{"id":63912,"date":"2026-06-26T14:35:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63912"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:35:42","slug":"thanks-to-your-cdc-vouchers-diner-tells-pm-wong-he-only-ordered-fish-at-hawker-centre-because-of-scheme-lifestyle-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=63912","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Thanks to your CDC vouchers&#8217;: Diner tells PM Wong he only ordered fish at hawker centre because of scheme, Lifestyle News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>What have you &#8220;treated&#8221; yourself to using CDC vouchers?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For one Singaporean, it was an extra plate of steamed fish to go with his bak kut teh meal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a TikTok video uploaded on Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong&#8217;s channel on Thursday (June 25), the PM can be seen approaching the diner alongside Jurong Central SMC MP Xie Yao Quan at Yuhua Place Market and Hawker Centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Do a lot of people like to eat this bak kut teh and steamed fish?&#8221; PM Wong asked, to which the diner promptly stood up and responded: &#8220;Thanks to the CDC vouchers,&#8221; as the PM sat down next to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@lawrencewongst\/video\/7655172918984412437\" data-video-id=\"7655172918984412437\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@lawrencewongst\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@lawrencewongst?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@lawrencewongst<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Like this couple, I hope everyone is putting their CDC vouchers to good use!<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Lawrence Wong - Lawrence Wong\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-Lawrence-Wong-7655172984658774792?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Lawrence Wong &#8211; Lawrence Wong<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We only got fish because we used the CDC vouchers. If not, we would have ordered the bak kut teh only,&#8221; the diner continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s great!&#8221; the PM responded, adding that it was a &#8220;win-win situation&#8221; that benefitted both the diner and the business of the stall he patronised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Said PM Wong: &#8220;Now not only do you have fish to eat, they also have business.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The stall that they ordered the meal from was Hua Xing Bak Kut Teh \u2014 a popular Michelin Guide-featured spot in the area known for its peppery bak kut teh, or pork rib soup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A netizen pointed out in the comments section that the stall had always seen good business, and that the fish was &#8220;always sold out by 12pm&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As their conversation went on, the diner told PM Wong that they had travelled from Punggol just for the bak kut teh, to which he replied with surprise: &#8220;Wow, so far from here?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know how good this bak kut teh is all the way from Punggol?&#8221; he asked, adding that the diner really &#8220;knew how to enjoy&#8221; things.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The interaction ended with the diner thanking the PM for the CDC vouchers again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CDC vouchers, or Community Development Council vouchers, are government-issued digital credits introduced to help Singapore households manage cost of living and to support local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The vouchers are usually dispersed in periodic tranches to every household with at least one Singapore citizen and split into two categories: half for supermarkets and half for hawker centres and local merchants.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/cdc-voucher-june-2026-redeem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest distribution started earlier this month on June 11<\/a>, where eligible households could claim $500 worth of CDC vouchers.<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:734683]]<\/p>\n<p>carol.ong@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/lifestyle\/lawrence-wong-cdc-voucher-yuhua-hawker-centre-fish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What have you &#8220;treated&#8221; yourself to using CDC vouchers?\u00a0 For one Singaporean, it was an extra plate of steamed fish to go with his bak&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63914,"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-63912","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\/63912","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=63912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}