Singapore’s hawker culture was recently inducted into Unesco’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
Penang Tourism and Creative Economy Committee chairman Yeoh Soon Hin said the state has fought hard to get a “serial nomination”, where both Malaysia and Singapore could be jointly nominated for the honour. “The ministry had said it would require a lot of research, inventory, conservation and documentation, which would take a long time. We can’t make it on time, so a serial nomination with Singapore was not possible,” he told reporters in Komtar here today.
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