His satay comes with … Read more
Sad news for char kway teow fans – the hawker behind popular stall Hock Kee Fried Kway Teow at Berseh Food Centre has died. He was 69 years old. Song Yancheng, whom his regulars affectionately called Uncle Song, was well-known for meticulously frying his char kway teow plate by plate and his customers willingly waited for the … Read more
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