{"id":55555,"date":"2026-05-27T01:08:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=55555"},"modified":"2026-05-27T01:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:08:37","slug":"canopy-hawkers-group-to-run-yishun-park-hawker-centre-from-july-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=55555","title":{"rendered":"Canopy Hawkers Group to run Yishun Park Hawker Centre from July 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 <!-- -->A new operator has been appointed to <!-- -->run <!-- -->Yishun Park Hawker Centre, <!-- -->with Canopy Hawkers Group slated to take over from July 20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a<!-- --> Facebook post on May 26<!-- -->, the <!-- -->National Environment Agency (NEA)<!-- --> said: \u201cCanopy will be bringing fresh ideas to drive more footfall and create a more vibrant hawker centre experience for borth patrons and stallholders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The agency added that stallholders who wish to continue at the hawker centre under Canopy\u2019s management may continue to do so. <!-- -->There are 43 stalls in the 800-seater hawker centre, according to its website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">According to public tender documents, <!-- -->Broadway Food Centre, Foodgle Social Enterprise and <!-- -->current operator <!-- -->Timbre + Hawkers<!-- --> <!-- -->had <!-- -->also bid for <!-- -->the <!-- -->hawker centre<!-- -->\u2019s management<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Canopy will run the hawker centre for a <!-- -->base term of up to three years<!-- -->, <!-- -->with <!-- -->option<!-- -->s<!-- --> to <!-- -->extend its management for up to six years, <!-- -->according to the tender documents<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Canopy also manages and operates the <!-- -->Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre. Both Yishun Park and Bukit Canberra are <!-- -->Socially-conscious Enterprise Hawker Centres (SEHCs).<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The concept was introduced when the Government resumed building hawker centres in 2011, to <!-- -->harness the expertise of experienced F&amp;B industry players<!-- --> to bring fresh perspectives and best practices to hawker centre management. These include meeting residents\u2019 needs for accessibility of affordable food options across all three meals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Timbre + Hawkers took flak in August 2025 for management practices at the hawker centre and the rental model it has in place, among other issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">It currently runs One Punggol Hawker Centre, a SEHC, but will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/one-punggol-hawker-centre-to-get-new-operator-open-tender-to-be-called-in-jan-2026?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">end its tenure on Aug 14<\/span><\/a>, a year before its three-year contract is slated to end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A public tender was called in January for a new operator for the hawker centre, and is yet to be awarded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Canopy\u2019s management of Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre also drew public concern in August 2025, over clauses in its tenancy agreements requiring its hawkers to provide free meals. Canopy said in the same month that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/hawkers-at-bukit-canberra-hawker-centre-will-not-need-to-provide-free-meals-under-new-contracts?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">the clauses will be removed<\/span><\/a> when the tenancy agreements are renewed in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a parliamentary reply on the topic of SEHCs in September 2025, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and the Environment Goh Hanyan said Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/politics\/hawkers-not-expected-to-make-loss-from-selling-affordable-meals-goh-hanyan?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">only one with such a charitable meal scheme<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/canopy-hawkers-group-to-run-yishun-park-hawker-centre-from-july-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A new operator has been appointed to run Yishun Park Hawker Centre, with Canopy Hawkers Group slated to take over from July 20&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}