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Hawker stalls recognised for serving up heritage meals
Minister for Communications and Information and MP for West Coast GRC, Mr S. Iswaran, greeting a hawker at Ayer Rajah Food Centre.ST PHOTO: TIMOTHY DAVID
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SINGAPORE: Neighbourhood merchants are expecting better business after it was announced on Tuesday (Feb 16) that all Singaporean households will receive Community Development Council (CDC) vouchers for use at participating heartland shops and hawker centres.
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said in his Budget speech on Tuesday that each Singaporean household would receive S$100 in CDC vouchers, in a bid to boost business for hawkers and heartland shops.
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God of Fortune put up in Redhill Market on Feb 4, 2021.ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
People walking near a God of Fortune display at Toa Payoh Mall on Feb 3, 2021.ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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400,000 needy families to get vouchers worth $50
They can be used for food or essential goods and services at 8,100 shops and hawker stalls
Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat and South West District Mayor Low Yen Ling holding a placard at the launch of the second tranche of vouchers under the Community Development Council Vouchers Scheme at Bedok Community Centre yesterday. With them are (from left) North West District Mayor Alex Yam, People s Association chief executive director Lim Hock Yu, Central Singapore District Mayor Denise Phua, North East District Mayor Desmond Choo, South East District Mayor Fahmi Aliman and Federation of Merchants Associations, Singapore president Yeo Hiang Meng.PHOTO: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL