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Singapore Slums Survive Amid Booming Economy and Rising Living Costs
In Singapore, a portion of the population remains in crowded one room shacks and ramshackle huts despite a strong economy and public housing. Tenants pay about seven to twenty dollars monthly, many resist relocation as higher costs loom, while a few middle class families have moved elsewhere. A Koh Kim Toh family lives in a cramped one room house with a television and refrigerator, all sustaining through income from street vendors and small merchants, with Mahjong played by his wife in spare time.
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