Singapore closes 28 hawker centers this week for scheduled cleaning - VnExpress International

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.

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:

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