FOR three years, Mr Chua Chuan Soon has been supporting his wife, three children and himself by collecting scrap metal.
The 55-year-old was making enough to buy his own truck, cover the rent on his modest flat and put his kids through school.
But the global financial turmoil has caused the price of scrap metal - along with used cardboard and newsprint - to plummet during the last three months.
Read Jessica Lim's full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
