Hawker culture

How effects of Covid-19 have upped the food game

Singapore's hawker culture is now on Unesco's cultural heritage list. The Government has pledged to keep hawker culture vibrant, but the pandemic is also aiding this effort.

A photo taken of Lau Pa Sat hawker centre in the Central Business District last year, before the Covid-19 outbreak. The pandemic has forced hawkers in Singapore to find new ways to do business in order to survive. ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE
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Singapore's hawker culture is both tangible and intangible.

It is about the food but also about much more than the food.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on December 18, 2020, with the headline How effects of Covid-19 have upped the food game. Subscribe