 RAHS Sep 27, 2016 01:34  | Thank you for submitting your trend! The loss of our hawker heritage and our food culture will definitely be keenly felt, particularly as pioneer hawkers would not be able to participate in this food revolution. Given that so much of our social interactions take place at F&B establishments, it is certainly a possibility that Singaporeans will become more insular, possibly along racial lines. Other challenges include regulating the quality and cleanliness of these home-based F&B establishments. One benefit is that it would help circumvent the manpower and cost issues in running a restaurant or hawker stall, which has been a long-standing issue preventing many from entering the industry. How do you think Singapore can find a balance between the use of technology and maintaining our food heritage? |
luhuipng Oct 10, 2016 12:54  | Trend contributor Greetings and many thanks for your astute comments! Indeed with the advent of various food delivery applications, our food culture and heritage would most certainly be at risk of falling by the wayside. Meals previously associated with the excitement and communion of gathering will inadvertently be converted to the mundane rote of ordering fifty shades of fast food. As previously mentioned, the ultimate consequence would be the insidious fragmentation of our society on a personal, as well as community wide level. However, it may be hasty to assume that our hawker forefathers will be subjected to the fate of relegation. With the recent introduction of the Singapore government's SkillsFuture Credit, an initial sum of $500 to be topped up at regular intervals for the betterment of work skills, motivated hawkers can take advantage of this incentive to learn the fundamentals of of tying up their business with these delivery partners to allow them to compete in this new arena of food provision. Using technology to further educate these entrepreneurs would in part give them an advantage in this foreign climate. |
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