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Spore s hawker culture on Unesco heritage list: Each of us can be a hawker culture ambassador
Eat at hawker centres often. Don’t gripe when prices go up if you can afford it. Clean your table and return the tray.
Sustaining hawker culture will require efforts from all bodies concerned.PHOTO: ST FILE
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Singapore – After nearly three years since application, Singapore’s hawker culture has officially been added to the Unesco Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
On Wednesday (Dec 16), a virtual conference comprised of a 24-member international panel unanimously accepted Singapore’s application.
According to a
straitstimes.com report, it took about three minutes to approve the three-year application submitted by the National Heritage Board, the National Environment Agency and the Federation of Merchants’ Associations.
The committee deemed it unnecessary to debate the nomination at the 15th session of the intergovernmental board as Singapore’s application had met all the requirements.
GEORGE TOWN: The state government has fought hard for the hawker culture here to be nominated into Unesco s “Intangible Cultural Heritage” list, says the Penang tourism and creative economy committee chairman.
Yeoh Soon Hin, however, said that Penang has a long way to go in getting Unesco to recognise its hawker culture the same way Singapore did earlier this week. Singapore was way ahead in its nomination and Penang could not do so on its own, as the Federal Government has to make the application to Unesco.
“The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry responded to us last year by saying it was ‘too premature’ to nominate Malaysian hawker culture as further in-depth studies were needed.
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Singaporean to the core, conjuring up sights and smells instantly recognisable to locals everywhere, the nation s hawker culture has been officially added to the Unesco Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
In virtual proceedings that took place last night, a 24-member committee unanimously accepted Singapore s application to have this national heritage internationally recognised.