Infant care boom in Singapore with higher demand from parents

Ms Jothi Letchimi Ramakrishnan and her husband Deep Singh with their daughter Diya Jaylyn. ST PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG
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SINGAPORE - Ms Jothi Letchimi Ramakrishnan, 40, started looking for infant care even before her daughter was born in January.

The human resource manager had heard good things about the E-Bridge Pre-School centre near her home in Punggol, but there were no available slots.

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