{
  "id": 16747548,
  "title": "Neatly dressed man’s habit of collecting leftovers at Tampines hawker centre leaves residents puzzled",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/neatly-dressed-mans-habit-of-collecting-leftovers-at-tampines-hawker",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T10:30:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Independent Singapore",
    "slug": "the-independent-singapore",
    "url": "https://theindependent.sg/neatly-dressed-man-s-habit-of-collecting-leftovers-at-tampines-hawker-centre-leaves-residents-puzzled"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "SINGAPORE: A neatly dressed man has been spotted collecting leftover food from diners’ tables at a Tampines hawker centre, raising concerns about hygiene and leaving residents puzzled over why he does it. Case details revealed that a 71-year-old resident who lives near the food centre had witnessed an uncle who looked to be in his sixties or seventies picking up leftover food from diners on…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}