SINGAPORE - After holding down several jobs for over three decades to raise two daughters as a single mother, Madam Ong Soh Boey could not sit still, though she was financially stable after running a provision shop in Chinatown.
To fill her time, the 69-year-old took on several part-time jobs, including as a cleaner and washing laundry.
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