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Coffeeshops and hawker centres in our heartlands provide Singaporeans with affordable and accessible food options. To achieve this, we provide a wide range of options in our HDB estates, to inject competition and choice in the F&B space. Before 1998, HDB sold coffeeshops to private operators. But from 1998 onwards, HDB stopped doing so. Instead, new coffeeshops were rented out to operators to run.
Today, we have about 400 sold coffeeshops and 370 rented coffeeshops in our HDB estates across Singapore. We will add more. 34 coffeeshops were completed in the past four years, and another 30 will be built by 2025. Aside from coffeeshops, there are also over a hundred hawker centres in Singapore, and NEA is building more. Four new hawker centres will start operating this year, with another seven in the works.
In addition, HDB introduced measures to help ensure affordability of food in rented coffeeshops. For instance, in 2018, HDB introduced Price-Quality tenders, which look at whether operators have budget meals, good track record and community initiatives. Operators who successfully tender for HDB coffeeshops typically provide budget food options at every stall, priced at around $3. Coffeeshop rentals under Price-Quality tenders are also lower and more sustainable than under pure price-bidding tenders. HDB also works closely with social enterprises such as NTUC FoodFare and Kopitiam to provide affordable budget meal options at these coffeeshops.
The two coffeeshops at Tampines and Yishun, which were in the news recently because of their multi-million dollar transaction prices, are among the coffeeshops that had been sold prior to 1998. But they are located within neighbourhood centres with competitors within a 400m radius. In the case of Tampines, there are 4 other coffeeshops nearby. For Yishun, there are 6 other coffeeshops nearby. Similarly, residents living near the coffeeshop in Bukit Batok that was sold for $31 million in 2015 now have the choice of 6 other coffeeshops within the vicinity.
Recent media coverage with price comparisons also showed that higher transaction prices for coffeeshops did not translate into price hikes by stallholders, due to healthy competition within the vicinity.
Ultimately, consumers should have the choice to go elsewhere and seek out more affordable options if the prices at any one coffeeshop are too high. The same applies to stallholders as well – if rents set by coffeeshop owners are too high, stallholders have the option of moving to other eating establishments, which could result in vacant stalls and holding costs for the owners.
HDB monitors the HDB coffeeshops resale market, as well as the prices of food sold in both privately-owned and rental coffeeshops. There have been many suggestions from the public such as buying back coffeeshops, imposing tighter controls on the rental or food prices in these privately-owned shops, and so on. We will review our policies to address affordability concerns where necessary.
我们邻里的咖啡店和小贩中心为国人的一日三餐提供经济实惠又便利的食物选择。 为此，政府在我们的组屋区里提供了各种各样的餐饮种类，让社区里的餐饮业更具竞争力，并给居民更多选择。
在1998年之前，建屋局把咖啡店卖给私人业者经营。 但自1998年后，建屋局转而将新的咖啡店出租给业者经营。
如今我们的组屋区里有400间出售咖啡店和370间出租咖啡店散布全岛。我们也打算增添更多咖啡店。过去4年内，我们新建了34间咖啡店，而另外30间也将在2025年完工。除了咖啡店，我国也有超过100个小贩中心，当局也正在建设更多。其中4个新的小贩中心将在今年开始运营，另外7个正在计划或建设中。
除此之外，建屋局也采取新措施确保居民在出租咖啡店里能享有经济实惠的熟食。例如2018年建屋局推出的价格-品质招标，会考虑业者所提供的经济餐，良好记录和有益社区的活动。成功标到邻里咖啡店的业者普遍会在每个摊位提供大约3元的经济餐选项。和纯价格的招标相比，在价格-品质招标下出租的咖啡店租金比较便宜，也更具持续性。建屋局也与社会企业，如职总富食客(NTUC Foodfare)和Kopitiam，密切合作，在这些咖啡店提供价格实惠的经济餐选项。
位于淡滨尼和义顺，以百万天价转手而引起广泛注意的两间咖啡店属于售卖于1998年前的其中两间。但它们所在的邻里中心400米的范围内也有不少的竞争者。在淡滨尼的咖啡店附近有另外5间咖啡店，而义顺那间的附近有另外7间。位于武吉巴督在2015年以3100万元出售的咖啡店附近也有另外6间咖啡店供居民选择。
最近媒体做价格比较的报道时指出，在高价转售的咖啡店营业的摊主，因为营业区内保持健康的竞争，并没有把高昂的交易成本转嫁给消费者。
总而言之，如果一间咖啡店的食品价格太高，消费者可以选择去别处寻找价格更实惠的熟食。同样的，如果租金太高，摊主也可以选择搬去别处营业。这样一来，业主将必须承受空余的摊位和费用。
建屋局时刻关注邻里咖啡店的转售市场，包括在私人和出租咖啡店售卖的熟食价格。公众提出许多建议，如收购咖啡店、严格管制私人咖啡店的租金和食物价格等。我们会继续关注日常生活费的课题，并会在有必要时调整政策。
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