SINGAPORE: The top three leisure activities among
Singaporeans are eating, shopping and surfing the
web.
A survey of more than 10,000 Singaporeans on their
preferred leisure activities came up in this
order.
More than two-thirds - or 68 per cent - cited food
or dining-out as the top leisure activity in the MasterCard Survey
on Consumer Purchasing.
Shopping was next with 65 per cent votes while
surfing the web was third with 60 per cent.
Interest in languages and literature as well as learning crafts
made the bottom of the list of preferred activities.
Only about a fifth -- or about 20 per cent -- of those who
responded liked these.
In terms of preferred dining outlets, the food courts and hawker
centres reigned supreme as the most popular.
About 90 per cent cited these as their top choice for eating
out.
The survey said Singaporeans visit hawker centres and food courts
an average of 16 times a month.
This is followed by fast-food restaurants and other quick-serve
restaurants where they visit about seven times a month.
- CNA/wk
