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Production operator is among migrant workers who have university qualifications but do menial work here
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Calvin Yang
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Mr Kandulasri Ramesh had just one semester left of his MBA course in human resources when he decided to leave his native India and come to Singapore to work 12-hour days due to his family's tight financial situation.
He spends five or six days a week on his feet, toiling as a production operator for a plastics company - earning a mere $900 a month.
