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Street food hawkers, the world’s best Thai stalls, how Singapore embraces its cultural heritage

Unfortunately for Thai people when “UNESCO” listed “Hawker Culture” by Singapore’s filing. It is an intangible cultural heritage on December 16, 2020, which will be another hope to attract tourists in the future. After the Singapore government There have been more than 2 years of efforts in this regard as a legacy and national identity. Among the criticisms that it is absurd

  • The hawker stalls in Singapore are hawker stalls, located in the communal public area, known as the “Hawker Center”, is Singapore’s national heritage and identity. It is open to people of all races, religions and classes to dine in the food courts of the Singapore government. It has been built since 1970, starting with the introduction of the immigrants’ street vendors, street vendors, patios.
  • Along with water supply, electricity, toilets and a systematic waste storage area. To hawker stalls that rent food courts directly to the state Estimated that the entire island of Singapore There are about 100 hawker stalls like this, with a variety of shops. More than 5,000 shops in total
  • In Thailand, before the COVID outbreak all over the world, street food or hawker stalls Is another charming city Attracting foreign tourists wanting to come and experience a wide variety of street food at affordable prices until the world-class travel website CNN Travel chose Bangkok. It is the number one city for street food in 2018.
  • Prior to that, on July 25, 2019, Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha had announced the policy to Parliament that The government will review the formats and standards for hawker stalls. In Bangkok and suburbs to maintain the identity of the capital city of street food Or street food Coupled with a neat and beautiful city To reduce the occupational limitations of Thai people and solve problems with stomach.
  • Lead to a waiver To promote tourism and stimulate the economy by closing 3 roads in the heart of Bangkok, namely Silom Road, Yaowarat Road and Khao San Road. Renovated to “Walking Street” to allow hawker stalls to be available on weekends. From 13 Dec 2019

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“Rewat Thawon”, chairman of the Thai Stall Network for Sustainable Development, told “Thairath Online News Team” that he felt regretful that today. “Hawker Stall” has become a historic Singapore heritage. About hawker stalls like Thai Which has existed for a long time since the Sukhothai era King Ramkhamhaeng period That anyone who wants to trade, can trade Until the present time, the people involved have never looked black, look good, but drive people not to earn income. Causing the head of the family to have no money to send their children to study From neglecting to use the discourse that hawker stalls are bad people Is a thief of the city people despite being a basic economic group Help to stimulate the economy of the country But instead there are many convenience stores to replace

“Contrary to Singapore Had chased hawker stalls before And later realized the importance of spending money so that Hawker Center did not release like Thailand The Singapore government issued a budget to create a space for hawker stalls. And put a trolley on the roadside Made a symbol until receiving a World Heritage Site, despite the fact that Thailand was once held as a street food city Number one in the world for many times You don’t have to file a claim with UNESCO at all. Because everything is good anyway But was accused of being accused by the Bangkok hawker stalls Not environmentally friendly

In spite of the fact that the wheelchair can be beautiful Allow students to help design with a small budget In the past, I had proposed, but the adults in Bangkok could not be found. May have promised to give up a 3 meter hawker area, expected not to make Therefore do not want to meet But instead to do walking street “

In addition, the government had announced a policy to reduce restrictions on hawker stalls on 25 July 2019, but disappeared. And create conditions with Bangkok cleanliness regulations Many of these items make it impossible for those who have done hawker stalls before. And it turned out that the hawker stalls It is beneficial to the kinship of the relevant departments. Without opening the way for people from other provinces to come to earn money Moreover, most of the customers have a low income. Have to rely on hawker stalls Not having enough money to go to the mall

In conclusion, the problem of hawker stalls Caused by lower-level officials asking for money from small traders In exchange for letting trade It makes people even more difficult even though there are proposed rules regarding cleanliness. Not to obstruct traffic Must clearly divide the area But it turned out that the authorities did not want that to be like that. Each month should have quite a small turnover.

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