DBS Bank adds 7 beneficiaries of ‘Adopt-A-Hawker Centre’ programme

Currently, the bank supports three hawker centres under its group-buy scheme.

DBS Bank will fund group-buys for seven more hawker centres and coffee shops next year with the expansion of its “Adopt-a-Hawker Centre” programme.

Currently, the programme supports three hawker centres namely Tanjong Pagar Plaza Market and Food Centre, Chinatown Complex, and The Marketplace@58 along New Upper Changi Road.

Based on the bank’s reports, stallholders in the three centres have seen their monthly earnings improve by 15-30% since the program was launched in September 2021.

In a span of three months, the bank said its employees collectively raised more than SGD 115,000 to purchase 15,000 hawker meals.

“They also packed and hand-delivered these meals to various beneficiaries who include front liners in hospitals, polyclinics and vaccination centres, families-in-need and migrant workers,” DBS added.