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Daily-rated workers no more: A look back at their contributions after scheme ends
A long-running scheme that saw blue-collar workers paid daily has come to an end. Insight looks back on their contributions.
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Mrs Tan Siew Tin cleans and sweeps at the West Coast Place Playground for a living. She began the job 28 years ago as a daily-rated worker.
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SINGAPORE - For the last 20 years, Mrs Tan Siew Tin has woken up at 5.30am to catch a bus from her Commonwealth flat to the West Coast Place Playground where she cleans and sweeps for a living.
Six days a week, from 6.30am to 1.30pm, she removes fallen leaves, trash and other debris from the street and park in the estate in Clementi.
