1/ Having #Singapore hawker food inch a step closer to a place on the @UNESCO heritage list has provoked questions about whether we& #39;ve done enough for the humble hawker.

But first, #foodies know hawker fare today isn& #39;t what it used to be. And here& #39;s why in today& #39;s #commentary. https://twitter.com/ChannelNewsAsia/status/1330278076182310917">https://twitter.com/ChannelNe...

2/ Hawkers do have a future in Singapore - it& #39;s just that that future might not look like what we expect, something hawkers and F&B, tourism experts agree, as my colleague @ChewHuiMinCNA reports: https://cna.asia/2IYxC1o ">https://cna.asia/2IYxC1o&q...

3/ Maybe part of the solution involves giving hawkers more autonomy instead of confining them to cookie-cutter structures, said @suss_sg business law experts Cheng Kwang Hwee and Tan Lee Cheng in a @CNA commentary some months back: https://cna.asia/3lS8052 ">https://cna.asia/3lS8052&q...

4/ Hawkers cannot and should not be trapped by the past, says @NTU Nanyang Business School& #39;s Joan Henderson: https://cna.asia/2LBRtPs ">https://cna.asia/2LBRtPs&q...

5/ Part of the challenge is Singaporeans say they want to protect hawker culture but shun paying higher prices, something @sgSMU& #39;s Margaret Chan pointed out some years back. https://cna.asia/3nLMTBT ">https://cna.asia/3nLMTBT&q...

6/ And perhaps taking ownership of our collective national hawker culture can start small - like returning the tray after you& #39;re done instead of having someone else clean up after you, says mum June Yong. https://cna.asia/34CukIy 

https://cna.asia/34CukIy&q... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/makanthon"> #makanthon

Commentary: Why is it so hard for us to return our trays at the hawker centre?

It is time to get serious about this simple civic act and it shouldn’t be just because someone tells us to do it, says June Yong.

https://cna.asia/34CukIy