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Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on Long-Term Visit Pass (LTVP) or LTVP+ Holders

22 September 2025

Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on Long-Term Visit Pass (LTVP) or LTVP+ Holders by Ms Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment

Question:

To ask the Minister for Sustainability and the Environment (a) how many hawkers have hired long-term visit pass (LTVP) or LTVP+ holders to work as stall assistants since it was allowed on 1 January 2025; and (b) whether the data indicates (i) a limited supply pool or (ii) limited demand due to the restriction to LTVP or LTVP+ holders.


Answer:

1 Starting 1 January 2025, the policy was relaxed to allow stallholders at hawker centres managed by the National Environment Agency (NEA) or NEA-appointed operators to hire Long Term Visit Pass (LTVP) or Long Term Visit Pass-Plus (LTVP+) holders with Letters of Consent (LOC) or Pre-approved LOCs as their stall assistants, even without any familial ties to the hawkers.

2 In the first 6 months since the revised policy, about 170 LTVP or LTVP+ holders were hired as stall assistants across over 120 hawker centres. The policy is relatively new, and NEA will continue to monitor the number of LTVP or LTVP+ holders working in our hawker centres.

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