Will Singapore Hawker Food Culture Be An Endangered Species?
by Carmen Lim
@ 02 May 2014
Local hawkers are a dying breed. The hard work that entails cause most young locals to shun the job, and with the government tightening restrictions on the employment of foreign workers, many hawkers are facing problems finding workers. That coupled with the ever raising rental costs reduces their business viability. When the hawkers of the present hang up their aprons for good, will Singapore’s food culture be headed towards extinction? Read more at
http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/more-asia-stories/story/rising-rent-worker-shortages-threaten-rich-asias-food-culture-2014.
