THE economy recovered powerfully last year but tens of thousands of Singaporeans are not celebrating. They are still struggling in the wake of the state’s worst downturn in 40 years.
Among them is Richard Tan, 46, who had worked in a shipping company for 14 years until he was retrenched four years ago. Today, after two other retrenchments, he remains jobless.
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