Ong Ye Kung celebrates new hawker centre, says ‘I am really happy that Sembawang is now part of the story’

SINGAPORE — Well being Minister Ong Ye Kung celebrated the brand new hawker centre in Sembawang over the weekend, noting that it was the primary to open in that space in 30 years. The Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre opened on Dec 17 (Saturday) after a prolonged delay of about three years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Hawker centres are an establishment in Singapore. It’s our heritage and likewise a part of our future. I’m actually blissful that Sembawang is now a part of the story,” wrote Mr Ong, who has been representing the Sembawang Central division of Sembawang GRC since 2015, in a Fb publish. 

Vikram Nair, Lim Wee Kiak, Poh Li San, and Mariam Jaafar are the opposite Sembawang MPs, and Mr Ong wrote that to mark the opening of the hawker centre, they “needed to ‘tarik’ a sizzling flask of espresso.”

The Well being Minister mentioned that all kinds of meals is obtainable on the Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre “from conventional hawker fare to extra ‘fashionable’ ones like Korean, Mexican, and Center East cuisines.”

He described the realm as “inexperienced and ethereal, probably the most nice hawker middle environments I’ve skilled.”

Additionally, he wrote in his publish that he met a number of younger hawker entrepreneurs who had been beginning out for the primary time within the trade.

“It additionally has many new options, like calorie depend indications on the menu and an digital system to ‘belanja a meal’ to much less lucky members of the neighborhood,” Mr Ong added.

The brand new hawker centre has made the information already because of the excessive value of the biodegradable takeaway containers, which the hawkers are required to make use of, reported Shin Min Day by day Information.

Some clients have reportedly walked away from shopping for meals from the hawker centre upon discovering out that the extra cost for the takeaway containers might be as excessive as $.80.

Shin Min Day by day Information additionally reported that the distributors had been charging between $.20 to $.80.

However, netizens commenting on Mr Ong’s publish had constructive issues to say in regards to the new hawker centre.

Others, nevertheless, voiced out useful recommendations.

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