Singapore's hawker culture will be nominated for inscription into Unesco's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday (Aug 19). In his Mandarin speech at the National Day Rally, PM Lee described hawker centres as the nation's community dining rooms & a unique part of Singapore that "reflects our daily lives".
If successful, he said the Unesco inscription - which will be Singapore's 2nd after the Singapore Botanic Gardens was declared a Unesco World Heritage site in 2015 - will help to safeguard and promote hawker culture for future generations.
The Straits Times highlights 8 hawker stalls across Singapore that have been heralded as masters of the trade.
PIAO JI FISH PORRIDGE
YUAN CHUN FAMOUS LOR MEE
YE LAI XIANG HOT AND COLD CHENG TNG
RIYAN HIDAYAT SATAY SOLO NO. 31
ZHENG YI HAINANESE BEEF NOODLE
KOOTHURAR NASI BRIYANI
HARON SATAY
HASS BAWA MEE STALL
