Ten Year Series: The Singapore Examination is an unofficial syllabus for Singapore's next decade — because the best answers start with better questions. Sixty essays confronting the questions we know well, some new ones, and those we've avoided for decades, with responses from unexpected voices. Includes O-Level style commentary from hawkers, activists, and your grandma.Time's up. Pens down. Minds open.Readership: General readers.

Singapore is renowned for the delightful cuisines that can be found in its hawker centres. Travellers herald from across the globe simply to taste dishes like chicken rice, laksa, and chilli crab. In 2020, 'Hawker Culture in Singapore' was selected to be on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, a firm acknowledgement towards the impact and influence of hawking in Singapore's history. Less widely known is this—though now synonymous with Singaporean ...