Gig Economy: I get a job at a mask-making factory 10 minutes from home

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SINGAPORE - I was invited to spend a couple of hours at a surgical mask factory in Singapore and my first thought was: "They still make things in Singapore?"

So I know about the Dyson factory and the Rolls-Royce facility, then my mind is blank.

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