Publication Type
News Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
12-2023
Abstract
In a commentary, SMU President and Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor of Social Sciences Lily Kong discussed how Singapore’s hawker culture – which has been a key part of life in Singapore – has developed over the years. She also noted the anxieties over the long-term sustainability of hawker culture, but cited the 2021 National Environment Agency Hawker Perception Survey which offered cause for optimism as the overall experiences of and attitudes towards hawker centres were positive. Prof Kong noted the efforts made in encouraging young Singaporeans to enter the hawker trade and ensure recipes were inherited, but concluded only time would tell what the future would hold for the hawker culture.
Keywords
Hawker culture, hawker trade, Singapore, food industry
Discipline
Asian Studies | Human Geography | Place and Environment
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Straits Times
First Page
B3
Last Page
B3
ISSN
1692-9344
Publisher
Singapore Press holdings
Citation
KONG, Lily, "Singapore's hawker culture at a crossroads" (2023). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 4267.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4267
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4267
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