SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency (NEA) will seek a new operator for One Punggol Hawker Centre in January 2026 after the current operator, Timbre+ Hawkers, announced on Monday (Dec 29) that it will cut short its tenancy by a year.
Timbre will continue to operate the hawker centre until Aug 14, 2026, when its tenancy will end, NEA said in a media release. By then, Timbre would have fulfilled its initial two-year tenancy and completed two of the three years of its second term.
In a separate media release, Timbre Group said that the early conclusion was a mutual agreement between the company and NEA, adding that it took into account “overall operational considerations and prevailing market conditions”.
NEA said that Timbre indicated that the tenancy posed challenges for its ongoing operations at the hawker centre.
Timbre’s second tenancy at One Punggol Hawker Centre began in 2024, with its original tenancy end date on Aug 14, 2027. It has operated the socially conscious enterprise hawker centre since the venue opened in 2022 with 34 stalls.
