...faced by Street Food Vendors in Singapore 1. Research Objectives (Be Specific) • What is the root cause of problems that are being faced by Street Food Vendors? • What are the efforts being made by the Government to uplift them? How are they faring in reality? • Who are the Street Vendor’s competitions? • What is the scope of including Hawker Centres for Gourmet Tourism in Singapore? • Can Hawker Culture be promoted as a BRAND? 2. Readings Status (How many of your sources are from ) Consultation I Mid-Review Consultation II a. Journal articles 5 ___________ ___________ b. Book chapters 0 ___________ ___________ c. Business related publications 5 ___________ ___________ d. Government / Regulatory etc. 3 ___________ ___________ e. Others (Videos, Presentations, etc.) 1 ___________ ___________ f. Case Studies / Research Papers 5 3. References (1 reference per line) (Attach additional sheet if required) Online Journal Entries: 1. Cheung, H. (2013, May 16). Can Singapore's hawker food heritage survive?. Retrieved...
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...can test the feasibility of your ideas with credible experts or authorities. Please indicate your word count at the end of your Preliminary Idea (PI). The word limit for PI is 500, excluding footnotes. Please use Arial Font type and size 12 in typing out your PI. Task: | Expansion | STEP 1: PROJECT CHOICE | Topic Title: | Lack of expansion of seats in food centres | Reasons for choice of topic: | As Singapore’s population is constantly increasing, there is an increase in the lack of seats in food centres such as hawker centres and food courts. Footnote evidences of population increasing and lack of seats at food centres? During lunch and dinner timings, many are unable to find a seat as soon as they reach the food centres and thus they are forced to wait until there is a vacant seat. The impatient ones may then choose not to eat and leave the food centre. As such, during those peak hours, many of those who manage to get a seat would use their belongings such as their tissue paper and umbrellas to reserve their seats. This would thus cause foreigners who visit the food centres to think that Singapore is a society that lacks graciousness. Footnote evidences? | STEP 2: CASE STUDY (ON ANOTHER COUNTRY OR AREA OF YOUR CHOICE) | WHAT is the problem?(Evidences that there is a problem) | Many people are unable to get a seat...
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...Maxwell Road Hawker Centre Experience an authentically Singaporean dining experience by having a meal at a food centre here. Located in the heart of Chinatown, Maxwell Road Hawker Centre has over 100 stalls, providing one of the biggest varieties of local food in Singapore. Even with the influx of vendors, the stalls’ offerings are very varied and you will easily spoilt for choice here. Some must-try items here at Maxwell Road Hawker Market include the famous Tian Tian Chicken Rice, the traditional congee with pork and century egg from Zhen Zhen Porridge stall and the popular char kway teow from the Marina South Delicious Food stall. 2am Dessert Bar Sitting in one of Singapore’s most popular hang-out spots, Holland Village, 2am Dessert Bar is the perfect setting for a romantic late-night dessert or intimate conversations with best friends. If you appreciate aesthetics, you’ll definitely enjoy your experience here. Creatively-styled concoctions like the Amedei Chilli Chocolate and the English Sticky Toffee Pudding are two of the more appreciated items on the menu, while anyone who’s visited would recommend the Araguani H2O, a 72 percent Valrhona chocolate cake infused with Evian mineral water and with a surprising caramel mousse centre. Sink back into the plush daybeds, or sit by the contoured bar to watch your dessert as it’s prepared. Wherever you choose to seat, 2am Dessert Bar’s cosy ambience ensures that you’ll have a great time. And if you’re curious about what’s behind...
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...A Different Word: Subcultures in Cyberspace Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation A Different Word: Subcultures in Cyberspace The way people organize, govern and create meaning in their lives is associated with social patterns that link to other cultures. This describes the study of sociocultural anthropology. This brief essay will examine: Egao, cyberpunk, queer and ethnic cyber-subcultures and relate them to sociocultural anthropology. This field of study as several concerns from the environment to health issues, however, the main in terms of cyber-subcultures deals with social change. Social change can be described as any event that causes a dramatic change immediately or over time. The presence of the Internet and cyberspace has already caused several changes in society. Facebook (FB), Twitter and other social media sights have made it possible to connect with people from different states and countries in seconds. It also makes it possible to find lost friends and reconnect with distant family members. There are opportunities to play games, exchange video files and stream live footage. The possibilities are seemingly endless. Within this new frontier of freedom along with social media Egao can be found. Egao Egao can be defined as a cyber-subculture in satire with the mainstream (Zhang, 2010). It can be accessed from mobile phones and other electronic devices. There are several forms which include: text, audio, image, or video. This particular sub-culture...
