Singapore’s Aging Street Food Hawkers Get Help From Instagram
- Instagram campaign aims to help famed markets survive Covid
- Some vendors lack digital savvy to use food delivery apps
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Seah Hui Li rises before dawn every morning to make 400 traditional steamed buns filled with creamy red bean paste to sell in one of Singapore’s famed hawker markets. But as Covid-19 restrictions kept diners away, the 63-year-old stall holder struggled.
Business is now looking up, thanks to an Instagram campaign aimed at helping elderly vendors and ensuring the city state’s rich tradition of local street food continues to thrive.