I spent my first 20 years of life staying near to a hawker centre.
Hawker centre has a special place in my heart. Not only it is a place for filling stomach it also contains lots of memories and warmth. It’s not uncommon to hear that a hawker stall serves its food to a family across generations and that some owners even know their customers by name and taste preference. Hawkers are traditions.
This book of photographs is a tribute to our hawker heroes.
The next time you get to savour hawker food, let’s appreciate the hawkers with “thank you” and “stay safe”.
With love
Chin Hock
An advocate of strong families, Chin Hock is known for promoting filial piety in Singapore. For the dedication to his parents and for advocacy of the Asian value ‘Filial Piety’, he was awarded the filial piety award conferred by Nanyang Confucian Association in 2013. An avid photographer, his family themed photographs have been featured in the Ngee Ann Photographic Exhibition (NAPE), one of the largest
photography exhibitions in Singapore, from 2015 – 2019 consecutively. The avid photographer revolves his life around family, running and dark chocolates.
Awards PX3 Book Best New Talent 2019
https://px3.fr/winners/px3/2019/10680
Inspiring author of photobook ‘Father (父), Mother (母)’ https://singapore.kinokuniya.com/bw/9789810969318)
Photo exhibits on family values were selected for the Ngee Ann Photography Exhibition (Singapore) in 2015- 2021.
