Hardly a week goes by without a new controversy involving the municipal officers, a rung below the police, beating an unlicensed hawker or smashing a street vendor's stand.

几乎每不到一个礼拜，就会出现(执法)级别低于警察的城管，殴打了没有营业制造的小贩或者砸烂了摊贩摊子的事情。

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A hawker walks with her goods crosses a street in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on April 11.

越南，一名沿途叫卖的小贩，正穿过胡志明市的一条街道。摄于4月11日。

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Sam : "Sir, my grandpa was a street hawker, my father is a teacher".

先生，我的祖父是街头叫卖的，我的父亲是老师。

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So we decided to relocate the street hawkers - putting them in hawker centres, with proper sewers, and providing them with basic amenities, like water, electricity, fridges, lighting and so forth.

BBC: Why are there hawker centres in Singapore?

If street food frightens you, try New World Park, a spic-and-span modern hawker "mall" where you can often find families eating out for the night - always a sign of good hygiene - and food from across Malaysia.

BBC: Penang: Malaysia in miniature