国际英语资讯:Singapore nominates hawker culture to be on UNESCOs heritage list
<p><span word="SINGAPORE">SINGAPORE</span>, <span word="March">March</span> 28-- <span word="Singapore">Singapore</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="filed">filed</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="nomination">nomination</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="Nations">Nations</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="hopes">hopes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="inscribing">inscribing</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="hawker">hawker</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="UNESCO">UNESCO</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="list">list</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="intangible">intangible</span> <span word="cultural">cultural</span> <span word="heritage">heritage</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="nomination">nomination</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="jointly">jointly</span> <span word="submitted">submitted</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Heritage">Heritage</span> <span word="Board">Board</span> (<span word="NHB">NHB</span>), <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Environment">Environment</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span> (<span word="NEA">NEA</span>), <span word="and">and</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Federation">Federation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Merchants">Merchants</span>' <span word="Associations">Associations</span>, <span word="Singapore">Singapore</span> (<span word="FMAS">FMAS</span>), <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="jointly">jointly</span> <span word="issued">issued</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="sides">sides</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="nomination">nomination</span> <span word="documents">documents</span> <span word="submitted">submitted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="UNESCO">UNESCO</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="available">available</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="viewing">viewing</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="UNESCO">UNESCO</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="website">website</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="websites">websites</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="organizations">organizations</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="July">July</span> 2019.</p><p><span word="Besides">Besides</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="nomination">nomination</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="comprise">comprise</span> <span word="letters">letters</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="videos">videos</span> <span word="showing">showing</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="support">support</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="photographs">photographs</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="contributions">contributions</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Singaporeans">Singaporeans</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="entries">entries</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="photography">photography</span> <span word="contest">contest</span> <span word="themed">themed</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Hawker">Hawker</span> <span word="Culture">Culture</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> 10-<span word="minute">minute</span> <span word="video">video</span>.</p><p><span word="These">These</span> <span word="documents">documents</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="carefully">carefully</span> <span word="chosen">chosen</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="suggestions">suggestions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="inputs">inputs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Nomination">Nomination</span> <span word="Committee">Committee</span>, <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="hawker">hawker</span> <span word="representatives">representatives</span>, <span word="academics">academics</span>, <span word="community">community</span> <span word="partners">partners</span>, <span word="non">non</span>-<span word="governmental">governmental</span> <span word="organizations">organizations</span> (<span word="NGOs">NGOs</span>) <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="agencies">agencies</span>.</p><p><span word="Statistics">Statistics</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="over">over</span> 80 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Singaporeans">Singaporeans</span> <span word="visit">visit</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hawker">hawker</span> <span word="centers">centers</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="week">week</span>, <span word="making">making</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latter">latter</span> "<span word="community">community</span> <span word="dining">dining</span> <span word="rooms">rooms</span>" <span word="for">for</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="backgrounds">backgrounds</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="gather">gather</span> <span word="together">together</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bond">bond</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="shared">shared</span> <span word="love">love</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="affordable">affordable</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="quality">quality</span> <span word="hawker">hawker</span> <span word="fare">fare</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>.</p>
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