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...328 Katong Laksa [pic] Katong is Singapore's old Peranakan neighbourhood, where the blending of Chinese ingredients with Malay spices and cooking creatednyonya cuisine. It also forms part of the name of "328 Katong Laksa". This friendly coffee shop, run by a former beauty queen serves one of the best laksa soups you'll find – a delicious mix of spicy lemak coconut milk, prawns, cockles, tofu, beansprouts and noodles. A bowl costs S$4 (about £2) and hungry customers can also order traditional otak otak, a fish paste steamed in banana leaf, or nasi lemak, rice with crunchy anchovies, peanuts, cucumber and a wicked sambal sauce. There are lots of food shops along the road, selling sticky kueh cakes and barbecued honey-glazed pork. • 51 East Coast Road, on the junction with Cylon Road, near the Hotel Grand Mercure Andhra Curry [pic] Little India, to the east of Orchard Road, is one of Singapore's liveliest quarters, with scores of reasonably priced restaurants, cafes and shops selling colourful silks, fragrant incense and glitzy bangles. Andhra stands out because of its psychedelic exterior – a kaleidoscope of garish colours. And though the speciality here is south Indian vegetarian dishes, it is also known for its Hyderabadi biryani, Mysore mutton (cooked with green chillies and coriander), a spicy fish pulusu (baked with tamarind and raw mango), and the great Singaporean favourite – fish-head curry (never a cheap dish, around £11). Main courses and vegetarian set menu...
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...low risk strategy which tackles the population in terms of handling the health issues in the country. This can be done by looking at the social determinants of health and eliminating the inequalities by providing an equal opportunity for each individual in the country to lead a healthy lifestyle. Social determinants of health is described as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, including the health system (WHO, 2013). This includes the social gradient, stress, early life, social exclusion, work, unemployment, social support, addiction, food and transport (Wilkinson R. & Marmot, M., 2003). This report is going to take a look at one of the major health concerns in Singapore which is obesity. We are going to explore the determinants of obesity in Singapore and also take a look at what the government has done thus far, to control this health issue. Obesity...
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...late but I was too famished to skip lunch. I walked into a fast food restaurant that was a stone's throw away form where I was and within five minutes, I walked out through the glass door. In my hand was a brown paper bag that contained my double cheeseburger, fries and drink. I got my fill and I managed to avoid embarrassing myself from being ridiculously late for the meeting with my friends. Had I gone for a meal at the hawker centre or at a restaurant, I would have been grossly late. This happened not too long ago and it was by no means the first of its kind. And I am certain that the experience was not unique to me. Fast food has been hailed for its speedy service. It has made it possible for countless people who are rushing to grab a full meal while. However, fast food is more than just about fast service. It is championed for its affordability too. In Singapore, a McDonald's Big Mac costs a little over $4 on its own. Get it with fries and a drink and the cost would go up to no more than $8. Admittedly, it is a tad pricier than a meal at the hawker centre. But for that $8, you will get to enjoy a clean dining table in an air-conditioned room too. Critics of fast food however, would be quick to argue that the cost of fast food is beyond dollars and cents. Fast food ranks among the top causes of obesity in the developed world. Fitness For All, an independent, non-profit health and fitness organisation in the United States revealed that fast food is the cause of obesity for...
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...the conflict. Incompatible Goals Both NEA and HDB had incompatible goals. Although both dealt with hawkers, they dealt with different aspects. The HDB Hawkers Department dealt only with administrative matters of HDB hawker centres while NEA Hawkers Department formulates and implements policies on hawkers for the promotion and maintenance of food hygiene practices among hawkers and the maintenance of good public health standards in hawker centres in addition to the managing the administrative work of Ministry of Environment Water Resources (MEWR) hawkers. As each is specialized in its own field, the aftermath of the merger resulted in the employees from HDB Hawkers Department concentrating solely on the administrative matters and not bothering about pertinent environmental issues. NEA found it difficult to work with the new employees. Mr Joseph Toh highlighted that during meetings, the new employees were quick to go through environmental issues but dallied longer on the administrative concerns. This often resulted in long meetings to ensure that the new employees understood the importance of the environment with regards to hawkers. Emotions like irritability would run high as a result of these extended meetings. The problem solving method will yield the best results. This would require NEA to exhibit high level of assertiveness and the employees of HDB Hawkers Department to display high level of cooperativeness to achieve a win-win situation. NEA can conduct seminars...
