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Service sector in Singapore draws South Korean workers
Many see opportunities here, taking up jobs despite higher pay back home
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Yuen Sin
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Two months ago, Ms Lee Yoon-ji, 23, resigned from her job as a finance executive in a bank in Seoul and bought a plane ticket to Singapore. Here, she began work as a receptionist at Novotel hotel in Stevens Road.
In the process, she took a 50 per cent pay cut - she now earns about $1,800 a month - while working nine-hour shifts five days a week.
