Silicon Wok
Keep the hawker trade alive, together
Three stalls: a plan to save our hawker heritage, the Hawker Library, and a game. Pull up a stool.
Silicon Wok · Our first step
Start small. Learn with the people at the wok.
The wider Plan is open for discussion. Our proposed starting point is two small, separate projects: an entry-and-succession study to discuss with NEA, and a cookable heritage record to discuss with NHB. FMAS and hawker families can help us test what is useful, workable and fair.
These are proposals, not agreed agency programmes. A Seed Bank, its endowment and a campaign for the full package come later, if the evidence and people support them.
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What's inside the library
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RSSThe three stalls
- Stall 01 Saving our Hawker Heritage A citizen's plan, built on the Library. What we propose, what it costs, and how you can help shape it. siliconwok.com/heritage/ →
- Stall 02 The Hawker Library The open reference on Singapore's hawker trade: its history, its prices, its incomes and its sources. siliconwok.com/library/ →
- Stall 03 Full House A hawker-centre game. Run a centre for twenty years and live with the trade-offs. Private playtest – register interest siliconwok.com/fullhouse/ →
The team
Silicon Wok is a small, independent effort for Singapore's food heritage. It has no sponsor. Uncle James is its first team member, and he hopes others will join him with their time and skills. In time, he hopes to grow it into a not-for-profit for food programmes. It starts with three stalls: Saving our Hawker Heritage, the Hawker Library, and Full House, a hawker-centre game.