Chitchat Sinkie Wants to Pay More for Hawker Food!

[Pinkieslut]

75% Singapore residents want to preserve hawker culture because it's affordable: Survey​

More than half of the respondents also believed that "dining at hawker centres is part of our national identity".​

Timothy Kang
·Finance Producer
Wed, 14 June 2023 at 4:38 pm SGT·2-min read

Affordable prices was the top reason for wanting to preserve hawker culture in Singapore, according to a survey by RySense. (PHOTO: Getty)
SINGAPORE — When it comes to preserving the hawker culture in Singapore, 75 per cent of Singapore residents said in a survey that enjoying good food at affordable prices was the top reason to do so.
The survey, conducted by Singapore-based research organisation RySense between 17 to 24 April 2023, with 1,048 Singapore residents, found that nine in 10 respondents (93 per cent) feel it is important or very important to preserve the hawker culture.
When asked why they believed it was important to preserve hawker culture, 64 per cent of those surveyed cited the convenience of hawker centres as a meal source. This is followed by "dining at hawker centres is part of our national identity" as the third reason for preserving hawker culture, with 55 per cent of respondents agreeing.

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The RySense survey also found that more than half of respondents (52 per cent) were willing to pay more for hawker food to support Singapore's hawker culture and to make the hawker trade more attractive. Some 63 per cent of the respondents were at least somewhat willing to pay more for hawker food to help hawkers cope with the rising costs of raw ingredients.
"In the face of overall rising costs, the level of support that Singaporeans display for our local hawker culture is most encouraging. Hopefully with the support from the public as well as initiatives such as the Hawkers Development Programme, Singapore's hawker culture can continue to thrive and evolve as our national pride," said RySense in a report of its findings.
With seven in 10, or 73 per cent, of the respondents saying that they visit the hawker centre at least once a week, it's no wonder that Singaporeans feel so strongly about the hawker culture here.

 

[Balls2U]

"....75 per cent of Singapore residents said in a survey..."

How many people took part in the survey? Read carefully. It's 75% of those in the survey, not 75% of Sinkies.

 

[eatshitndie]

pre-emptive propaganda in preparation for pubic plunder with projected price peaks.

 

[millim6868]

Lol,papigs like to get ppl to write all these ,n blur the majority to agree pay more, ppl should go n chk who running the hawker center n who are the contractors in charge of carnival g ,maintenance ,lol,sinkies are dumb

 

[ChaoKuan]

"More than half of the respondents also believed that "dining at hawker centres is part of our national identity".​

Yes, and keeps voting for the Pee and Poo is also part of Sinkies' identity too. Cheers!

 

[laksaboy]

The propaganda on this island is getting more absurd as time goes by.

If you still believe their bullshit, you are part of the problem.

The survey, conducted by Singapore-based research organisation RySense between 17 to 24 April 2023, with 1,048 Singapore residents, found that nine in 10 respondents (93 per cent) feel it is important or very important to preserve the hawker culture.

https://www.rysense.sg

https://www.rysense.sg/about-rysense/

RySense is a Singapore-based research organisation which seeks to understand what people in Singapore think, feel and do. Over the years, we have conducted research on a range of socio-economic issues as well as current affairs topics like climate change and the COVID situation. Using robust approaches, we seek to generate reliable insights about the Singapore landscape, which reflect both subtle nuances and macro perspectives.

We are a not-for-profit company set up by the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). Incorporated in 2014, RySense is a Company Limited by Guarantee and does not have shareholders. The revenue we obtain is used to strengthen the company’s research capacity.

We are a team of market research professionals. Our board of directors provide strategic direction and are drawn from both the private and public sectors in view of their expertise in research, technology and corporate governance.

Our Board of Directors

Chairman: Mr Sim Gim Guan

https://sg.linkedin.com/in/simgimguan

Rysense declares being established by MCI as not-for-profit company; HappyDot.sg continues to hide its “ultimate owner”​

10 September 2021

https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/20...ydot-sg-continues-to-hide-its-ultimate-owner/

 

[laksaboy]

"....75 per cent of Singapore residents said in a survey..."

How many people took part in the survey? Read carefully. It's 75% of those in the survey, not 75% of Sinkies.

I bet those 'surveys' were filled with leading questions, to get the respondents to go in a certain direction.

 

[A Singaporean]

Please lah. No money to go restaurant say so. Don't say it is a national identity.

 

[borom]

How many of the respondents are from PAP, NTUC, PA, CC, CCC, RC , GLC's or are civil servants, ?

 

[k1976]

Sinki cannot sleep well without Hawker Food, kym?

 

[mahjongking]

How many of the respondents are from PAP, NTUC, PA, CC, CCC, RC , GLC's or are civil servants, ?

all.....

 

[Patriotmissile]

Hard to find 350 nowadays.

 

[laksaboy]

Hard to find 350 nowadays.

Can find, but don't expect it to be very filling.