SINGAPORE – Stretching a dollar was a big part of tech executive John Ang’s life growing up, with a lot of the family’s energy devoted to finding the best deals on daily essentials and giving a second life to everything that could be reused.
Those may have been tough times with little in the way of luxuries, but the savvy money habits Mr Ang picked up have rewarded him immeasurably over the years.
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