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"In the 1960s, I lived with my parents and siblings in a two-room rental flat. There were 11 of us altogether, enough to form a football team. During those difficult years, we even sublet one room to a single tenant for a period of time to help make ends meet."

In the 1960s, a bowl of noodles cost you 5 cents in school.

Now noodles cost you at least $2.50.

A flat was under $30k.

Today, homes are million dollar homes.

Sometimes, staying silent is perhaps better.

One thing the article does not mention is that Pacific International Lines (which is the parent company of Singamas) is a Singapore company. But Pacific International Lines is not a listed company. Teo Siong Seng is also the executive chairman of Pacific International Lines.

Even the Singaporean chasing the most cookie cutter of marriage-to-BTO-to-babies lifestyle yearns for accessible and thriving third spaces. But this yearning is eclipsed by their yearning for accessible tuition centres.

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