We know our culture is better than Singapore - and that's the problem


A few months ago, an opinion piece was published on Singaporean digital news portal RICE Media. It was titled "Hawker culture belongs to Singapore because we have more money" and drew the ire of Malaysians on Twitterjaya.

The gist of the article, written by tech entreprenuer Jeremy M. Foo, is that while Singapore's hawker food may be inferior to Malaysia - it doesn't matter - because Singapore has managed to market themselves better than us.

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