WRITING
HUMAN-INTEREST
FEATURES
This resource is purely for educational purposes and not for any commercial purposes. It is adapted from a resource developed by News Media Alliance, formerly known as Newspaper Association of America. The resource can be found on American Press Institutes website at the following URL.
NEWS VS FEATURES
Generally, news focuses on facts while features tend to be more people-oriented. In news, journalists cover the 5Ws and 1H (What, Who, Where, When, Why and How). In features, the focus is usually on Who, sometimes Why and How.
Is this a news or feature?
Singapore submits Unesco bid to recognise hawker culture
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PUBLISHED MAR 29, 2019, 5:00 AM SGT
Melody Zaccheus
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The Republic's nomination to inscribe hawker culture in Singapore on the Unesco Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity was submitted on Wednesday.The nomination includes letters, photographs and videos demonstrating community support for the bid, the organisations behind the attempt said in a joint statement yesterday.
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Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapore-submits-unesco-bid-to-recognise-hawker-culture
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Hawker, 88, up at 3.30am to run her kway chap stall of 56 years
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PUBLISHED OCT 1, 2020, 5:00 AM SGT UPDATED OCT 1, 2020, 10:30 AM
Theresa Tan
She may be 88 years old, but Madam Chua Meow Ching still puts in 10 hours a day at the kway chap stall she runs five days a week. The hawker has been selling the dish for the past 56 years and still gets up at 3.30am on the days she opens her stall. When asked why she is still working, Madam Chua, who runs Covent Garden Kway Chap in Havelock Road Food Centre with her two sons, said in Teochew: "I'm worried my sons cannot cope without me. So I help them."
Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/hawker-88-up-at-330am-to-run-her-kway-chap-stall-of-56-years
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