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Cobbler Yeong Miow Hor, 81, a street vendor who operates in Marine Parade housing estate. TODAY pic
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SINGAPORE, April 8 This day last year, when Singapore came under partial lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, or what the Government termed “circuit breaker”, 63-year-old Sim Chin Chye suddenly had to grapple with something he was not prepared for: Loneliness.
The divorcee who is a taxi driver of 25 years and lives alone in a rented flat in Tampines felt it most acutely at work. He could barely find one or two passengers to pick up, earning at most just S$15 (RM46.23) a day.
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