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Hawker culture need not be exclusive

No country can call hawker culture exclusively its own but each can confidently claim its own version, tested and tasted over time

Lai Ah Eng For The Straits Times

Singapore's hawker culture has seen its own historical evolution and development, from street food by peddlers and stalls in the 18th and 19th centuries (probably earlier) to today's hawker centres and foodcourts. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

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Aug 28, 2018, 05:00 AM

So what I thought might happen has happened. This was my reaction after reading The Straits Times article, "Hawker culture move starts food fight" (Aug 23).

There are some objections from some of our neighbours to Singapore nominating hawker culture for Unesco's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

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