How this volume relates to the Plan
The Plan is about the craft: how knowledge moves from a retiring master to a successor, and how the trade becomes worth entering. This volume is about the person at the wok. It asks what protection a hawker has against old age, illness, injury and a bad month – and how that compares with the employee, the low-wage worker, the platform rider and the freelancer working beside them in the same economy. It takes the plan's rules as given, carries them to stalls under private landlords (C.7), and adds one mechanism and three asks to it (C.9.2).
Where it plugs in
| Section | Extends the Plan |
|---|---|
| C.2, C.5 | the Plan, §2.1 Who actually owns a stall |
| C.4, C.9.1 | the Plan, §2.7 Relief-Hawker Corps · C.10 Security Package |
| C.6 | Succession Economics, E.4 Succession Mortgage – retirement income beyond the hand-over |
| C.7 | the Plan, §2.1 tenures · C.12 Heritage Anchor coffeeshops |
| C.9.2 | New the Plan, §2.11 Hawker Protection Floor (proposed) · three rows for the Budget Book, B.7, all carried there, the retirement match as an optional row |
The tags
As in the Plan: ASK OF GOVERNMENT SELF-FINANCING PHILANTHROPY-FUNDED BUILDS ON. Celadon At Your Table boxes translate each finding for the makan-goer.
Reading map
C.1 gives the bottom line. C.2 tests the gig-worker premise against the tenancy terms. C.3 places every worker group on one page. C.4 is the protection matrix, group by group. C.5 compares work dynamics. C.6 follows a MediSave-only hawker to retirement. C.9.1 sets out six proportionate proposals. C.7 tests them against stalls under private landlords. C.9.2 shows how they enter the plan. Follow the Plate puts numbers on C.7: it follows the money from diner to supplier and landlord and tests each proposal in an open model.
All figures SGD, 2026 rules unless stated. Every figure is from an official or published source opened on 25–27 October 2026 and checked again on 28 October 2026, listed at the end; "our arithmetic" marks derived figures. Where no data exists, this volume says so – that absence is one of its findings.