Hawker Centre 101 (For Tourist Guides) (Synchronous e-learning)
Training Provider: WINE RESOURCES PTE. LTD.
Course Reference: TGS-2020502837
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About This Course
The course aims to provide tourist guides with the relevant knowledge and skills to:
- explain the development of hawker centres and the policies shaping it,
- highlight the appeals of our hawker centres, in particular the design, social bonding, innovative and environmental aspects and the planning considerations taken, and
- relate on the various hawker food offerings and their origins.
What You'll Learn
A. Lecture: Overview on Hawker Centre development
- History of Hawker Centres
- Governement initiatives and policies with respect to Hawker Centres
- Design considerations for Hawker Centres
- Understand how Hawker Centres have become an integral part of Singaporean lives
- Comparison of Singapore hawker centre culture with other street food cultures.
B. Site visit & practical application
- Site visit to hawker centres with different appeals (traditional and hipster-style ones)
- Learn about their heritage and social significance in relation to their neighbouhoods
- Understand the interesting design concepts of hawker centres
- Understand the application of technology to raise productivity in hawker centres
- Understand the different food mix and their origins
- Understand how hawker centres differ from food courts and coffeeshops
C. Delivery of hawker centre centric commentaries
- History of Hawker Centres
- Governement initiatives and policies with respect to Hawker Centres
- Design considerations for Hawker Centres
- Understand how Hawker Centres have become an integral part of Singaporean lives
- Comparison of Singapore hawker centre culture with other street food cultures.
B. Site visit & practical application
- Site visit to hawker centres with different appeals (traditional and hipster-style ones)
- Learn about their heritage and social significance in relation to their neighbouhoods
- Understand the interesting design concepts of hawker centres
- Understand the application of technology to raise productivity in hawker centres
- Understand the different food mix and their origins
- Understand how hawker centres differ from food courts and coffeeshops
C. Delivery of hawker centre centric commentaries
Entry Requirements
STB tourist guide license
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