Recipe for a new generation of hawkers

[SINGAPORE] Foodies can expect to look forward to a fresh generation of hawkers once a new Hawker Master Trainer (HMT) pilot programme jointly organised by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) and the National Environment Agency (NEA) takes off.

The initiative is supported by property firm Knight Frank and The Business Times; and marks the first collaborative effort between the government and the private sector to encourage entrepreneurship and preserve an important piece of our local street food culture.

It also aims to get veteran hawkers to pass on their culinary skills to interested "hawkerpreneurs" and build a pipeline of hawkers for the 10 new hawker centres to be built by 2017.