Singapore Culture: The Heartland Coffeeshop
80 % of Singaporeans live in and own the Housing Development Board (HDB) public housing units built by the government to provide affordable and quality housing to the masses. Life in the HDB is a subculture all its own. And contributing a large part towards this subculture are the heartland coffeshops that provide a community gathering space; where the denizens of the estate gather to eat, talk, and drink. The extract below is from a post in my Facebook on the going ons of a coffee shop near to my place of abode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ON HEARTLAND COFFEESHOP STALL OPENING BANNERS AND NICKNAMES FOR CUSTOMERS. 1. The coffeeshop near where I live has a high turnover of food stalls. When new stalls open, inevitably you see banners like those in the images above. By the names of the well-wishers you can tell that they belong to a certain group of Singaporeans. I wouldn't ...