Rental support a boost for hawkers and market stallholders feeling the pinch from the Middle East crisis
The Singaporean government has introduced a rental support scheme providing S$1,200 to cooked food hawkers and S$600 to market stallholders. This measure aims to help vendors cope with rising operational costs driven by the ongoing Middle East crisis.
Why it matters
It highlights the tangible economic impact of geopolitical instability on local food security and small business sustainability in urban centers.
The government announced that hawkers running cooked food stalls will receive S$1,200 in rental support while market stallholders will get S$600, disbursed over six months.
Maxwell Food Centre on Jul 29, 2026. (Photo: CNA/Lim Li Ting)
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