SINGAPORE-It is impractical to increase dine-in caps for hawker centres and coffee shops to five vaccinated customers, said the Ministry of Health( MOH) and the National Environment Agency( NEA) on Thursday( Aug 26). Currently, up to two people are allowed to dine together at these places, regardless of whether they are vaccinated. Such premises are open and porous, with a mixture of dine-in and takeaway customers, the authorities notedin their response to a Facebook post earlier on Thursday by

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Very low rents that may occasionally emerge from tendering also subject the hawker to a shock when the rents get raised," he said.Mr Perera called for rents to be set at lower levels for NEA and social enterprise hawker centres, with" reasonable variations based on location, footfall and food type". Responding, Senior Minister of State for Sustainability and the Environment Amy Khor said rentals are more affordable at NEA centres, with the median monthly rental of non-subsidised stalls about$ 1,