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Acknowledgement

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our partners, supporters, and participants who made the Singapore’s Hawker
Culture and Heritage Storytelling Project 2025 a meaningful success. Your unwavering support and collaboration
have brought ‘Our Hawker Stories’ to life — a heartfelt collection of reflections by primary school students that
celebrates Singapore’s rich hawker heritage.

This commemorative book, launched in conjunction with Singapore’s 60th year of independence, serves as a tribute
to our national identity, multicultural fabric, and treasured hawker culture.

Guest-of-Honour Judging Panel
Dr Janil Puthucheary Ms Chow Mei Ling
Senior Minister of State Director, Place Management and Operations Division
Ministry of Education and National Environment Agency
Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment
Mr James Soh BBM PBM MBE
National Youth Achievement Award Council
Ms Aileen Yap Executive Director
Deputy Executive Director National Youth Achievement Award Council

Ms Claudia Chew Resource Organisation
Senior Executive, Communications Mr Andrew Low
Group Director, Hawker Centres Group
Ms Mavis Koh National Environment Agency
Executive, Events
Participating Schools
North Spring Primary School • Ai Tong School
Ms Jacinta Lim • Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)
Principal • Bukit Panjang Primary School
• Chongzheng Primary School
Ms Zainab Binte Haron • Endeavour Primary School
Lead Teacher, Character & Citizenship Education
• North Spring Primary School
Ms C. Kavitha • North View Primary School
Head of Department, English Language • Punggol Cove Primary School
• Red Swastika School
Ms Ji Peifen • West View Primary School
Head of Department, Character & Citizenship Education
We are deeply grateful to the National Youth
Judging Panel Achievement Award (NYAA) Council and the Stephen
Ms Lim En Riady Foundation for their generous support of this
Senior Lieutenant Colonel project and the publication of this book. Your belief in
Senior Project Officer, Singapore Armed Forces the power of children storytelling has helped preserve
Chair, Hawker Culture & Heritage Project Judging Panel and celebrate a cherished part of our national heritage.

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