The Jurong West Hawker Centre is set to reopen later this year in the 3rd quarter of the year, and it will have more cooked food stalls than ever.
The operator of the hawker centre, JW 50 Hawker Heritage, said that they will be keeping their economic rice (cai png) prices affordable for the public.
The prices for one meat and two vegetables will not be priced higher than $4.20.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) said in an announcement on 26 January that the Jurong West Hawker Centre is slated for reopening in the 3rd quarter of the year.
The new operator of the hawker centre, JW 50 Hawker Heritage, is managed under their parent company Chang Cheng Mee Wah, which boasts of years of experience in food establishment management.
Speaking to Shin Min Daily News, the chairman of Chang Cheng Mee Wah, Kok Kuan Hwa, said that they have already set up a team to manage the operations at the reopening hawker centre.
They have also been performing checks on the prices of food at eateries and F&B outlets nearby in an effort to make sure their prices aren’t higher than their competition.
SMDN did some checks on the prices in the area and the cheapest cai png is located at a food court at Pioneer Mall, which is also being run by Chang Cheng Mee Wah – it is also priced at $4.20 for one meat and two vegetables.
Kok said that the cai png at the hawker centre will be priced cheaper than the one sold at their food court at Pioneer Mall, and they hope to offer the option of variety and choices to residents and customers.