PM Lee calls for more Singaporeans to become hawkers

Comment: Heng Swee Keat warns that good education doesn't guarantee Singaporeans a good job. Therefore as Khaw Boon Wans is calling for more Singaporean crane operators, PM Lee wants more Singaporeans to become hawkers.  Foreigners help create good job for Singaporeans?


Omy.sg, 18 May 2013
中峇鲁的豆花和锡安路(Zion Road)的炒粿条,是李总理和家人最爱的小贩中心美食。
李显龙总理昨晚在面簿上,分享英国广播公司(BBC)的一则报道《新加坡的小贩美食能否保存?》,文中说新加坡的熟食小贩行业,面对后继无人而逐渐消逝处境。
总理留言说:“BBC的报道谈到一个跟我们倍感亲切的课题——小贩中心食物!”
他说:“接下来几年,政府将建造多个新的小贩中心,我希望新加坡人能尝试从事熟食小贩生意,让这个专属我国独特生活风貌的本土美食文化得以传承。” Full story

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