A sudden announcement was made by the National Environmental Agency (NEA) on the closure of Jurong West Hawker Centre (JWHC) on the 05 May 2020. The hawker will be at least close for a period of 10 months.
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The hawker centre will only be re-open around mid of 2021. The appointed operator is the Hawker Management and they will not be renewing their current contract which is set to expire on the 06 Aug 2020.
Support will also be provided to the stallholders on top of the government 3 months rental wavier mentioned in Resilience Budget.
- Rental Wavier (June – 06 Aug 2020).
- $1000 relocation fees to eligible stallholders.
- NEA and Hawker Management will assist stallholders to relocated them to an available stall within their management.
NEA is now gathering ideas and suggestion on how can the hawker centre be improved. Stallholders are offered the options to move back to JWHC once it re-open in 2021.