Tuesday Report: Where We Connect

星期二特写: 生活气场

"Tuesday Report: Where We Connect 星期二特写: 生活气场" is a 2012 Mediacorp info ed series.

The widely popular series "Where We Connect" makes its return! The hawker culture has recently been listed as one of the 50 intangible cultural heritage elements, and we will be taking you to seven hawker centres at the different corners of Singapore, namely Old Airport Road Food Centre, Amoy Street Food Centre, Ci Yuan Hawker Centre, Zion Riverside Food Centre, Fengshan Centre and Chomp Chomp Food Centre. Familiar places, exuding the feel of nostalgia and life. These are the stories of the hawkers.广受欢迎的《生活气场》系列又回来了!小贩文化已成为新加坡最有特色的非物质文化遗产,这回我们将走进全岛七个独具风味的巴刹及小贩中心,让你体会旧机场路、锦茂、厦门街、后港茨园、锡安、凤山、忠忠等地方浓浓的人情地气、不同世代的小贩生活。

Ep 1 Old Airport Road
23 mins

Old Airport Road Food Centre has always been popular with many Singaporeans, because of its wide variety of food choices. The food centre, with a history of 45 years, has many stall owners who used to be street hawkers in the 1970s, until this building was built to accommodate them. Their lives revolved around this area for a few decades, handing down their legacies through many generations;在不少新加坡人心目中,旧机场路饮食与购物中心是排名第一的美食中心,具有各类美味佳肴。早年的流动小贩搬进这里后。。

Ep 1 Old Airport Road

Old Airport Road Food Centre has always been popular with many Singaporeans, because of its wide variety of food choices. The food centre, with a history of 45 years, has many stall owners who used to be street hawkers in the 1970s, until this building was built to accommodate them. Their lives revolved around this area for a few decades, handing down their legacies through many generations;在不少新加坡人心目中,旧机场路饮食与购物中心是排名第一的美食中心,具有各类美味佳肴。早年的流动小贩搬进这里后。。

Ep 2 Ghim Moh Market and Food Centre
22 mins

Described as high-class market by some folks, Ghim Moh Market and Food Centre is known for receiving political figures including Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and many expatriates living in Ulu Pandan area. This is a vibrant hawker centre with more than 40 years of history where you can find local delicacies such as traditionally hand-made Chwee Kueh, Satay Bee Hoon and Mee Siam whipped up by a champion singer...

Ep 2 Ghim Moh Market and Food Centre

Described as high-class market by some folks, Ghim Moh Market and Food Centre is known for receiving political figures including Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and many expatriates living in Ulu Pandan area. This is a vibrant hawker centre with more than 40 years of history where you can find local delicacies such as traditionally hand-made Chwee Kueh, Satay Bee Hoon and Mee Siam whipped up by a champion singer...

Ep 3 Amoy Street Food Centre
23 mins

Located in the Central Business District, Amoy Street Food Centre has always been a food paradise flooded with the lunch time office crowd. It used to be a foothold for street hawkers from Telok Ayer before 1970s. Today, a few pioneer stalls like Quanji and Hoo Kee are still helmed by their second generation to retain their unique flavours...中央商业区的厦门街熟食中心是上班族享用午餐的美食天堂,1970年代之前,这里是直落亚逸街边小贩的落脚处。一些老字号档口如权记煮炒及和记肉粽,现在已经由他们的第二、第三代接手,传承老顾客们熟悉的古早味。。。

Ep 3 Amoy Street Food Centre

Located in the Central Business District, Amoy Street Food Centre has always been a food paradise flooded with the lunch time office crowd. It used to be a foothold for street hawkers from Telok Ayer before 1970s. Today, a few pioneer stalls like Quanji and Hoo Kee are still helmed by their second generation to retain their unique flavours...中央商业区的厦门街熟食中心是上班族享用午餐的美食天堂,1970年代之前,这里是直落亚逸街边小贩的落脚处。一些老字号档口如权记煮炒及和记肉粽,现在已经由他们的第二、第三代接手,传承老顾客们熟悉的古早味。。。

