Singapore's hawker culture has been inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, according to a Facebook post by Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Wednesday night.

 

Singapore's President Halimah Yacob also posted the news on Facebook and said that hawker culture has shaped the Singaporean identity in many ways, and contributed to the diversity of Singapore's multicultural society.

 

"For many Singaporeans, hawker centers serve as accessible community dining spaces where people from all walks of life get to enjoy a wide variety of affordable, multicultural food offerings - a distinctive feature of our rich food heritage," the president added.