Amoy Street Food Centre

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Amoy Street Food Centre
厦门街熟食中心 (Chinese)
Pusat Makanan Jalan Amoy (Malay)
அமோய் ஸ்திரீட் உணவு மையம் (Tamil)
Amoy Street Food Centre
General information
Location Downtown Core, Singapore
Address7 Maxwell Road
069111
Coordinates 1°16′46″N103°50′46″E / 1.2793539°N 103.846196°E / 1.2793539; 103.846196
Opened11 April 1983 (1983-04-11)
Inaugurated19 July 1983 (1983-07-19)
RenovatedMarch 2003 (2003-03)
Cost S$5.83 million
Renovation cost S$2.8 million
Landlord National Environment Agency
Technical details
Floor area3,539 m2 (38,090 sq ft)
Renovating team
Architect(s)Liu & Wo Architects
Other information
Number of stores134
Public transit access EW15  Tanjong Pagar
 TE18  Maxwell
 DT18  Telok Ayer

Amoy Street Food Centre is a two-storey hawker centre located in Downtown Core, Singapore, at the junction of Telok Ayer Street and Amoy Street. The hawker centre occupies the 1st and 2nd storey of the Ministry of National Development Building Annexe B. [1]

Contents

The hawker centre is houses numerous restaurants featured in the Michelin Guide, with some being awarded the Bib Gourmand. [2]

History

Amoy Street Food Centre was announced together with four other hawker centres to be constructed in the Central Business District, aimed at serving office workers and relocating street hawkers. On behalf of the Ministry of Environment, construction of 144 stalls by the Housing and Development Board began in 1982 at a cost of S$ 5.83 million. [3]

On 11 April 1983, the hawker centre was opened to the public, and office workers formed huge crowds. The hawkers were relocated from Stanley Street, Boon Tat Street, Cecil Street, Amoy Street and Telok Ayer Street. [4] [5] On 19 July 1983, the hawker centre was officially opened by Minister for the Environment Ong Pang Boon. [6]

In 1987, Amoy Street was one of the first hawker centres to have signs stating "No Pets". Hawkers shared that patrons sporadically brought pets with them, and allowed the pets to sit next to them. As such, the ministry erected the signs to remind patrons that it is unhygenic and illegal to bring their pets into the hawker centres. [7]

In 1988, the hawker centre was also one of the first three hawker centres to be part of a pilot scheme to allow the disabled to carry out business legally. Previously, some hawkers with disabilities carried out hawking illegally to provide a source of income for themselves. [8] [9]

In February 2002, as part of the hawker centre upgrading programme by the Ministry of Environment, Amoy Street was upgraded, with its tiles, tables and stools being replaced. The toilets, electrical and plumbing systems were also upgraded. [10] With renovation costing S$ 2.8 million, the hawker centre was closed in September 2002, and reopened in March 2003. [11] [12] [13] On 8 May 2003, the hawker centre was officially reopened by Member of Parliament for Kreta Ayer–Kim Seng Lily Neo. The total number of stalls was reduced to 134. [11]

Present day

Amoy Street in 2005 MND Building, Annexe B, Amoy Street Food Centre, Dec 05.JPG
Amoy Street in 2005

Amoy Street remains as a popular hawker centre among officer workers in the vicinity. In 2017, A Noodle Story was awarded the Michelin Bib Gourmand. [2] [14] [15] Other popular stalls include Quan Ji, a tze char stall featured in the Michelin Guide in 2018, [16] [17] [18] and Han Kee, a fish soup bee hoon awarded the Bib Gourmand in 2024. [19] [20]

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  2. 1 2 Tan, Alethea; Tan, Rachel; Tan, Alvin; Wee, Mikka (28 August 2024). "Hawker Guides: Amoy Street Food Centre, Singapore". Michelin Guide . Retrieved 1 January 2025.
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  8. ↑ Chia, Maylee (29 March 1988). "Disabled to get hawker booths in pilot scheme". The Straits Times . p. 15. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
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  10. ↑ "4 more hawker centres to get facelift". The Straits Times . 23 February 2002. p. 8. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  11. 1 2 Soriano, Enrique (9 May 2003). "Tasty lor mee, nasi lemak make a return". The Straits Times . p. 10. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
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