Hawker centres should be professionalised: Balakrishnan

[laksaboy]

Vivian Hantam Bola is talking cock again. His list of professional achievements includes the YOG fiasco and the Orchard Rd floods. He should shut his gob before he embarrasses himself further.

Actually, the Orchard Road floods were a legacy of Yaacob '1 in 50 years' Ibrahim. Yaacob has been downgraded from MEWR to MCYS, so he is more or less condemned by the senior PAP leadership.

 

[GoldenDragon]

Hentah kaki cepat Hentah!!!!

Lucky liao just hentah kaki. If I PM, I tell him keluar baris.

 

[red amoeba]

Mr Vivian,

Think of the best char kway teow / roti prata ....

go look at the uncle behind the wok / flipping the prata - tell me which aspect of them is deemed professional?

they have neither:

- packaging
- A / master degree
- ISO cert or simi lan jeow cert
- several branches

their 'professionalism" comes from serving good food at affordable prices !

and how did they serve good food? From years of experience / traditional recipes...

pls don't think hawker centers shld be run like Mcdonald's...

in case you don't know, McDonald's sucks.

 

[hairylee]

Hawkers should be called "Gourmet Specialist".
Food courts should be called "Gourmet Malls".

 

[Cruxx]

Mr Vivian,

Think of the best char kway teow / roti prata ....

go look at the uncle behind the wok / flipping the prata - tell me which aspect of them is deemed professional?

they have neither:

- packaging
- A / master degree
- ISO cert or simi lan jeow cert
- several branches

their 'professionalism" comes from serving good food at affordable prices !

and how did they serve good food? From years of experience / traditional recipes...

pls don't think hawker centers shld be run like Mcdonald's...

in case you don't know, McDonald's sucks.

Don't bother lah. In the UK, these good-for-nothings are called "career politicians". Meaning those useless politicians that can't survive in the private sector. Look at Vivian for example. Has he run a business before? Even a mamashop ah neh holds greater credibility than this joker.

 

[shittypore]

He is better know as the, "THREE HUNDRED MILLION MAN".

 

[streetsmart73]

PAP needs to be professionalised too & soon! It is not a family own enterprise to start with & there should be recruitment exercise where only the best are enlisted, not tea party or selection based on conformity or alliance!

hi there


1. aiyoh bro!
2. kate spade, kee chiu, no-porn & of course the monkey-faced zorro.
3. rubba rubba mah!
4. is this professional enough or what?

 

[HedgeTrader]

you already have the rain and floods mah!

Maybe he'll ask what do you want? Rain, flood or drought LOL

 

[streetsmart73]

Maybe he'll ask what do you want? Rain, flood or drought LOL

hi there


1. trader, my reply: just want to burn the zorro outfit!
2. betterer still, also burn the sheep wearing it.

 

[eatshitndie]

very timely topic. just arrived in sg and ordered my 1st breakfast at the nearest hawker gawker center, a.k.a. open air neighborhood food court. 3 professional phood preparers were behind the counter, crowding the tiny stall where 2 large pots were boiling, 1 pail collecting water, 1 wok stir frying rice, and 1 steamer going full steam. at the counter food is decked out like a buffet spread, with a long line of hungry blurfucks including me standing and waiting. it was 7 in the morning. very professional people waiting in line, in shorts, sandals, slippers, shirts and singlets. no arguments, no cutting of queues, no noise, just the sound of cooking and 3 stooges preparing food, and the exchange of money for food. cook stir frying rice called herself executive chef. food preparer called herself kitchen executive director, and man collecting payment and transferring food to customer called himself customer fulfillment and accounts receivable officer. customer care manager was not necessary as no customer complained about the food or returned any merchandise. packaging was extremely professional, with slimy and oily food contained without spillage in seconds. they even provided very high tech, wafer fab thin, recyclable indisposable to go designer bags. no paper receipts necessary as every transaction was wireless, mobile, friendly with quick exchange of cash for food. ceo was also executive head chef, coo was executive of operations and cfo was there to direct monetary and financial inflows and outflows of product and service. truly world crass. very impressed with sg.

 

[HedgeTrader]

hi there


1. trader, my reply: just want to burn the zorro outfit!
2. betterer still, also burn the sheep wearing it.

I vote for burn Zorro LOL

 

[aangsc]

How about scholarship for "Bachelor of street hawker management" run by the best university in Singapore. That's uniquely Singapore !
Module 1 : The art of frying char kway teow.
2: Chicken rice
etc Hokkien mee, Chilli crab , Satay .

 

[Cruxx]

Sinkieland really full of 读死书 idiots like Vivian. Die die must institutionalise and standardise all human activities according to the arbitrary whims of useless academics living in their own world. If you don't have a PhD, you're worthless. Or at least that's what Sinkies like Vivian think of you.

 

[tonychat]

The National Environment Agency evaluates requests for hawker centres in housing estates based on several factors, said Environment and Water Resources Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan.

Members of Parliament had earlier asked for hawker centres for their constituencies. But some factors that must be considered include where to locate them and how well the area is already being served by food establishments.

On Sunday, he told The Straits Times that hawker centres should also be professionalised, with training for future hawkers.

He said: "It's not as if anyone can just walk off the street and say I'm going to make the world's best char kway teow. There's an element of training, exchanging of best practices and recipes. And we need in a way to professionalise our hawker centres and our hawkers."

The next generation of hawkers in new hawker centres must also be Singaporean, he added.

The government will restart its scheme to build hawker centres in new housing estates in October.

The 10 new hawker centres that will be built are intended as opportunities to create employment for the lower income group, said Mr Balakrishnan.

The Environment and Water Resources Ministry has also appointed a panel to spearhead the public consultation exercise for what future hawker centres should be like. Members of the public can make suggestions on a Facebook page launched last Friday.

Who the fuck care what he thinks.. every one know sinkieland food sucks.

ask any thai or malaysian to try sinkie food and most of them will say bad. go to JB and try, it taste better.

There is no such thing that when you act like some high above and put some sinkie to training it means the food is good.

The whole sinkieland does not revolved around your bullshit. Getting a skill is about creativity and comes from the person, not go for some training and expect good food. what the fuck is that..??? Malaysian and Thai food taste so much better, do they get any formal training?

Luckily i avoided sinkies, mixed with them really insult myself for being a human being.

 

[jw5]

Lucky liao just hentah kaki. If I PM, I tell him keluar baris.

Before that, must first kebalankang puh-seng!!!!