'I had to pull myself together': Financially-strapped mums turn to home-based businesses

SINGAPORE - Amid an assortment of medals from competitions and family photos, Madam Salinah Salim skilfully manipulates swathes and strips of cloth on her trusty sewing machine as everything from baju kurung to reusable bags are sewn. The 37-year-old has been in this business since 2012, and has operated out of a sewing studio which is a converted bedroom in...

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