Hawker centres should be professionalised: Balakrishnan

[MarrickG]

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.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Pay $3 for one bowl of noodles and he expects professionalism in return?

Pay $3 million for a minister, what can we expect in return then?

 

[Narong Wongwan]

in future hawkers will be known as catering engineers

 

[clinton666]

Hawker centres should be run by professional outfits like CapitalMall!

 

[HellAngel]

This only shows how little he knows about Hawker Centres...I bet he had not visited one on his own for decades.

 

[IreneYeoh]

Words like professionalising and engineering always end up meaning higher prices. :(

 

[johnny333]

I strongly feel that we must have more professional politicians

They shouldn't let any Tom, Dick, or Harry into parliament until they all pass some kind of qualification test. These can include using our public transport, living in the HDB heartland, eating at hawker centres,....
Every year these politicians should be required to attend "updates" so that they can stay connected to those people they serve

 

[hurley]

I strongly feel that we must have more professional politicians

agreed. who can forget his famous quote?

How much do you want? Do you want three meals in a hawker centre, food court or restaurant?

 

[laksaboy]

Let's take a trip down memory lane and revisit some quotes from this ass clown Vivian Balakrishnan:

2001
"If you want to dance on a bar top, some of us will fall off that bar top. Some people will die as a result of liberalising bar-top dancing.
Not just because they've fallen off the bar top, but because it's usually a young girl with a short skirt who's dancing on it, who may attract some insults from some other men. The boyfriend starts fighting. Some people will die. Blood will be shed for liberalising the policy."

2007
"How much do you want? Do you want three meals in a hawker centre, food court or restaurant?"

2009
"Anonymity in cyberspace is an illusion... if need be, we can identify you, and if we have to, we will be prepared to prosecute you."

2010
"If you were a poor person, anywhere on this planet, Singapore is the one place where you will have a roof over your head, where you will have food on the table…Even if you can’t afford it, we will have meals delivered to you."

 

[HellAngel]

When have Singapore become a charity state?

2010
"If you were a poor person, anywhere on this planet, Singapore is the one place where you will have a roof over your head, where you will have food on the table…Even if you can’t afford it, we will have meals delivered to you."

 

[streetsmart73]

Pay $3 for one bowl of noodles and he expects professionalism in return?

Pay $3 million for a minister, what can we expect in return then?

hi there


1. bro, what do you want?
2. you already have the rain and floods mah!
3. such specimen cannot do magic hoh.
4. just look at the youth olympics and the stadium thing.
5. proven beyond its capabilities.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Let's take a trip down memory lane and revisit some quotes from this ass clown Vivian Balakrishnan:

2010
"If you were a poor person, anywhere on this planet, Singapore is the one place where you will have a roof over your head, where you will have food on the table…Even if you can’t afford it, we will have meals delivered to you."

This is true if you are in United Kingdom, the holy grail place for handouts. In Singapore, you will be lucky to get one free meal a day!

 

[Capano2121]

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!

 

[chonburifc]

"If you were a poor person, anywhere on this planet, Singapore is the one place where you will have a roof over your head, where you will have food on the table…Even if you can’t afford it, we will have meals delivered to you."

Refering to Changi Chalet. No wonder crime rate so high nowadays. Many take his word too seriously.

 

[The Philistine]

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.

 

[po2wq]

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

ya, man! ...

nus, ntu, etc shud immediately set up degree corses on hawker food production ... all hawkers muz pass ze corse b4 dey can sel food ...

 

[zeddy]

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

As usual this expensive half breed is talking cock once again.. Training hawkers for what..??? Will the Govt cover all costs of training expenses for these hawkers..??? My favourite Char Kway Teow stall owner at GM hawker centre did not went for any course thru out his 30 years of business but yet he produced one of the best Char Kway Teow in Spore.. Talking about professionalism when these PAP scums have failed badly in their jobs even though they are paid millions every year..

 

[The Penetrator]

This guy last time very yaya. Now PM Lee make him become Minister of Hawkers and Longkangs to clean up foreign talents' shit !

 

[no_faith]

ooi half breed, wat course? gt fee who sponsor? or again the stall holders must pay NTUC the course fee to attend?
those who neber attend the course will fined issit?

kana wan to replace the old hawkers say lah, no need twist and turn.:oIo:

 

[jw5]

Hentah kaki cepat Hentah!!!!