The evaluation body recommended that hawker culture in Singapore be added to the official list. - ST FILE
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Hawker culture in Singapore has had its chances of being inscribed as an official Unesco intangible cultural heritage boosted on Monday (Nov 16), with an expert body recommending that it be put on the coveted list.
An evaluation body comprising 12 experts around the world - appointed by the 24-member intergovernmental committee that will give the final verdict in December this year - said in a highly anticipated report that Singapore's application satisfied all criteria.
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