Calling all heartland merchants and hawkers: Join the year-end nation-wide CDC vouchers scheme!

October 24, 2021 Denise Phua

CALLING ALL HEARTLAND MERCHANTS AND HAWKERS: SIGN UP TO JOIN THE YEAR-END NATION-WIDE CDC VOUCHERS SCHEME

Budget 2021 announced a $100/- voucher for every SG HOUSEHOLD- that’s a whopping 1.3 million families.

Two goals as announced by DPM -

To thank every SG household during this period of unity
To generate business for the heartland merchants and hawkers, and channel business to them

This round of CDC vouchers is different from the earlier lower-profile rounds which were targeted at lower-income families only. More than 3 times the scale now.

It will be hard to give out stacks of hardcopy “fun fair coupon” type vouchers like earlier rounds.

GovTech has worked hard to develop a simple digital coupon scheme for both merchant and resident users.

But we WILL take good care of especially our elderly residents who still find it hard to use anything digital. More news on this when the scheme is ready for launch end of 2021 or early 2022 (exact date to be confirmed).

Last week, my Central CDC team and I invited our local business owners to explain and start registering so they can benefit from the scheme.

Very happy to have the strong support of partners - Mr Yeo Hiang Meng, chair of Singapore Federation of Merchants Associations, and Mr Kwek Theng Swee from the Heartland Enterprises Centre. Many of their members took time out of their business to join us.

Participating heartland businesses can enjoy a few benefits:

Next Day Payout (unlike the 7 days needed when printed physical vouchers were used);
No Commissions or fees;
No need to physically collect, count, store and submit vouchers anymore.

If you are a local heartland merchant/hawker, just register now - https://www.cdc.gov.sg/cdcvouchers/merchants

There will be CDC Voucher Ambassadors to help you through the steps.

Merchants check out these videos in English or Chinese. Malay and Tamil videos are coming up!

Residents, more information will be shared with you end of the year! Let our local heartland merchants register first so you can later have a wider choice!