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...Curbing Food Wastage in Singapore Focusing Introduction * Analysis of Food Wastage By Walter Sim Every day last year, each person in Singapore wasted an equivalent of one packet of economy rice or nasi padang. All this added up to an astounding record of 796,000 tonnes - the weight of about 1,420 fully loaded Airbus A-380s - of food waste, according to National Environment Agency statistics released this month. This marks a steep 13.2 per cent rise from the 703,200 tonnes dumped in 2012, and is the sharpest spike in at least six years. Before last year, food waste had typically gone up between 1.6 and 6.7 per cent year on year since 2007. "It's an extremely steep rise and it's rather disturbing that there is a distinct lack of awareness and nonchalance to food security issues," said Singapore Environment Council chief executive Jose Raymond yesterday. - See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/more-food-going-waste-20140319-0#sthash.CRyz0dZB.dpuf http://www.nccs.gov.sg/climatechallenge/issue05/ask-dr-green.html http://www.savefoodcutwaste.com/2012/11/05/new-campaign-to-reduce-food-waste-in-singapore/ Question – Outline Your report should make use of appropriate frameworks and mechanisms from the module and include the following: An analysis of the social issue (600 words) A critical evaluation of a current, contemporary intervention designed to address the social issues (900 words) An appraisal of the outcomes of...
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...Kiasu-ism - a Singaporean culture? Edward B. Tyler defines culture as “the complex whole which includes … and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man (and woman) as a member of society”. In this sense, I think Kiasu-ism can be defined as a Singaporean culture. “Kiasu” is a word, though commonly used in many Asian countries, applies most to the Singaporean context and, often, one of the first few words that foreigners pick up in Singapore. It is not surprising that it has now been added to the oxford dictionary as an English word. In a recent survey conducted by advantage and British-based Barrett Values Centre, 2000 local residents were polled to see how they perceive the Singapore society today. ‘Kiasu’ was the top choice for the vast majority of the respondents in the survey. Originating from the Hokkien dialect, Kiasu can be literally translated as ‘afraid of losing out’. Singapore’s insistence on meritocracy resulted in its expulsion from Malaya in 1965. Speaking at the National Achievers’ Congress 2012, Robert Kiyosaki cited Kiasu-ism as a possible reason for Singapore’s meritocratic rise as a nation. However, one cannot dispute that there are negative connotations of this quality. Since the government rewards an individual based on his merit, Singaporeans have become obsessed with doing all that is possible to keep themselves ahead of their peers. This obsession has intensified with the influx of foreign talent due to globalization. In today’s...
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...Is Singapore a sustainable World City? SUSTAINABLE CITY - is a city designed with consideration of environmental impact, inhabited by people dedicated to minimization of required inputs of energy, water and food, and waste output of heat, air pollution - CO2, methane, and water pollution. It should meet the needs of the present without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is Singapore’s land use planning and conservation authority with the mission to make Singapore a great city to live, work and play, striving to create a vibrant and sustainable city of distinction by planning and facilitating Singapore’s physical development in partnership with the community. - Singapore’s remarkable transformation from an overcrowded country suffering from a lack of housing, land limitations and poor infrastructure to an environmentally sustainable international business hub is a result of proactive and farsighted planning by URA. - During the 1960s and 1970s, extensive urban renewal projects were undertaken to address the problems of a new nation—overcrowding, inadequate infrastructure, and lack of proper housing. The critical tasks for the government then were to clear out the slums, provide public housing, and encourage economic growth by creating space for industries, and then to create a vision for our city’s urban landscape that would help Singapore in the long-term - The challenge is to keep pace with the changing...
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...ESH S FR AY ALWTH MA A BY K IA IND AL GIN ORI Scoop it up Naturally. A projec t on Adv er tising Contemp in orar y So ciety to foreign m study arketing environm ents. NATURAL ICECREAM Coming to Singapore Natural Ice Cream Singapore Ltd. VI. MARKETING ENVIRONMENTS i. GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT Location: South-eastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia Area: total: 647.5 sq km Land: 637.5 sq km Water: 10 sq km Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 193 km Terrain: lowland Irrigated land: NA Natural hazards: NA Its major natural resources are its location and its deep-water harbour. Singapore, though small, has a varied topography. The centre of the island contains a number of rounded granitic hills that include the highest point. The island originally was covered with tropical rain forest and fringed with mangrove swamps. Since the founding of the city in 1819, the natural landscape has been altered by human hands, a process that was accelerated in the 1970s and 1980s. By 1988, Singapore's land area was 49 percent built up, and forest covered only 2.5 percent. • • • • • Singapore Weather ! Singapore is two degrees north of the equator and has a tropical climate, with high temperatures moderated by the influence of the sea. ! Average daily temperature and humidity are high, with a mean maximum of 31°C and a relative humidity of 70 to 80 percent in the afternoon. ! Rain falls throughout the year, but is heaviest during the early northeast monsoon from...