Ep 4 Ci Yuan
23 mins

Opened in 2015, Ci Yuan Hawker Centre at Hougang Avenue 9 is among the 20 newly built hawker centres, and the first to commence operations. Managed by social enterprises, it is also the first food centre to be located in a community club. Stall owners here come from all walks of life, the younger and better-educated aspiring hawkers with their entrepreneurial dreams...2015年开幕的茨园小贩中心位于后港9道,是近期宣布建造的20座新小贩中心里,率先营运的一座,也是首座设在民众俱乐部内的小贩中心。。。

Ep 4 Ci Yuan

Opened in 2015, Ci Yuan Hawker Centre at Hougang Avenue 9 is among the 20 newly built hawker centres, and the first to commence operations. Managed by social enterprises, it is also the first food centre to be located in a community club. Stall owners here come from all walks of life, the younger and better-educated aspiring hawkers with their entrepreneurial dreams...2015年开幕的茨园小贩中心位于后港9道,是近期宣布建造的20座新小贩中心里,率先营运的一座,也是首座设在民众俱乐部内的小贩中心。。。

Ep 5 Zion Riverside Food Centre
23 mins

Situated beside Singapore River, Zion Riverside Food Centre has witnessed many changes in the vicinity over the years. Built in the 1970s, it is within walking distance from the bustling Great World Amusement Park, yet business had been poor. In spite of these difficulties, several hawkers persevered and forged many bittersweet memories and experiences with their families.坐落在新加坡河边的锡安河畔美食中心,见证了周围的变迁。1970年代启用时,大世界游艺场就在不远处,为何河畔美食中心生意却惨淡如死水?

Ep 5 Zion Riverside Food Centre

Situated beside Singapore River, Zion Riverside Food Centre has witnessed many changes in the vicinity over the years. Built in the 1970s, it is within walking distance from the bustling Great World Amusement Park, yet business had been poor. In spite of these difficulties, several hawkers persevered and forged many bittersweet memories and experiences with their families.坐落在新加坡河边的锡安河畔美食中心,见证了周围的变迁。1970年代启用时,大世界游艺场就在不远处,为何河畔美食中心生意却惨淡如死水?

Ep 6 Fengshan Centre
23 mins

Opened in 1977, Fenghshan Centre at Bedok North Block 85 is known for its minced pork noodle soup. Originally a day market, it had become a popular dining venue since the 1980s, when long queues starting to form at the noodle stall. Eventually many new hawkers joined in, bringing with them a huge variety of seafood as well as barbeque dishes...位于勿洛北的凤山中心经常被称作大牌85,以售卖肉脞面汤广为人知。这里的巴刹摊主与小贩,多数是早期樟宜8至10英哩之间的甘榜居民。1977年落成启用的凤山原本只有早市,因通宵营业的肉脞面档口闯出名气。。。

Ep 6 Fengshan Centre

Opened in 1977, Fenghshan Centre at Bedok North Block 85 is known for its minced pork noodle soup. Originally a day market, it had become a popular dining venue since the 1980s, when long queues starting to form at the noodle stall. Eventually many new hawkers joined in, bringing with them a huge variety of seafood as well as barbeque dishes...位于勿洛北的凤山中心经常被称作大牌85,以售卖肉脞面汤广为人知。这里的巴刹摊主与小贩,多数是早期樟宜8至10英哩之间的甘榜居民。1977年落成启用的凤山原本只有早市,因通宵营业的肉脞面档口闯出名气。。。

Ep 7 Chomp Chomp Food Centre
22 mins

Chomp Chomp Food Centre is a key landmark in Serangoon Garden because of its ambience and delicious foods. Even though waiting times could be up to an hour, youths enjoy coming here with their friends to taste hokkien prawn noodles, fried oyster omelette, sizzling BBQ seafood as well as huge glasses of sugarcane juice. Having gone through several facelifts since 1972, Chomp Chomp is now recognised as one of the 12 unique hawker centres ...

Ep 7 Chomp Chomp Food Centre

Chomp Chomp Food Centre is a key landmark in Serangoon Garden because of its ambience and delicious foods. Even though waiting times could be up to an hour, youths enjoy coming here with their friends to taste hokkien prawn noodles, fried oyster omelette, sizzling BBQ seafood as well as huge glasses of sugarcane juice. Having gone through several facelifts since 1972, Chomp Chomp is now recognised as one of the 12 unique hawker centres ...

Additional Information

Premiered2018
Genrescurrent affairs, documentary, info-ed
Seasons5
Suitable For All Ages