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The Lives They Live: Hooked for life on aquarium fish trade
While the pioneer leaders were the original architects of Singapore, everyday heroes helped build society here. This is another story about such people in the series, The Lives They Live.
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Life is going swimmingly for Mr Pek Leng Choon, but that has not always been the case.
The 70-year-old has been a fish trader for 50 years. "Not the kind that you put in your mouth for food, but the kind that you see with your eyes," he said in Mandarin with a laugh.
