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21-02-2014, 10:40 AM
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20 February 2014 Last updated at 03:08 GMT
Singapore may be one of the wealthiest and most developed countries in the world, but poverty remains a worrying problem.
Despite holding the world's highest concentration of millionaires, the city-state also boasts the second-biggest inequality gap among Asia's advanced economies.
So how do you live in a city that's becoming increasingly expensive? The BBC's Sharanjit Leyl reports.
http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Singapore-Cardboard-Collector.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-2...ID=twitterasia (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26268500?OCID=twitterasia)
The Singapore government staunchly maintain cleanliness with very strict laws and heavy fines on litterbugs…well, the positive side to this is that the homeless and vagabonds have clean floors and streets to sleep on…
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?175491-Singapore-s-hidden-poverty-problem&goto=newpost).
20 February 2014 Last updated at 03:08 GMT
Singapore may be one of the wealthiest and most developed countries in the world, but poverty remains a worrying problem.
Despite holding the world's highest concentration of millionaires, the city-state also boasts the second-biggest inequality gap among Asia's advanced economies.
So how do you live in a city that's becoming increasingly expensive? The BBC's Sharanjit Leyl reports.
http://www.fabulouslybroke.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Singapore-Cardboard-Collector.jpg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-2...ID=twitterasia (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26268500?OCID=twitterasia)
The Singapore government staunchly maintain cleanliness with very strict laws and heavy fines on litterbugs…well, the positive side to this is that the homeless and vagabonds have clean floors and streets to sleep on…
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?175491-Singapore-s-hidden-poverty-problem&goto=newpost).