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Let’s Support Hawker Culture in Singapore

Our hawker centres, hawkers, and the wide array of affordable, well-loved dishes they churn out, are an integral part of our daily lives, as well as a distinctive feature of our nation’s food heritage. So, pledge your support for the nomination of Hawker Culture in Singapore for UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage today!

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Hawker Culture is quintessential to our Singaporean way of life. More than just a congregation of affordable local food, it’s the center of our local communities and our identity as Singaporeans.

Our hawker centre is a very unique place where people from all walks of life come together to have a meal. There are a lot of food varieties from Malay cuisine to Chinese, Indian, Western and vegetarian cuisine. It’s a place where friends from different races can gather in 1 table, have a good meal and catch up with one another. Nowhere else in the world can we see such a unique scene.

Hawker culture is part of our Singaporean identity and it has definitely brought many good memories to the citizens. From buying our favourite local food, to interacting with the stall vendors and having family meals at hawker centres, it has enriched our lives and served not only as an eating location but a community hub where social cohesion is fostered.

Uniquely Singapore, this communal dining phenomenon was first perpetuated by Singapore moving their street vendors into hawker centres. With our myriad of races, cultures hence cuisines, many globally recognised and award winning dishes were born from such initiatives. This is the only place where race, culture and politics do not divide. Rich or poor, educated or not so, these centres are where every Singaporean and tourist would want to come and experience the food that is unique to Singapore.

It’s something that I look forward to whenever I return home from a working trip. It’s the familiar feeling of home, the noise, smell, tastes, can never be replicated elsewhere.

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