Twenty eight hawker centers across Singapore will close for one to four days for scheduled cleaning starting from Monday to maintain hygiene and cleanliness at the facilities.
The hawker centers include popular dining destinations such as Alexandra Village Food Centre, Maxwell Food Centre, Anchorvale Village Hawker Centre, Yuhua Market and Hawker Centre and Chong Pang Market and Food Centre, according to a list on Singapore’s National Environment Agency’s website.
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Maxwell Hawker Centre in Singapore. Photo by AFP |
Hawker centers are an integral part of Singaporean culture, offering affordable communal dining and a wide range of cuisines. These large, often open-air complexes house numerous stalls serving local and international dishes.
There are 123 markets and hawker centers in Singapore, ranked the world’s second richest country by GDP per capita in 2025 after Switzerland by the Economist.
Some tourists said eating at Singapore hawker centers is exceptionally safe thanks to strict government regulations, regular inspections, and mandatory hygiene ratings.
Singapore ranked fourth in Asia on TasteAtlas’s list of 100 best food cities in the world in 2025/26.
Here is a list of hawker centers in Singapore that will be closed this week for cleaning:
| Hawker Center | Closure period |
| Alexandra Village Food Centre | Sept. 14 |
| Pek Kio Market and Food Centre | Sept. 14 |
| Empress Road Market and Food Centre | Sept. 14 |
| Kallang Estate Fresh Market and Food Centre | Sept. 14 |
| New Upper Changi Road Blk 58 | Sept. 14 |
| Tanglin Stop Market | Sept. 14 |
| Toa Payoh Lane 5 Blk 75 | Sept. 14 |
| Ayer Rajah Market | Sept. 14 |
| Anchorvale Village Hawker Centre | Sept. 14 to 15 |
| Kebun Baru Market and Food Centre | Sept. 14 to 15 |
| Kebun Baru Food Centre | Sept. 14 to 15 |
| Bedok North Street 1 Blk 216 | Sept. 14 to 15 |
| Ci Yuan Hawker Centre | Sept. 14 to 15 |
| Clementi Ave 2 Market/Cooked Food Centre | Sept. 14 to 15 |
| Eunos Crescent Blk 4A | Sept. 14 to 15 |
| Holland Drive Market and Food Centre | Sept. 14 to 15 |
| Yuhua Market and Hawker Centre | Sept. 14 to 15 |
| Jurong West Street 52 Blk 505 | Sept. 14 to 15 |
| Marsiling Lane Blk 20/21 | Sept. 14 to 15 |
| Ayer Rajah Food Centre | Sept. 14 to 15 |
| Whampoa Drive Makan Place/Whampoa Market | Sept. 14 to 15 |
| The Mo Kio 628 Market | Sept. 14 to 16 |
| Hougang 105 Hainanese Village Centre | Sept. 14 to 16 |
| Maxwell Food Centre (Kim Hua Market) | Sept. 14 to 16 |
| Blk 117 Aljunied Market and Food Centre | Sept. 14 to 17 |
| 84 Marine Parade Central Market and Food Centre | Sept. 14 to 17 |
| Chong Pang Market and Food Centre | Sept. 14 to 17 |
| Amoy Street Food Center (Telok Ayer Food Center) | Sept. 19 |