Clarification by Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment

The following statements were in the reply given by the Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment (Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan) at the Sitting of 4 April 2022:

The Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment (Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan) The Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment (Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan): With regard to the last question about rental revision, let me share that we had frozen rental revision for a period when we had the dining restrictions. Actually, when the leases come up for review, the majority – in fact, for the upcoming review from April to June – 96% of the hawker stalls that are up for rental review are either going to experience no rental revision or actually a rental reduction. In fact, 58% of those are actually rental reduction and only about 6% or so, or 14 stalls, would have a rental revision upwards, but that is moderated. So, any rental revision upwards is moderated, capped at about $300, whereas a rental reduction is between $20 and $2,400-odd. [Please refer to “Impact of Higher Electricity and Ingredient Prices on Earnings of Hawkers”, Official Report, 4 April 2022, Vol 95, Issue No 60, Oral Answers to Questions section.]

Written statement by Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan circulated with leave of the Speaker in accordance with Standing Order No 29(5):

I wish to make the following factual correction to my reply given at the Sitting of 4 April 2022. My reply should read as follows:

The Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment (Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan) : With regard to the last question about rental revision, let me share that we had frozen rental revision for a period when we had the dining restrictions. Actually, when the leases come up for review, the majority – in fact, for the upcoming review from April to June –

94: % of the hawker stalls that are up for rental review are either going to experience no rental revision or actually a rental reduction. In fact, 58% of those are actually rental reduction and only about 6% or so, or 14 stalls, would have a rental revision upwards, but that is moderated. So, any rental revision upwards is moderated, capped at about $300, whereas a rental reduction is between $20 and $2,400-odd.