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First it was the hawker centres as a cultural heritage and now a diploma in “hawkerpreneurship”. There are many things wrong in this framing of what was a social economic response during difficult economic environment when jobs were scarce. Let me, as a son of hawker correct the vision before those ministers and members... 

(ST, Jan 11) "Poly, ITE grads can train to be hawkers under new programme" (theindependent.sg, Jan 16, 2020) "“Just look at how many hawkers are shuttering up” – KF Seetoh disputes NEA’s remarks on the operation costs hawkers face" “First, it says total cost including rents adds up to 12%, then say raw materials sets... 

In “Dirty Harry”, Clint Eastwood playing Dirty Harry asks a criminal, “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do you, punk?” Indians going for vaccination should be asking themselves: “Do I feel lucky?@ India is due to start its Covid vaccination drive tomorrow, with priority given...