Hawker centre
A hawker centre or cooked food centre is an open-air complex commonly found in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. They were built to provide a more sanitary alternative to mobile hawker carts and contain many stalls that sell different varieties of affordable meals. Dedicated tables and chairs are usually provided for diners.
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Bowrington Food Centre, a famous hawker centre in Hong Kong's Wan Chai district | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 小販中心 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 小贩中心 | ||||||
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| Malay | Pusat penjaja | ||||||
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| Tamil | ஹாக்கர் மையங்கள் | ||||||
Such centres are usually managed by a governing authority which maintains the facility and rents out stores for hawkers to ply their goods.
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