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Progress is good, but make room in your belly for tradition
This is the 11th of 12 primers on current affairs issues under the news outreach programme by The Straits Times on issues of interest to younger audiences.
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Food businesses are putting flavours traditional to Singapore in their food to boost sales.
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Imagine a Singapore where people celebrate Chinese New Year with chocolate chip cookies instead of pineapple tarts. Where the first thing you tuck into after returning from a trip abroad is a fast-food chain meal, not bak chor mee or prata. Where there is no kopi or teh, no -c or siew dai. Only espressos and lattes.
Imagine a Singapore devoid of hawker centres.
