Telegraph.co.uk, 10 Apr 2009, Ben Bland
If food is the lifeblood of Singapore, then the many hawker centres are its arteries, ensuring that the city-state's residents are served up with a steady stream of staples, 24 hours a day.
But the ubiquitous hawker centres are under fire after two people died and more than 150 fell ill last week in Singapore's worst food poisoning outbreak in recent years.
The victims fell ill after eating a popular local dish called Indian rojak, which comprises of pieces of deep fried sea-food, tofu and vegetables smothered in a spicy sauce, at one of Singapore's busiest hawker centres, Geylang Serai.
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