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...Key characteristics of the industry Companies in the F&B industry are defined by the Singapore Department of Statistics (2011) as “establishments engaged in the sale of prepared food and drinks for immediate consumption”, which consists of restaurants, fast food restaurants, food caterers and others (food courts, cafes, etc). This is consistent with The Chicken Rice Shop’s (TCRS) product offering consist of local food fare and has a “quick serve” restaurant concept (The Chicken Rice Shop 2010). Thus the identified industry for TCRS is the F&B (F&B) industry. More specifically, in the industry segment of Fast Food Outlets. Size of Food & Beverage Industry (as at 2010) % Growth from 2009 to 2010 Number of Establishments* 6,197 + 3.8% Number of Employment 91,264 + 1.9% Operating Receipts ($) 6,239,943 + 10.6% Total Operating Expenditure ($) 5,918,149 + 10.2% *Does not include unregistered establishments and establishments which provide both lodging and F&B services. (Singapore Department of Statistics 2010) Statistics for each industry segment 4000 2000 0 Establishments Operating Receipts Operating Expenditure 376 3257 2261 304 803 2320 711 2406 775 2259 591 2293 Fast Food Outlets Restaurants Food Caterers Others Employment Statistics for Each Industry Segment Employment 0 5793 13159 35150 37163 Others Food Caterers Restaurants Fast Food Outlet 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 Among the four industry segments, the only industry segment that has shown potential...
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...Tourism background in Singapore Tourism is at its rapid expanding stage. Being in the 21st century, most of people are traveling and visiting attractions all around the world. There are seven continents on earth and these continents constitutes of many states and even tiny islands that can be considered as a tourism destinations and attractions. Where it is accessible, there will be tourists. Singapore has one of the largest service sectors in tourism. For Singapore to take this advantage as a tourism destination, it has contributed 3% of Singapore's GDP which has generated a sum of US$ 9.4 billion in 2007. As one of the most popular countries in Asia, Singapore has been growing rapidly for the past few years. With the help of the tourism industry, it has strengthened the infrastructure developments, in addition of various events and the countries strategic location in the heart of region. This shows how much the role of tourism industry can play in Singapore's economy. To ensure that tourism remains a key economic pillar, a bold target, Tourism 2015, was unveiled in the year 2005. The objectives of Singapore is to triple the tourism receipts to US$ 30 Billion, doubling visitor arrivals to 17 Million, and creating an additional 100,000 jobs in the services sector by 2015, according to "Opportunities in Singapore Tourism Industry (2007-2009)". Having all these advantages, the negatives are also a factor to look at so by doing this research; I will have a better view on the...
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...Old F&B brands are being revitalised by a younger generation of leaders to remain fresh and exciting By Huang Lijie Feb 7, 2010 Collective food memories hold a sacred place in food-loving Singapore. Whether one gushes about an early memory of tucking into a warm flaky curry puff from Polar Puffs & Cakes or reminisces about devouring a handsome slab of sizzling steak from the beloved steakhouse Jack's Place, chances are one will find kindred foodies with similar experiences. Which is why when heritage food and beverage (F&B) brands, under the charge of a new generation of leaders, try to make themselves over to keep pace with changes in lifestyles and consumer habits, they are faced with the challenge of preserving tradition and nostalgia, and staying up to date. Mr Joseph Baladi, chief executive officer of the brand consultancy BrandAsian, says: 'The new generation of leaders at these companies need to understand the role that a brand has played in the success of the business.' Dr Prem Shamdasani, 50, associate professor of marketing at the National University of Singapore Business School, adds: 'The new leadership needs to constantly validate the relevance of the brand to the market and customers, and make changes to update it while reinforcing its unique heritage so that it remains fresh, exciting and sustainable.' Restaurants such as Han's and Muthu's Curry, for example, have revitalised their brand and won praise among diners. Fashion sales manager Pat...
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