🇸🇬 Singapore Jul 15, 2026 · Tristan Chan

Young Hawkers and the Exhaustion of Being Compared to the Generations Before Them

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Young Hawkers and the Exhaustion of Being Compared to the Generations Before Them
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It’s 4 AM, still dark in the circular premises of Tampines Round Market & Food Centre. There’s light emanating from under the semi-closed shutters of Tok Ayah Delights Comfort Food, where Ayuni Fatin is mixing soup bases from scratch hours before her regulars come by for their hearty morning fix of mee rebus, mee siam, and soto ayam. The vegetables still need prepping, the fresh noodles are still on the way, and the chicken thighs nee

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