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Service and conservancy charges for hawker centres, markets to be raised from January

Service and conservancy charges for hawker centres, markets to be raised from January

Photo of a cleaner at a hawker centre. (Photo: Facebook/Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment)

SINGAPORE: The service and conservancy charges (S&CC) for 27 markets and hawker centres (MHCs) owned by the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE) will go up from next year, following a review.

The increases will be implemented in two steps - from January 2024 and from July 2024 - said the National Environment Agency (NEA) in a press release on Saturday (Jun 3).

The revisions apply to four trade types at MSE-owned markets and hawker centres, including cooked food, piece and sundry, market produce I and market produce II.

Cooked food stalls at MHCs currently pay S$140 (US$103) per month in S&CC. From next January, the charges will be increased to S$155 and to S$175 next July.

Piece and sundry stalls at MHCs at the moment pay S$79 per month in S&CC. From next January, the charges will be increased to S$87 and to S$99 next July.

Market produce I stalls at MHCs currently pay S$67 per month in S&CC. From next January, the charges will be increased to S$73 and to S$82 next July.

Market produce II stalls at MHCs at the moment pay S$42 per month in S&CC. From next January, the charges will be increased to S$46 and to S$52 next July.

The revisions apply to four trade types at MSE-owned markets and hawker centres. (Image: National Environment Agency)

The increase in S&CC will "better reflect the increase in costs", according to NEA.

"While the cost of cleaning and maintaining the MHCs have increased significantly over the years, the current S&CC rates have remained unchanged since 2005," it said.

MSE and NEA added they will continue to conduct regular reviews of S&CC for MSE-owned MHCs to "keep pace" with changes in operational costs.

A list of markets and hawker centres. (Image: National Environment Agency)
Source: CNA/sn

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