NEWTON FOOD CENTRE CLOSING FOR 3 MONTHS, FROM 1 NOVEMBER TO 31 JANUARY

Newton Food Centre will be closed for three months from 1 November onwards, for renovations works, before reopening next year on 31 January.

This effectively means the hawker centre will be closed throughout the holiday period through the end of the year.

The National Environment Agency (NEA) mentioned on their website that the hawker centre will be closed for “repairs and redecoration”, along with a list of other hawker centres that will be closed.

Snippet from NEA’s Hawker Management overview

Managing Hawker Centres and Markets in Singapore

Bringing together well-loved local food under one roof, hawker centres are a unique aspect of Singaporean culture. Located all over the island, these time-tested institutions serve as important places for community bonding.

The Hawker Centres Group (HCG) of NEA plays a lead role in managing and enhancing our hawker centres, so that they continue to be places where people from all walks of life can enjoy affordable food in a clean and hygienic environment. Besides planning and building new hawker centres in Singapore, HCG reviews and implements hawker-related policies that benefit both hawkers and the public.

To help our stallholders tide over challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has provided various forms of support, such as rental waivers and subsidies for table-cleaning and centralised dishwashing services. For more information, click here.

NEA manages the 115 markets and hawker centres and regulates the tenancies, and public health aspects of these markets and hawker centres.