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Hawkers

Singapore

New workshops help aspiring hawkers find winning business recipes

A chef fries pigeons in hot oil near Beiyuan Grand Hotel in Beijing, China, Aug 11, 2025. Beiyuan is among at least 15 high-end hotels nationwide hawking food outside in recent weeks, according to their social media and Chinese news sites.
Global Enterprise

Chinese hotels turn to hawking food as guests tighten belts

Tan Kim Siong, founder and chairman of Fei Siong Group (left), with Jedrick Tan, chief strategy officer of Fei Siong, at a Popeyes Singapore outlet in Somerset.
ASEAN Business

With franchising experience from Popeyes, Fei Siong Group takes Encik Tan to Indonesia

Participating merchants will display the PayLah! Scan to Pay sticker and have to be SGQR code-enabled.
Lifestyle

DBS returns with weekly S$3 cashback at hawker stalls, heartland shops

Hawkers and market stallholders will each receive a one-time rental support of S$600 this year.
Singapore
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2025

Budget 2025: Hawkers, arts to get more support in 2025; S$100 credits for ActiveSG members

Unlike larger business groups or private equity, which often prioritise integration and profit, ETA acquirers are vested in the cultural fit and strategic vision of the business.
Opinion & Features
PERSPECTIVE

Transforming opportunities: Why ETA is key for Singapore’s next-gen enterpreneurs

For decades, street stalls and hawkers have been banned or tightly regulated in many Chinese cities, with authorities seeing them as unsightly.
Global Enterprise

Hawkers back on China’s streets as economic recovery teeters

Brothers Ang Eng Guan (left) and Ang Eng Hwa set up Soon Lee Heng (SLH) Fresh Fruits Trading in 2014.
SGSME

Heartland shops get a visual makeover 

Shoppers participating in a hawker-themed gameshow organised as part of this year's Heartlands Festival.
SGSME

Helping HDB businesses get crowds and go digital

Soon Li Coffee Stall in Tiong Bahru market displaying the SGQR code for quick, cashless payments. Stalls like this are on board the subsidised meals programme by DBS/POSB.
Lifestyle
TAKING HEART

DBS to subsidise 5 million hawker meals amid rising food prices

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