#716 ft. Goh Hanyan - Unpacking Recent Hawker Controversies & How We Can Save the Culture

Goh Hanyan answers questions relating to Socially-Conscious Enterprise Hawker Centres (SEHCs), which have been in the news lately. She draws from her role as Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment, and gives us a peek into what has been done, and the plans going forward. 

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙀𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 (𝙉𝙀𝘼)

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𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘌𝘏𝘊𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 www.nea.gov.sg/feedback

𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴

• Haresh: Stranded 100 Hours on a Homemade Raft
• Terence: Chinatown Heritage Centre
• Hanyan: Nadi Singapura

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(00:00) Intro & why hawker controversies matter
(02:16) Being sworn into Parliament – first impressions
(08:10) Why hawker culture is so complex in Singapore
(12:37) Why new hawker centres were built in 2011
(15:12) Why choose the Socially Conscious Enterprise model?
(34:35) Do SEHCs over-regulate hawkers?
(36:20) Will hawker culture die out one day?
(38:54) Should NEA run all hawker centres directly?
(53:59) Can hawker centres experiment with different models?
(57:05) Should hawkers be allowed to hire foreign workers?
(1:12:36) What younger Singaporeans want from hawker culture
(1:13:15) The “First Date at Lau Pa Sat” debate
(1:14:58) One Shiok Thing

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