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More people are making room for an office or study area in their home. The Straits Times talks to three such home owners and finds out how to do it best

Mr Air Vongxayasy, director of operations of the customer-experience department at American tech company Cisco, shares his home office space with his son and his wife. ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY

Project manager Bernard Sim converted a bedroom in his four-room flat into an office that is used as a game room when he has guests over. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG

Community organiser Valerie Ong and her husband Samuel Ee turned a bedroom in their four-room flat into an office that doubles as a hobby room and gym. ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO

Michelle Ng

Correspondent

Updated

Published

Jun 01, 2019, 05:00 AM

Once every few nights, Mr Air Vongxayasy does late-night video-conference calls with his overseas colleagues in a room with workstations lined up behind him.

His colleagues might not be able to tell, but he is actually at home, his bedroom just steps away.

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