Wet market culture : a slippery slope in Singapore
The effects of modernisation have altered Singaporeans’ way of life and their retailing styles. One of the distressed sectors is the wet market. With the rising demand and expectation for efficiency, wet markets are slowly being pushed out of the fresh food industry. This has threatened the continui...
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| author | Cheong, Shi Min Koo, Joxanne Li Ching |
| author2 | Ian Rowen |
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| description | The effects of modernisation have altered Singaporeans’ way of life and their retailing styles. One of the distressed sectors is the wet market. With the rising demand and expectation for efficiency, wet markets are slowly being pushed out of the fresh food industry. This has threatened the continuity of the wet market sector in the years to come. The aim of this paper is to find out why the younger generation avoid succeeding their family’s wet market businesses through studying the changes in Singaporeans’ lifestyle over the years. Views from current wet market hawkers, their children, and the government were observed to understand the changing landscape of wet markets in Singapore. This paper will cover wet market hawkers as an occupation, the change in food retailing style and career demands of younger generation, as well as the future of wet markets in Singapore. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/788432019-12-10T13:02:16Z Wet market culture : a slippery slope in Singapore Cheong, Shi Min Koo, Joxanne Li Ching Ian Rowen School of Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social stratification DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races The effects of modernisation have altered Singaporeans’ way of life and their retailing styles. One of the distressed sectors is the wet market. With the rising demand and expectation for efficiency, wet markets are slowly being pushed out of the fresh food industry. This has threatened the continuity of the wet market sector in the years to come. The aim of this paper is to find out why the younger generation avoid succeeding their family’s wet market businesses through studying the changes in Singaporeans’ lifestyle over the years. Views from current wet market hawkers, their children, and the government were observed to understand the changing landscape of wet markets in Singapore. This paper will cover wet market hawkers as an occupation, the change in food retailing style and career demands of younger generation, as well as the future of wet markets in Singapore. Bachelor of Arts in Sociology 2019-07-22T08:25:57Z 2019-07-22T08:25:57Z 2019 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/78843 en 35 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social stratification DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races Cheong, Shi Min Koo, Joxanne Li Ching Wet market culture : a slippery slope in Singapore |
| title | Wet market culture : a slippery slope in Singapore |
| title_full | Wet market culture : a slippery slope in Singapore |
| title_fullStr | Wet market culture : a slippery slope in Singapore |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wet market culture : a slippery slope in Singapore |
| title_short | Wet market culture : a slippery slope in Singapore |
| title_sort | wet market culture a slippery slope in singapore |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social stratification DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races |
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