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Feb 27, 2014 · Low-income families in Singapore are finding it tough to survive, even though the city-state is one of the world's wealthiest, reports the BBC's Sharanjit Leyl.
List of Singaporeans by net worth. This is a list of Singaporean billionaires based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by Forbes magazine in 2024. Most of them are businessmen. Many of them got their wealth from the real estate industry.
Sep 8, 2018 · Mani is a 21-year-old with a Primary 5 education who struggles to secure employment. She has a child, aged 5, with her first boyfriend whom she no longer keeps in touch with. With her second...
Nov 25, 2018 · Ask Singaporeans why poor people are poor, and the most likely answers are poor health, laziness and lack of higher education — at least, that was a finding of a Channel NewsAsia survey in July...
May 9, 2019 · The convenience of heading to town, to chill at hipster cafes in Arab Street, or to the many other hip places in Singapore, are the only reasons I enjoy living in this area. Living in Jalan Kukoh for the past six years has made me realise how well poverty in Singapore is hidden.
Feb 9, 2022 · In 2001, the former leader of the WP, J B Jeyaretnam, was forced to step down after filing for bankruptcy following a series of defamation lawsuits against him. Hundreds of politicians and union leaders have been detained through the Internal Security Act, a remnant of the island’s colonial past.
May 1, 2019 · Labor Day makes for a good time to dive into why Singapore remains one of the world's most unequal countries.
