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'Spidermen' on the rise in Singapore

Rope access is cheaper, faster option for building owners when new facade regulations kick in

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Derek Wong

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Mr Jonathan How, 47, traded the depths of commercial diving for the heights of rope-access work in 1999.
"It's a top-of-the-world feeling... just awesome," he said of his experience inspecting a 90m-tall wind turbine in Inner Mongolia in 2015.
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