In 1985, the then-15-year-old Tan Kim Siong dropped out of school to work full-time in a hawker stall. Since age 13, he had been helping his grandmother at her Teochew fishball noodles store, while also working as an assistant for other hawker stalls. These stints helped him score a full-time …
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After two years, Singapore’s hawker culture has made it into the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). It joins the ranks of Indonesia’s angklung musical tradition, China’s Shadow Puppetry, and over 460 other items. According to the National Environment Agency (NEA), …
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Even amid the circuit breaker — Singapore’s Covid-19 lockdown equivalent — charities, social enterprises and individuals continued to forge forward in their efforts to help the needy. In fact, during that period, charities saw a spike in people who required help. Nizar Mohamed Shariff of non-profit organisation Free Food For …
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