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B.4Year 2 – Three Centres, First Landings

Year Two Ledger

THE TWO LIGHTHOUSES AND TEKKA
A · Operating budget – running the institution
Core team – 8 FTE incl. CPF (adds digital archivist, full-time finance & apprentice roles; keeps the pilot-centre coordinator)610,000
Centre staff – Chinatown Complex, one more for its size; Geylang Serai and Tekka, 1.5 FTE each (liaison, half-time apprentice & corps coordination)312,000
Taste Council & feedback, with tastings at Geylang Serai and Tekka · repository operations120,000
Office & legal · communications & events · evaluator220,000
Hawker Council fees and elections; directors' stall-visit vouchers34,200
Buying Circles (Follow the Plate, D.16) – partnerships role, 0.5 FTE incl. CPF; open price board; honoraria for sixteen circle leads at three centres62,200
Regulars' List (the Plan, §3.6) – coordinator; 300 new listings, with decals, and new decals for 30 stalls moving up a grade; Registry pages, booklets and maps; its listing124,900
Contingency – 10%148,330
A · Operating budget$1,631,630
B.4 Year 2 – Three Centres, First Landings: table 2
B · Programme budget – reaching hawkersChinatown ComplexGeylang SeraiTekkaTotal
Master Fellowships – 16 × $90,750, three years each, CPF included816,750272,250363,0001,452,000
Apprentice wages – 32 apprentices at $52,650 each: the full 18-month cycle at the Progressive Wage for a stall assistant, employer CPF included947,700315,900421,2001,684,800
Graduate Landing Packages – 10 × ≈$20,000160,00040,000–200,000
Documentation programme – 16 dishes × $18,000162,00054,00072,000288,000
Relief-Hawker Corps – 37 members at the PWM cook rate, overtime beyond 8 hours397,397133,234164,312694,943
Second-station grants – $3,000 each to 16 Fellows27,0009,00012,00048,000
Partner-kitchen sessions – 24 a centre × $3007,2007,2007,20021,600
Group critical-illness pool – 238 stallholders, renewed99,00027,75051,750178,500
First-loss reserve and escrow – $15,000 for each of 16 Fellowships135,00045,00060,000240,000
Contingency – 10%275,20590,433115,146480,784
Programme revenue – corps co-pays, masterclasses(130,500)(43,500)(40,000)(214,000)
B · Programme budget2,896,752951,2671,226,608$5,074,627

A · Operating budget1,631,630
B · Programme budget5,074,627
Year 2 net requirement, A + B$6,706,257

Reaching hawkers directly: 75.7% of the net requirement. Operating burn: $136,000 a month.

This is a working paper for public discussion. Every number in it is an invitation to improve it. Corrections and better data are welcome.