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Mr Kiang Kaiming (L) showing his mentee Louis Wong how to serve Hokkien prawn noodles. ― Photo by Raj Nadarajan for TODAY
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SINGAPORE, Dec 17 After a journey of more than two years, Singapore’s hawker culture has made it onto a prestigious list of international treasures, alongside Indonesia’s angklung musical tradition and South Korea’s kimjang, the making and sharing of kimchi.
The decision to inscribe hawker culture in Singapore onto the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) was announced by the international body’s intergovernmental committee yesterday.