AFTER nine months of upgrading work at a cost of $4 million, the stallholders of Block 724 at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 will resume business in the newly refurbished hawker centre on Wednesday.
The refurbished single-storey market and food centre comprises 45 cooked food stalls, 30 lock-up stalls and 48 market stalls. -- PHOTO: NEAThe 28-year-old market and food centre, which was closed for upgrading since Apr 1, has been given a facelift under the National Environment Agency's Hawker Centres Upgrading Programme (HUP).
The HUP was launched in Feb 2001 to give hawker centres a facelift and improved facilities. The NEA says the upgrading programme includes re-tiling, installing new tables and stools, replacing utility services, improving ventilation, bin centres and toilets and providing exhaust systems.
The refurbished single-storey market and food centre comprises 45 cooked food stalls, 30 lock-up stalls and 48 market stalls.
Nestled in the popular Ang Mo Kio Town Centre, it is surrounded by nearby amenities such as low-rise shophouses, polyclinic, mosque and a cinema.
When reopened, the centre will boast a higher seating capacity of 196 tables, compared to the previous 123 tables.
The food centre will also feature multi-colored glass louvres and elderly and handicapped-friendly facilities like ramps and wheelchair-friendly tables.
The NEA now manages 112 markets and food centres. To date, 62 such centres have been upgraded.
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